Reading right now:
“Falling in
Love” by Donna Leon. This is the 24th in the Commissario Guido
Brunetti mystery series. Opera singer Flavia Petrelli was featured in the very
first book in this series and is now back and asking Brunetti to protect her
from a dangerous stalker. Leon is an American living in Italy which makes her
very assessable to American readers. Brunetti is a wonderful character and the
books are full of humor. It’s difficult to maintain a series throughout the
years, but Leon has continued to keep her series fresh and bringing back a
character from her first novel is an idea that really works in “Falling in
Love.”
“Duet in
Beirut” by Mishka Ben-David. Ex-spy Mishka Ben-David brings a reality and emotional
energy to his debut novel. It’s taken two years for this book to be translated
into English and become available in the U.S. (April 14). It centers around a
government-sanctioned hit on the Hezbollah leader who planned a failed
car-bombing in Jerusalem.
Other Mysterious Things:
A fascinating number
of mysteries are available that take place in other countries. These exotic
locales can add a whole new dimension to our mystery reading. Books coming out
in April include: “Game of Mirrors” by Andrea Camilleri (Italy), “The Arc of
the Swallow” by S. J. Gazan (Scandinavia), “Viper” by Maurizio de
Giovanni (Italy), “Cry Wolf” by Michael Gregorio (Italy), “Reykjavik Nights” by
Arnaldur Indridason (Iceland), Stuart M. Kaminsky’s “Black Knight in Red Square”
(Moscow), “Black Run” by Antonio Manzini (Italy), Liza Marklund’s “Borderline”
(Sweden), Margaret Mazzantini’s “Rising Sea” (Italy), “Blood on the Snow” by Jo
Nesbo (Norway), “The Sympathizer” by Viet Thanh Nguyen (debut novel, Vietnam
War), Jan-Phillipp Sendker’s “Whispering Shadows” (a German living in Hong Kong
helps a Chinese homicide detective investigate the murder of an American
businessman), “Fallout” by Paul Thomas (Aukland), “The Children Return” by
Martin Walker (France), and “You Will Never Find Me” by Robert Wilson (Madrid).
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