Rummaging around for her keys, Andrada Vasiliu wishes she’d put them in the zippered pocket of her handbag. It turns out to be a fatal mistake, and her murder the start of a kill
This quirky anthology of essays, literary criticism and other fragments is unlikely ever to be translated into English, since it appeals to a very niche audience. This is a pity, b
Neither one thing nor the other, yet Stelian Munteanu is known to all: the police force, the secret service, even the shady businessman whose daughter’s body is found on the seas
In Romania, crime fiction was initially regarded as an imported and frequently mediocre genre. It was introduced in the late nineteenth century, under the direct influence of Frenc
When we think of historical crime fiction set in Britain, it’s the distant past that springs to mind, such as C. J. Sansom’s Tudor-set Shardlake series, Ellis Peters’ medieva
Leïla Slimani’s grim subject matter and complex, unlikable characters may not make her any friends among the English-speaking reading public, who seem to prefer relatable charac
