Press & Reviews

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Reviews The French in London

Makes for a fascinating read and will capture the attention of anyone who has an interest in Franco-British relations. INFO Magazine
Anita Nair - Chain of Custody

Chain of Custody Reviews

"Just finished this. Fine follow-up to @anitanairauthor's first Inspector Gowda book. Harrowing but compassionate tale of modern India." Ian Rankin

"I love Inspector Gowda.  He is a brilliant creation, loveable, flawed, smart and doggedly determined.  A truly good man in a bad world." Peter James, author of Dead Simple and Looking Good Dead

 

Auntie Poldi Reviews

Auntie Poldi Reviews

"Giordano's wit and his formidable heroine's wisdom combine to make this debut a smash." Publishers Weekly

"A delightful detective and a lively, humorous portrait of Sicilian society and gastronomy." Times

Seicho Matsumoto - A Quiet Place

Quiet Place reviews

"A stellar psychological thrillerReaders will agree that Matsumoto (1909–1992) deserves his reputation as Japan’s Georges Simenon." Publishers Weekly-starred review
Richard Dorment - Exhibitionist

Exhibitionist Reviews

"This beautifully designed and illustrated book, which brings together a selection of more than 100 forthright, scholarly, bold, vivid and fascinating critical essays by Richard Dorment, is riveting." Art Quarterly

"It is beautiful criticism." Oldie

Janet Todd - A Man of Genius

Two interviews of Janet Todd about Man of Genius now online

Deborah Kalb has a very insightful Q&A with Janet Todd on this LINK. Also available is an interview by blogger Marilyn Beebe on this other LINK.   Read More
Gianrico Carofiglio - A Fine Line

Reviews for A Fine Line

San Diego Book Review Author Gianrico Carofiglio brings to light the real moral struggle defense lawyers endure in defending the criminals they are hired to represent. Carofiglio puts his readers... Read More
Janet Todd - A Man of Genius

Man of Genius Reviews

Janet Todd’s studies of writers such as Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft, coupled with her lifelong passion for less well-known female authors, imbue A Man of Genius with a complete sense of... Read More
Claudia Pineiro - Betty Boo

Betty Boo Reviews

Publishers Weekly:

In Piñeiro’s artful hands, each of her investigators learns as much about himself or herself as about the murder on the way to the surprising, perfectly executed ending.

 

Janet Todd - A Man of Genius

Praise for Man of Genius by Janet Todd

”A mesmerizing story of love and obsession in nineteenth-century Venice. Dark and utterly compelling.”  NATASHA SOLOMONS "A quirky, darkly mischievous novel about love, obsession and the burden of charisma, played... Read More
Esmahan Aykol - Divorce Turkish Style

Reviews Divorce Turkish Style

Riveting Reviews ELN Divorce Turkish Style is the third Kati Hirschel mystery (all three are available in English from Bitter Lemon Press), a fact made clear several times during this... Read More
Patricia Melo - The Body Snatcher

Reviews Body Snatcher

  Crime Review: This story is told by a man, never identified, recently relocated to Corumba in western Brazil, close to the Bolivian border. The chance acquisition of cocaine provides... Read More