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Tag: literary thriller

Book review: The Untameable by Guillermo Arriaga, translated by Frank Wynne and Jessie Mendez Sayer

A tale of revenge and redemption from the screenwriter of Amores Perros It is 1960s Mexico City. The parents of … More

coming of age, literary thriller, mexican, revenge thriller, translation

Book review: My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor

My Father’s House is a novel based on a true story (very loosely based, O’Connor emphasises in an author’s note). … More

biographical novel, irish, italy, literary thriller, second world war, spy thriller

Book review: Instructions for the Working Day by Joanna Campbell

Neil Fischer is shy, socially awkward and repressed – an English archetype. His late father, though, was from East Germany. … More

cold war, east germany, fairlight, germany, literary thriller, novels about imprisonment, political, spy thriller

Book review: Kingdomtide by Rye Curtis

Kingdomtide tells the story of two women, one who is lost in wilderness following a plane crash, the other a … More

disaster fiction, dylan thomas prize, literary thriller

Book review: Where the Edge Is by Gráinne Murphy

In Where the Edge Is, disaster befalls a small town in Cork when a bus falls into a sinkhole in … More

disaster fiction, irish, literary thriller

Book review: Who Is Vera Kelly by Rosalie Knecht (Vera Kelly #1)

Vera Kelly is posing as a Canadian student in Buenos Aires in 1966, but she is actually working for the … More

argentina, coming of age, lgbtq+, literary thriller, series, spy thriller

Crime Fiction with Character giveaway – discover your next great read

I don’t often take part in group giveaways. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by a wall of books with very little in … More

free, giveaway, literary thriller, police procedural, series, spy thriller

Book review: The Sandpit by Nicholas Shakespeare

There was a happy time when I was naive enough to think that a story of wealth, power and corruption … More

journalist, literary thriller, novels about imprisonment, spy thriller

Book review: The Crossed Out Notebook by Nicolás Giacobone, translated by Megan McDowell

Writers often lament the fact that they are beset by distractions. Some will go to great lengths to isolate themselves, … More

argentina, creative process, literary thriller, novels about imprisonment, translation

Guest post: author Q&A with Anthony Good

If you’ve read my review of Anthony Good’s novel, Kill [redacted], you’ll know how much I enjoyed it, so I … More

literary thriller, political

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