1.
Zoë Beck – Paradise City
placement in the previous month: 4
Germany in 100 years. The North, under water, health App KOS wakes up, almost all of them are satisfied. Only Liina and colleagues to resist, you are working for the “truth of the press”. When a colleague is murdered. To be healthy or to be free? Burning questions, to Cheer the team on.
Stanford University press, 280 pages, 10 euros.
2.
Lee Child – The blood dog
placement in the previous month: /
the state of Wyoming. When you Require Reacher antiquarian rises, the Westpoint-Ring, senses Bad for the owner. In the remotest valley of the lone, with pals puffs this time, to pure opioids, and a curse for some, blessing. Reacher is more delicate than usual, anyway, to the Good. Really strong.
from the English by Wulf Bergner. Blanvalet, 448 Pages, 22 Euros.
3.
Guillermo Martinez – The case of Alice in Wonderland
placement in the previous month: 1
Oxford, 1994. Turmoil in the Lewis-Carroll-brotherhood: PhD student, Kristen has a note on the missing journal page from June, 1863, which could give information about Carroll’s true relationship to Alice. Quite a hot topic. Suicide attacks are becoming more frequent. Intoxicating meta-crime, big-brain fun.
From Spanish by Angelica Ammar. Eichborn, 320 Pages, 16 Euros.
4.
William Boyle – A true friend
placement in the previous month: /
Brooklyn, Bronx, Monroe. Three strong women: Rena, pious Mafioso’s widow, defends her honor with an ashtray. Lacy, a once-famous porn actress, takes what she can get. And Rena’s granddaughter, Lucia, is testing what is going on. Superb mix of women’s solidarity, violence, and Comedy
from the English by Andrea Stumpf. Polar, 364 Pages, 22 Euros.
5.
Hideo Yokoyama – 50
placement in the previous month: 2
Japan, “Prefecture of W”. The respected police officer, Kaji killed his Alzheimer’s diseased wife, at her request, and two days later. The police, the judiciary and the press want to crack the Confessed What he did after the murder in a Tokyo red-light district? Poignant Drama about rules, decency, shame.
from the Japanese by Nora Bartels. Atrium, 352 Pages, 22 Euros.
6.
Max Anna’s murder investigation Commission. The case is Melchior Nikoleit
placement in the previous month: /
Gera, Jena 1985. Melchior was a Bassist in a Punk Band. Now the 19 Year old is dead in the shed. The investigators rummaging in antisocial extremist family dirt: war crimes, theft, beatings. Girlfriend Julia tells awakening, music, love, and betrayal. Tribute to Punk, the yearning to be free.
grove press, 336 pages, 20 euros.
7.
James Lee Burke – Blues in New Iberia
placement in the previous month: /
New Iberia. Detective Robicheaux loves Louisiana “like a Religion”. And the spots of a serial killer from the myths factory Hollywood: women, nailed to a cross on the sea. Can has left the Evil, only those who the death. A force of Nature of a novel.
translated from English by Jürgen citizens. Pendragon, 586 Pages, 22 Euros.
8.
Joseph Incardona – One-Way-Ticket to Paradise
placement in the previous month: /
“Nomad Island” in the Indian ocean. A Swiss middle class family, stressed out, like all, has booked the dream holiday. All inclusive starts with a quiet Horror, from full-powered Gutfühl-jail is, in a very gentle and unyielding. Club Med noir. Horror fiction for armchair travelers.
from the French by Lydia Dimitrov. Lenos, 310 Pages, 22 Euros.
9.
Lauren Wilkinson – American Spy
placement in the previous month: /
United States, Burkina Faso. A survived assassination attempt, forcing Marian Mitchell, to face their past. The CIA hired the ambitious African-American woman as a honey trap for the charismatic President of Burkina Faso. Not the love planned in the Cold war:. Obama has to be read.
from the English by Antje Althans, Anne Emmert, Katrin Harlaß, Jenny Merling. Tropical, 366 Pages, 16 Euros.
10.
Tommie Goerz – Meier
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