Reviews for All Yours by Claudia Pineiro
'If you read only one crime book in translation this year, make it this one, a book that grabs you from the start and whips along at pace - and... Read More
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Reviews for Lumen by Ben Pastor
'And don't miss: LUMEN by Ben Pastor. When an abbess thought to have supernatural powers is murdered in Nazi-occupied Cracow, the Wehrmacht captain's investigation is complicated by his compatriots' cruelty... Read More
Reviews for Involuntary Witness by Gianrico Carofiglio
'Italian lawyer Guido Guerrieri has not always been proud of the cases he has won. However, following a painful separation Guido undergoes a personal crisis that has a transformative effect... Read More
Reviews for Badfellas by Tonino Benacquista
'What is the one occupation you should not pursue when you are an ex-Mafia boss living in hiding under the FBI's Witness Protection Program? Autobiographer, perhaps? That is just what... Read More
Reviews for Needle in a Haystack by Ernesto Mallo
'Against the bleak backdrop of a country under military rule, Inspector Lascano lives a lonely existence in 1970s Buenos Aires. One day he is summoned to a crime scene investigation... Read More
Reviews for A Jew Must Die by Jacques Chessex
'Like The Vampire Of Ropraz, Jacques Chessex's previous novel (see my review here) published in English translation by Bitter Lemon Press, A Jew Must Die is based on an historical... Read More
Reviews for Entanglement by Zygmunt Miloszewski
'Then a crime novel for some light relief. ENTANGLEMENT has everything I want from a thriller. It opens with a murder and quickly develops into a fast-moving and tightly plotted... Read More
Reviews for The Lie by Petra Hammesfahr
'Suzanne Lasko struggles to survive living in a dump in which she cannot pay the rent on time ever since her marriage ended and her teller job terminated for... Read More
Reviews for Thursday Night Widows by Claudia Pineiro
'In an exclusive gated community 30 miles outside of Buenos Aires, Maria Virginia works as a real-estate agent after her husband loses his job. Readers gradually become acquainted with the... Read More
Reviews for Rage by Sergio Bizzio
'A slow descent into the mind of a stalker is a great way to Sergio Bizzio's RAGE, from Bittler Lemon Press. José Maria is a 40-year-old man infatuated with a... Read More
Reviews for David's Revenge by Hans Werner Kettenbach
'German school teacher Christian Kestner is shocked to receive a letter from Tbilisi with the civil war going on even though it took four weeks to arrive. David Ninoshvili asks... Read More
Reviews for The Public Prosecutor by Jef Geeraerts
'Eleven years after its original publication, Jef Geeraerts' THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR hits our shores in translated form. The novel is steeped in the world of political intrigue, with blackmail taking... Read More