Reviews of detective novels
Jean-Luc Bannalec is to German black literature what Lorenzo Silva to the Spanish. Both share ages and in both cases they are authors whose forays into the black genre are always greeted with reader joy. In the case of Jörg Bong, real name of Jean-Luc Bannalec, he has…
In the shadow of Connan Doyle, pioneer of the detective genre, and under the influence of the past Edgar Allan Poe, who also outlined those dawn of the noir genre from its most Gothic perspective, the early twentieth century were years in which mystery books in around challenges ...
Nothing better for an interesting crime novel than to start from the mystery about its authorship. Waiting to know more details about the writer or writer behind the pseudonym Carmen Mola. And with doubts about the intention or possible commercial drifts of this buried authorship, it is fair ...
Writing with four hands should be an interesting experience to say the least. Recurring is a sign that the matter, in addition to going well on a technical level, was carried out wonderfully by the owners of the two pairs of hands. I am referring, of course, to Jordi Basté and Marc Artigau. Each …
Sometimes it seems as if the 80s were the last wild years in so many cities around the world. The drugs, the gangs, the slums. From New York to London, across the Atlantic, certain neighborhoods became Comanche territory. No more than …
Certain places have a beauty and charm whose scenery can become extremely sinister in the hands of a good editor. That's the case for Northtumberland and Ann Cleeves. Because this northern English area, bordering Scotland and watered by the North Sea offers landscapes of authentic ...
Certain stories about madness are a direct invitation to dark worlds where the mind can become lost. The adventure of this dementia is directed towards that recognition of the delirium of a plot that does not stop awakening the magnetism of a strange case ...
Always writing around a central character such as detective David Gurney has its pros and cons. On the positive side there is the issue of familiarity, of the connection with the character ..., all that translates into the loyalty of the reader. John Verdon ...
He was about to get it. Sue Grafton set herself the challenge of concluding an alphabet of crime. And he only had the Z to get it. For more than 30 years, this author remained faithful to her commitment until reaching this penultimate theoretical installment, although we do not have ...
Since the American writer Michael Connelly burst onto the Spanish literary scene, back in 2004, the flood of his works has not stopped. Emblematic characters such as the prolific Harry Bosch have managed to win a space on the tables of many readers thanks to that mix between the police and ...
A writer can only write so many good books, in such a short span of time, by possessing devils made muses. In just one year, Lorenzo Silva has presented the novels They will remember your name and So many wolves, while he has also written the book Blood, sweat and peace and ...
In the case of any other author, Inspector Mascarell would become the transcendental character of the vital work. But speaking of Jordi Sierra i Fabra, it would be risky to confine him to a single character in light of the hundreds of published books. There is no doubt that with this novel ...