Bitter Lemon Press: 76 books

Young lawyer Alex Zabel defends industrialist Herbert Klofft in a case for wrongful dismissal being brought against him by his former employee and mistress. She is thirty-four, he seventy-eight, a despot, now wheelchair bound and dying of cancer. Alex must deal with a hopeless case, his growing empathy with a repulsive client and his sexual attraction to Klofft’s elderly wife.

A best selling mystery novel in Italy followed by an equally successful title with the same hero (also to be published by BLP). Now a major television series in Italy. A court procedural, a legal thriller and an attack on racism. Fascinating detailed description of the Italian court system.

The second in the highly successful Guerrieri series. 2.5 million sold worldwide. New edition with attractive new jacket. Will appeal to readers of foreign crime. Non of the extreme violence of Stieg Larsson but similar social commentary and sense of place and time. In this case...

A man gets sixteen years for smuggling drugs into Italy. Guerrieri takes on the appeal, discovers the accused was a neo-Fascist thug, and ends up in bed with his beautiful half-Japanese wife...the gnawing boredom of routine.

The first novel by a Catalan author, featured guest writer at the latest Frankfurt Book Fair. Also the first in a series with the same heroes. 2. Best seller in Catalan, Spanish and most recently German. 3. Barcelona setting should get attention. Plenty of atmosphere for the traveler. 4. Funny, wonderful...

•Our sixth Inspector Mario Conde mystery novel, to follow on from the success of the Havana Quartet and other Conde mysteries published by BLP. •The first four Conde novels are now on Netflix as the much-acclaimed series Four Seasons in Havana. • Padura has received tremendous...

The third in the series featuring Ariel Kafka, Helsinki’s only Jewish homicide detective. Like the extensively reviewed Nights of Awe and Behind God’s Back, it is a brisk read, with rapid twists and turns leading to a satisfying resolution. Kafka’s dry humor is once again in evidence,...

The sixth in the Martin Bora series. Spellbinding multi-layered crime novel set in a fascinating period and place. Set during the Spanish Civil War, the tragic prelude to WWII. The action takes place in the scorched and fly-infested high sierras of Aragon, where a troop of Franco’s volunteers...

The director of an exclusive New Age meditation centre in a fancy Barcelona neighborhood is murdered, a case for twin detectives Borja and Eduard. The murder of a CIA agent simultaneously drags them into an international conspiracy that transports them to China and back. This hilarious mystery novel is a remorseless satire of those practicing pseudo-science and pseudo-spirituality.

“At fifty the good Buddhist takes to the road, leaving all his belongings behind. His sole possession is a begging bowl. That’s how it should be. The problem was, there were four million dollars in my begging bowl and the mafia were after me. It was their money. They wanted it back, and they also...

“After reading Friedrich Glauser's dark tour de force In Matto's Realm, it's easy to see why the German equivalent of the Edgar Allan Poe Award is dubbed ‘The Glauser.’”—The Washington Post Praise for the Sergeant Studer series: “Thumbprint is a fine example of the craft...

Praise for The Body Snatcher: "An excellent and atypical book, a fantastic adventure."—The Huffington Post "An explosive mixture of dread, greed and corruption. You won't put it down until you've read the very last page."—Cosmopolitan This tightly plotted...

An amateur investigation into Erika's watery death buys our anti-hero a ticket for a vertiginous ride.

1.First novel set in London and Venice, by a renowned academic, best known for non-fiction works on Jane Austen, Aphra Behn, Wollstonecraft, the Shelley circle, Byron. A Man of Genius portrays a psychological journey from safety into obsession and secrecy, mirroring a physical journey from flamboyant...