Recent and Recommended
THE GHOSTS OF BELFASTStuart Neville
A onetime IRA hit man, haunted by ghosts, stalks his former bosses.
"A crime novel that counts among the best brought out this calendar year."
--Los Angeles Times
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New from
Soho Constable
Michael Pearce's exciting Special Branch Officer Seymour series is now available in it's entirety from Soho Constable
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Dear
Soho Crime fans,
Welcome
to the Soho Crime 2010 New Year, New Sletter (see what I did there?). From
Brazil, to Brooklyn, to Paris, we've got a lot in store to start the year off
right.
We're
excited to launch 2010 with Leighton Gage's third Brazilian mystery in his
Chief Inspector Mario Silva series, Dying Gasp. The Boston Globe has
called Dying Gasp "strong stuff for strong stomachs.... Readers will
smell the steam and stench of the Amazon." And don't forget to pick up the
paperback of last year's excellent Buried Strangers while you're at it.
February
will see the release of the latest from Matt Beynon Rees who has sent his
Palestinian detective Omar Yussef to Brooklyn for The Fourth Assassin. In a
starred review, Publishers Weekly praised the "excellent fourth
mystery.... Yussef remains reliably human and compassionate toward human
fallibility, while raging openly at the corruption of his own leaders."
And
in March, Soho Crime celebrates the tenth Aimée Leduc Investigation (count 'em,
ten!). Cara Black's "delightfully unbuttoned Audrey Hepburn for the
twenty-first century" (Booklist) is "more appealingly tough
yet vulnerable than ever" (Library Journal) in a story that ties
back to her debut, Murder in the Marais. You will not want to miss this one. |
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DYING GASP
Leighton Gage
 Inspector Mario Silva confronts his nemesis, a woman who runs a Brazilian snuff film ring
The granddaughter of a prominent politician is missing. Silva
and his team find her in Manaus, a jungle hellhole on the Amazon where an evil
female doctor is making gory snuff films. Silva must overcome his own
department's indifference and the corrupt local cops before he can obtain a
semblance of justice for the victims.
LEIGHTON GAGE has spent many years in Brazil, where he
maintains a home. He also lives in Miami and spends part of the year in the
Netherlands. His previous books in the
Mario Silva series, Blood of the Wicked
and Buried Strangers, are also available from Soho Crime.
"Leighton
Gage's third series novel featuring Brazilian Chief Inspector Mario Silva is a
dark, violent book with characters that seethe on the page.... This is strong
stuff for strong stomachs ... compelling writing. Readers will smell the steam and stench
of the Amazon and recoil from the torture and depredation from which Gage
averts his lens, barely in time."--Boston Globe
"Chief
Insp. Mario Silva does battle with not only criminals but also incompetence and
corruption within the Brazilian bureaucracy in Gage's darkly violent third
mystery to feature the wry, competent Silva."--Publishers Weekly
"As
with the previous books, Gage writes an engaging and fast-paced story with a
strong sense of place, this time evoking the heat and humidity of the drenched
jungle, where everyone eats and smells like fish. An outstanding series."--Booklist
"A
police procedural featuring nonstop action, exotic locales, unparalleled
lowlifes and a set of witty and wily raconteurs fighting on the side of good."--Shelf Awareness
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THE FOURTH ASSASSIN
Matt Beynon Rees
 Omar Yussef investigates a mystery in the Palestinian community in Brooklyn
Arriving
to visit his son in a heavily Palestinian area of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Omar
Yussef discovers the beheaded body of one of the boy's roommates. When his son
is arrested as a suspect, Omar Yussef must prove his innocence.
MATT BEYNON REES was born in South Wales. He was previously the
Jerusalem bureau chief for Time
magazine and covered the Middle East as a journalist for over a decade. He is
the author of Cain's Field: Faith,
Fratricide, and Fear in the Middle East, as well as four books in the Omar
Yussef series. He won the CWA New Blood Dagger for the first mystery in the
series.
Starred Review:
"The
relentless cycle of violence and retribution follows Palestinian detective Omar
Yussef to New York City ... in Rees's excellent fourth mystery.... Yussef
remains reliably human and compassionate toward human fallibility, while raging
openly at the corruption of his own leaders."--Publishers Weekly
"Yussef himself never loses sight of what he calls 'the life that remains
when politics is sluiced away."--Booklist
"Journalist
Rees's fourth Omar Yussef outing (after The Samaritan's Secret) exposes
the political struggle among various Palestinian factions and demonstrates why
it is so difficult to find a solution in the troubled region. His sleuth might
miss the ancient streets of Bethlehem, but the hatred and tension of the Middle
East follow the Palestinian wherever he goes."--Library Journal
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MURDER IN THE PALAIS ROYAL
Cara Black
 The tables are turned when Aimée is framed for attempted murderHer partner, René, has been shot, and
eyewitnesses have identified Aimée as the culprit. A mysterious deposit has been made to their
firm's bank account, interesting the taxman in their affairs. Someone seems to be impersonating Aimée; someone
wants revenge. Two murders ensue. Can this relate to the youth Aimée's testimony sent to jail in Murder in the Marais?
CARA BLACK is the author of nine previous books in the best-selling
Aimée Leduc series, all of which are available in the Soho Crime imprint. She lives
in San Francisco with her husband and son and visits Paris frequently.
"Such fun ... a delightfully unbuttoned Audrey Hepburn for the
twenty-first century."--Booklist
"Before
Aimée Leduc can go to New York to meet a previously unknown brother at the
start of Black's solid ... 10th mystery to feature the Paris PI, dogged
Inspector Melac arrests her for the nonfatal shooting of her partner, René Friant."--Publishers Weekly
"[Aimée's]
two investigations link in a surprising way-there's a really ripping ending--and
make for interestingly different and over-lapping tension. And with Aimée
really on the defensive, she's more appealingly tough yet vulnerable than ever.
With its multiple strands, this work has a somewhat different feel from other
Aimée Leduc novels. But never fear, it's still a winner."--Library Journal
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