François von Hurter, publisher and co-founder of Bitter Lemon Press, said the new imprint will focus on "international fiction you enter at your own risk, that gets under your skin before it lets you ...

Bitter Lemon Press, recently awarded the CWA Dagger for the Best Crime & Mystery Publisher for 2026, is delighted to announce the launch of Labyrinth Press - a new imprint for ambitious international ...

How one chance visit to a museum led me to three extraordinary stories

Russell Avery has retired from journalism but when two journalists disappear, he takes a break from the quiet life to investigate. Surviving the Ltie reviewed

Plus Jurica Pavičić’s “Mother of Sorrows” and Jess Kidd’s “Murder at the Spirit Lounge.”

From Dervla Murphy’s Northern Ireland to Elena Ferrante’s Naples, readers share the stories that inspired them to travel

Ten great books set in Switzerland. Switzerland is a landlocked nation in Central Europe, famous for the breathtaking peaks of the Alps, pristine glacial

Here are four novels in translation to check out this month, all excellent for crime lovers. Enjoy! Seichō Matsumoto, The Quiet Place Translated by Louise Heal Kawaii (Modern Library) Seichō Matsum…

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MHM’s round-up of the latest military history releases.

This month’s choices feature a murder in Split, with a shattering impact on the local community. Plus the dynamics of abuse in Georgia and a woman in peril in rural Ireland

The story of the British engineer who helped create one of the most famous aircraft of all time... Throughout the history of flight, no aircraft has become as iconic as the Supermarine Spitfire. Durin...

Joseph Incardona presents Holy F*ck, a darkly comic novel set in the American South. Stella, a young sex worker, discovers she can heal her clients, attracting the attention of the Vatican. What follo...

The End of the Sahara is a kaleidoscopic murder mystery by the Algerian writer Saïd Khatibi. An Enigma by the Sea is a witty, socially astute novel set along well-to-do Tuscan coast.

Joseph Incardona presents Holy F*ck, a darkly comic novel set in the American South. Stella, a young sex worker, discovers she can heal her clients, attracting the attention of the Vatican. What follo...

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Joseph Incardona presents Holy F*ck, a darkly comic novel set in the American South. Stella, a young sex worker, discovers she can heal her clients, attracting the attention of the Vatican. What follo...

What if the next saint to appear were a prostitute? How would the Vatican react? Joseph Incardona's satirical tale of hitmen and avenging priests reviewed

This month’s picks include a brand-new saint — shame she’s a hooker. Plus, The Great Gatsby in Mumbai and a South Korean butcher turns killer-for-hire

April’s new releases include quite a few translated works, so many that I’ve had to pick and choose more than usual to make sure that we get a solidly crime-oriented list (sorry, horror…

Plus Georges Simenon’s “The Snow Was Dirty” and David Swinson’s “From the Dust.”

Holy F*ck (ISBN: 9781916725256) Stuffed full of deeply dark humour and a high body-count, this smartly provocative and stylish crime novel about a miracle-worker prostitute on the run from assassins, is beautifully observed.

Saïd Khatibi’s ‘The End of the Sahara,’ the first Algerian crime novel translated from Arabic by Bitter Lemon Press, potently critiques Orientalist fantasies of desert romance.

Saïd Khatibi’s ‘The End of the Sahara,’ the first Algerian crime novel translated from Arabic by Bitter Lemon Press, potently critiques Orientalist fantasies of desert romance.

Saïd Khatibi is the author of the novel The End of the Sahara , now available in an English translation by Alexander E. Elinso...