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.
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.
Narodna knjiga, 1984.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
4.26 €
British literature • Detective Stories • Psychological novel
The Sculptor is the second novel by Minette Walters, one of Britain's most popular and best-selling crime writers. This dark, suspenseful and unusual novel won the prestigious Edgar Allan Poe Award for best crime novel.
Mozaik knjiga, 1997.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
6.34 - 7.26 €
British literature • Detective Stories • Historical novel • First editions
Translated, praised and read all over the world as the only true heir to the writing erudition of Umberto Eco, Iain Pears will keep you awake long after bedtime with his novel The Case of Smerkoaz.
In Nicolae, the most explosive of the three books so far, the end of the first quarter of the seven-year martyrdom is approaching when, as the prophecy says, the "wrath of the Lamb" will descend on the earth.