Reviews for Hotel Brasil by Frei Betto
‘Frei Betto (born Carlos Alberto Libânio Christo) is a well-known figure both in literary and political circles in Brazil. As an activist friar in the 1960s, he was a staunch... Read More
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Reviews for Baghdad Central by Elliott Colla
‘One rarely finds Iraqis in American fiction except as Orientalist stereotypes or objects of political desires and fantasies. Baghdad Central is unique in this respect. Its Iraqis are subjects with... Read More
Reviews for The Family by Tonino Benacquista
‘Robert De Niro starred in the terrible recent movie version of this story about a New York mobster forced to hide in Normandy in the witness protection programme after grassing... Read More
Reviews for The Silence of the Wave by Gianrico Carofiglio
‘Roberto Marias is a Carabinieri marshal in psychiatric treatment in Rome after a breakdown arising from the strains of his work as an undercover narcotics officer. At the doctor's door... Read More
Reviews for Death on Demand by Paul Thomas
‘I have to confess; I pulled Paul Thomas' novel off the 'to read' shelf as soon as I returned from a too-short trip to New Zealand, and tore through it.... Read More
Reviews for Baksheesh by Esmahan Aykol
TOP TEN INTERNATIONAL CRIME NOVELS OF 2013:‘What could be missing in the life of a woman who loves reading detective stories and has a shop specializing in crime fiction that... Read More
Reviews for A Crack in the Wall by Claudia Pineiro
‘Argentine novelist Claudia Piñeiro's new book (published by Bitter Lemon Press and translated by Miranda France) shares some common ground with her previously translated All Yours (a death that may... Read More
Reviews for Crazy Tales of Blood and Guts by Teresa Solana
‘Starts with “Still Life No 41”, shortlisted for the short story 2012 Edgar Award, in which the young twenty-six year old Director of the Museum of Ultra-Avant-Garde Art is pushed... Read More
Reviews for The Sound of One Hand Killing by Teresa Solana
‘Early in Solana's haphazardly plotted third novel featuring twin Barcelona detectives Eduard Martínez and Borja Masdéu (after 2011's A Shortcut to Paradise), the pair find their office burglarized and decide... Read More
Reviews for A Grain of Truth by Zygmunt Miloszewski
'A smart plot, an engagingly acerbic lead, and a nuanced portrayal of 2009 Poland lift Miloszewski’s second mystery featuring Warsaw prosecutor Teodor Szacki (after 2010’s Entanglement). After breaking up a... Read More
Reviews for Reasonable Doubts by Gianrico Carofiglio
Gianrico Carofiglio just gets better and better. 'In his latest novel Reasonable Doubts defence lawyer Guido Guerrieri is asked to deal with the appeal of Fabio Paolicelli, who is facing... Read More
Reviews for No Sale by Patrick Conrad
'In 1998 Antwerp, Chief Superintendent Fons "The Sponge" Luyckx, and Detective Inspector Lannoy investigate the disappearance of Shelley "Dixie" Cox whose husband Professor Victor Cox teaches the History of Cinema... Read More