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
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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.
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
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
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
Reviews for Tin Sky by Ben Pastor
‘STARRED REVIEW PW .Set in the spring of 1943, Pastor's excellent fourth mystery featuring Maj. Martin Bora (after 2014's Dark Song of Blood) takes the German army counterintelligence officer to... Read More
Reviews for Fallout by Paul Thomas
‘FALLOUT one of 5 selected for Guardian Crime Roundup: Winner of the antipodean Ned Kelly and Ngaio Marsh awards, Paul Thomas is the author of a series featuring Maori policeman... Read More
Reviews for Chernobyl Strawberries by Vesna Goldsworthy
‘A book about a woman from a war-shredded country, who discovers she has breast cancer… Not a bundle of laughs, one would assume. One would be wrong. Chernobyl Strawberries is,... Read More
Reviews for Realisation by Julian Spalding
‘Whether it was a Druid temple, an astronomical calendar or a centre for healing, the mystery of Stonehenge has long been a source of speculation and debate. Now a dramatic... Read More
Reviews for Behind God's Back by Harri Nykanen
‘In Nykänen's intricately plotted second Ariel Kafka novel to be published in English (after 2012's Nights of Awe), the Helsinki Violent Crimes Unit cop looks into the shooting murder of... Read More
Reviews for The Man Who Loved Dogs by Leonardo Padura
‘Leon Trotsky's brutal assassination by a Stalinist agent in Mexico in August 1940 might seem an unlikely wellspring for fiction, but it has inspired more than one novelist in recent... Read More
Reviews for Summers of Discontent by Raymond Tallis
‘Raymond Tallis is what some people may refer to as a Renaissance Man. He is a doctor (specifically, a neurologist), a philosopher, a poet and a cultural critic. Summers of... Read More