International Settings

“‘My brother and I were kidnapped off a street in Chungking, China, when I was five years old . . . We never saw our father or mother again.

Zagreb Noir, edited by Ivan Sršen, is yet another international addition to the long-running Akashic Noir series.

Author Joakim Zander’s writing style in The Swimmer is difficult to describe.

“Mazzeo is a fascinating storyteller who stays true to her nonfiction pact with the reader.

“Pharaoh is a mystery for all the wrong reasons.”

What the publisher says about the book is this:

“Mr. Haas may not yet be a household name this side of the Atlantic, but all that is about to change . . .”

“. . . the authors fall down in this book. Nurse Bess Crawford is too saintly a figure.”

“Murder at the Lanterne Rouge is wonderfully plotted, and Cara Black ties together the past and present with élan. We’ll always have Paris.”

“Author Elizabeth George is well known for her complicated plots, but this book is an endless litany of the bad, dysfunctional family dynamic. . . .

“. . . an entertaining read, . . . The Immortalists is a truly great mystery novel by one of the best authors working in the genre today.”

“Morgue Drawer Four, a finalist for Germany’s 2010 Friedrich Glauser Prize for best crime novel, is a real find for aficionados of black humor and the macabre.

“Sorry has all the ingredients to make it a compulsive read. It’s slick, chock full of twists and turns, and dripping with narrative thrust and intrigue. . . .