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EL FLAMINGO by Nick Davies (2023) Reviewed by Alyson Baker With no role in sight and nothing to lose, actor Lou Galloway leaves Los Angeles ...

A CRACK IN THE WALL by Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Miranda France (Bitter Lemon, 2013) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson Pablo Simó's life ...

Kia ora and haere mai, welcome to the latest weekly instalment of our 9mm interview series for 2021. This author interview series has now ...

CROCODILE TEARS by Mercedes Rosende, translated by Tim Gutteridge (Bitter Lemon, 2021) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson The setting: Montevideo’s...

Kia ora and haere mai, welcome to the third instalment of our 9mm interview series for 2021 - we're back on a regular track now after ...

SWEET MONEY by Ernesto Mallo, translated by Katherine Silver (Bitter Lemon, 2011) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson Superintendent Lascano i...

DEATH GOING DOWN by María Angélica Bosco, tr: Lucy Greaves (Pushkin Vertigo, 2017) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson Frida Eidinger is young...

TEQUILA BLUE by Rolo Diez, tr Nick Caistor (Bitter Lemon, 2005) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson It’s not easy being a cop in Mexico City. ...

MURDER IN MONTEGO BAY by Paula Lennon (Jacaranda, 2017) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson Privileged Chinese-Jamaican brothers Lester and Ca...

Welcome to the latest issue of 9mm, the long-running author interview series here on Crime Watch . At the end of May we hit the 150 interv...

THE BODY SNATCHER by Patricia Melo (Bitter Lemon Press, 2015) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson One bright Sunday on the banks of the Paragu...

One of my favourite crime  publishers is Bitter Lemon Press, because they've introduced me to an array of talented crime writers from ...

A locked room mystery involving a cursed violin set in an atmospheric evocation of nineteenth century Edinburgh? Mexican author Oscar de M...

Do you like your crime fiction in traditional locations such as contemporary London or the big American cities, or do you prefer to read g...