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Tonino Benacquista - Badfellas

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
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Gianrico Carofiglio - A Walk in the Dark

Reviews for A Walk in the Dark by Gianrico Carofiglio

'WHEN Martina accuses her ex-boyfriend of assault and battery, no witnesses can be persuaded to testify on her behalf.After all, he is the son of a powerful local judge, and... Read More
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Ernesto Mallo - Needle in a Haystack

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
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Jacques Chessex - A Jew Must Die

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
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Zygmunt Miloszewski - Entanglement

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
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Petra Hammesfahr - The Lie

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
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Claudia Pineiro - Thursday Night Widows

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
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Sergio Bizzio - Rage

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
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Hans Werner Kettenbach - David's Revenge

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
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Jef Geeraerts - The Public Prosecutor

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
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Saskia Noort - Back to the Coast

Reviews for Back to the Coast by Saskia Noort

'Two bestselling novels from Holland, both about women threatened by stalkers, suggest that Dutch crime writing is enjoying a renaissance. Saskia Noort's first novel, Back to the Coast (translated by... Read More
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Leonardo Padura - Havana Fever

Reviews for Havana Fever by Leonardo Padura

2009's bumper crop of crime fiction. 'Havana Fever by Leonardo Padura (Bitter Lemon Press) Mario Conde has retired from the Havana police department and is buying and selling old books.... Read More
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