Fiction in Translation

A Colombian writer is witness to a murder which will mark him forever. A woman sits alone in her house, waiting for her husband to return, while he lies in another woman's bed twenty kilometres away. Through blood-soaked betrayal, a love affair, murder and long-meditated revenge, Vásquez achieve...

This volume offers a collection of eight ingenious short stories following Inspector Montalbano's investigations into Sicily's murky underworld, all served with Camilleri's razor-sharp wit, and Montalbano's trademark appetite.

This volume offers a collection of eight ingenious short stories following Inspector Montalbano's investigations into Sicily's murky underworld, all served with Camilleri's razor-sharp wit, and Montalbano's trademark appetite.

'A Maigret Christmas' contains a selection of detective stories, each with a seasonal twist.

'A Maigret Christmas' contains a selection of detective stories, each with a seasonal twist.

'I find writing novels a challenge, writing stories a joy. If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden.' Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themsel...

When Kurt Wallander first appeared in 'Faceless Killers', he was a senior police officer, just turned 40, with his life in a mess. His wife had left him, his father barely acknowledged him, he ate badly and drank alone at night. 'The Pyramid' chronicles the events that led him to such a place.

A collection of short stories from the no.1 international bestseller Camilla Läckberg.