Can a romance novel be written as a crime novel? Like an exciting detection game with that genre "whodunit" question? It certainly can, judging by the tools used by Drago Hedl in the construction of this brilliant novel.
If we speak in film terminology (and the new Hedl's confessional prose is an ideal template for a film or television medium), The Time of Sex in the Age of Innocence is a successful sequel of his first novel Lower Drava Coast. With his superb skill and sparkling creative enthusiasm, Hedl avoided all the pitfalls of notorious sequels, those created by mechanical producer whims, and not out of real authorial need.
In terms of genre, the novel is a combination of fantasy and crime. As in some earlier novels, the novelist touched on certain themes that "hang" in the air. It would be said that the writer anticipates real events.
Znanje, 1989.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
5.42 €
American literature • Detective Stories • Thriller
Topaz is a Cold War suspense novel by Leon Uris, published in 1967 by McGraw-Hill. The novel spent one week atop The New York Times Best Seller List, and was Uris's first New York Times number-one bestseller since Exodus in 1959.
Otokar Keršovani, 1970.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
8.68 €
British literature • Humor and Satire • Detective Stories • Psychological novel
Mistakenly kidnapped and tied to a ceiling beam, Sam Jones tries to remember her special love adventure. The painful blows, along with her innate humor, will encourage the heroine to focus all her peace of mind on solving life's problems.
Škorpion, 2002.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
7.36 €
Croatian literature • Detective Stories • First editions
Seven short, independent stories in the "pocket crime novel" format by the master of Croatian crime fiction: fast, tense, concise, with unexpected twists and Pavličić's typical blend of everyday life and crime.