Spanish crime fiction

All This I Will Give to You

By MarinaSofia

26 September, 2018

Written by Dolores Redondo, translated by Michael Meigs — The first thing that grabs you about Spanish author Dolores Redondo’s latest novel is its unusual title. What does it mean? For most of the novel, it appears that more is being taken away from the…

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The Plague: Spanish historical crime drama comes to BBC Four

By crimefictionlover

27 August, 2018

After all those moody Scandinavian crime dramas, as well as Nordic-inspired shows from France, Canada and even Wales, BBC Four is changing tack with its Saturday night crime offering. On Saturday 1 September at 9pm the station will be airing The Plague, a Spanish historical…

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The First Prehistoric Serial Killer and Other Stories

By MarinaSofia

12 August, 2018

Written by Teresa Solana, translated by Peter Bush — How can you resist a title like that? Even if you prefer your crime fiction long and dark, this collection of grotesque short stories is well worth your time. Teresa Solana has already established an international…

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The Legacy of the Bones by Dolores Redondo

By MarinaSofia

6 October, 2016

Translated by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia — Just how many secrets is it possible to have in one family? Well, if it’s Spanish author Dolores Redondo’s Baztan Trilogy, it appears the answer is very many indeed. After the disturbing revelations about her mother in The…

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Interview: Dolores Redondo

By MarinaSofia

26 February, 2016

Dolores Redondo has had an amazing few years as a bestselling crime fiction author across Europe and beyond. Her Baztan trilogy, set in Northeast Spain – in Basque country – has been very well received and translated into 20 languages. The first in the series, The…

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The Invisible Guardian by Dolores Redondo

By MarinaSofia

20 January, 2016

Translated by Isabelle Kaufeler — The Baztan valley in the Pyrenees in the north-east of Spain is misty, rainy and remote. Immersed in Basque traditions and superstitions, it creates an atmospheric backdrop to a novel which combines police procedural with a disquieting sense of the…

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Music for the Dead by Luis Gutiérrez Maluenda

By nagaisayonara

20 October, 2014

Translated by Nick Caistor – It’s not often that a crime novel calls to mind the work of Boris Vian, the multi-talented French saxophonist, writer, translator and publisher who, when asked to discover the latest American noir author and translate his work into French, decided…

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The Barcelona Brothers

By MarinaSofia

17 August, 2012

Written by Carlos Zanón — Ah, Barcelona, the city of Gaudi and Miro. A centre of Catalan culture and creativity both on canvas and on the football pitch. Well, that’s not quite the case in The Barcelona Brothers, the first of Carlos Zanon’s books to…

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All This I Will Give to You

The Plague: Spanish historical crime drama comes to BBC Four

The First Prehistoric Serial Killer and Other Stories

The Legacy of the Bones by Dolores Redondo

Interview: Dolores Redondo

The Invisible Guardian by Dolores Redondo

Music for the Dead by Luis Gutiérrez Maluenda

The Barcelona Brothers

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