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The Soho Crime series includes hardcover and paperback novels featuring
foreign settings, local noir and unusual investigators. In it are such
writers as San Francisco's Cara Black, whose Aimée Leduc series
is set in Paris; the British-born Magdalen Nabb, whose mysteries are
set in Florence (her adopted home); American author Rebecca Pawel, whose
Edgar® award-winning series is set in post-Civil War Spain; British
author Colin Cotterill, who won the Dilys award for the second book
in his series set in Laos; the Chinese-born Qiu Xiaolong; and from Japan,
Seicho Matsumoto and Akimitsu Takagi. Booksellers and critics have widely
praised this series and its authors.
"Some of the most exotic crime-fiction
books."
—The
Wall Street Journal
"Soho Press has won my heart by developing a distinctive cover
design that is both striking and classic—no guts, no cute, no
neon—and by publishing classics as well as new fiction in their
Soho Crime series."
—Sharon Villines, Deadly Serious
Click here for the latest titles from SOHO CRIME.
Click here for the latest SOHO CRIME newsletter.
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PATRICIA CARLON
Patricia Carlon recently passed away. She was born in Wagga Wagga in 1927 and lived in Sydney, Australia. She was awarded Commonwealth Literary Fellowships in 1970 and 1973. Her suspense novels have appeared in translation in seven languages. She was the author of fourteen crime novels, nine now available from Soho Crime.
"Carlon is an absolute master of wringing every drop of suspense from a simple phrase or exchange of glances, as good as Alfred Hitchcock at his best."
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Crime of Silence (paper) 1-56947-172-X $12.00
Death by Demonstration (paper) 1-56947-257-2 $12.00
Hush, It's a Game (paper) 1-56947-245-9 $13.00
The Price of an Orphan (paper) 1-56947-195-9 $12.00
The Running Woman (paper) 1-56947-132-0 $12.00
The Souvenir (paper) 1-56947-065-0 $12.00
The Unquiet Night (paper) 1-56947-213-0 $12.00
Who Are You, Linda Condrick? (paper) 1-56947-348-X $12.00
GARRY DISHER
Garry Disher is the author of over forty books for adults and children.
His crime fiction includes numerous anthology stories and the Wyatt novels, including
Kickback, winner of the German Crime Fiction Critics Prize 2000. The
Dragon Man,
the first in the Detective Inspector Challis murder mystery series, won the German
Crime Fiction Critics Prize 2001.
"Disher has literary talent and imagination."
—Chicago Tribune
The Dragon Man (paper) 1-56947-395-1 $12.00
Kittyhawk Down (cloth) 1-56947-394-3 $23.00
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PENELOPE EVANS
Penelope Evans attended the University of St.
Andrews, then became a London barrister. She now lives in Surrey with her
husband and two daughters.
"Penelope Evans has established herself as a
master of psychological suspense . . . [She] is simply brilliant."
—Tom Savage, The Inheritance
Freezing (paper) 1-56947-196-7 $12.00
CLARE FRANCIS
Clare Francis is the author of six works of ficiton, as well as a memoir,
essays, stories, nine volumes of poetry, and two translations. She is the
Eudora Welty Professor Emerita at the University of Wisconsin. She lives
in Virginia.
"Francis is a British treasure and deserves to be equally
appreciated here." —Chicago
Tribune
Dark Devotion, A (paper) 1-56947-357-9 $14.00
PETER LOVESEY
Peter Lovesey began writing mysteries in 1970 and has won the British Crime
Writers Association Silver and Gold Daggers and has just received the Diamond
Dagger for Lifetime Achievement. In the U.S. he as received Edgar nominations,
an Anthony Award, and the Ellery Queen's Reader's Award. He lives near Chichester
in England.
"Lovesey's books should be force-fed to fledgling crime
writers who believe plotting is unimportant."
—Booklist
"[T]his is an author who excels at his craft and keeps
coming up with books that entertain and puzzle."
—Sunday Telegraph (London)
(For more on Peter Lovesey, click here for a site in the UK, or here for
a site in the US.)
The Last Detective (paper) 1-56947-209-2 $13.00
Rough Cider (paper) 1-56947-228-9 $13.00
The False Inspector Dew (paper) 1-56947-255-6 $12.00
The Vault (paper) 1-56947-256-4 $12.00
Diamond Solitaire (paper) 1-56947-292-0 $13.00
The Reaper (paper) 1-56947-308-0 $12.00
On the Edge (paper) 1-56947-309-9 $12.00
Diamond Dust (paper) 1-56947-322-6 $13.00
Diamond Dust Signed First Edition (cloth) 1-56947-300-5 $23.00
The Summons (paper) 1-56947-360-9 $12.00
The House Sitter (paper) 1-56947-361-7 $13.00
Bloodhounds (paper) 1-56947-377-3 $13.00
The Circle (cloth) 1-56947-392-7 $24.00
Upon a Dark Night (paper) 1-56947-393-5 $13.00
MATT BEYNON REES
The Collaborator of Bethlehem (hardcover) 1-56947-196-7 $22.00
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QIU XIAOLONG
Qiu Xiaolong was born in Shanghai. He was selected for membership in the
Chinese Writers' Association and published poetry, translations and criticism
in China. He has lived in the U.S. since 1989 and has an M.A. and a Ph.D.
in Comparative Literature from Washington University, where he now teaches
Chinese Literature. He lives in St. Louis with his wife and daughter.
"A matchless pearl."
—Maureen Corrigan, "Fresh Air," National
Public Radio
Death of a Red Heroine (paper) 1-56947-242-4 $14.00
Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2000)
Loyal Character Dancer, A (paper) 1-56947-341-2 $13.00
When Red Is Black (paper) 1-56947-396-X $13.00
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CARA BLACK
Cara Black lives in San Francisco with her husband, a bookseller, and
their son. Her fifth Aimée Leduc investigation will be published
by Soho Press in 2004.
"Aimée Leduc, PI extraordinaire, travels
rooftiles and sewers, halls of power and electronic Webs to uncover [Paris's]
ugly foundations that continue to shape its present."
—Laurie King, A Darker Place
Murder in the Marais (paper) 1-56947-212-2 $13.00
Anthony Award Nominee for Best First Novel (1999)
Murder in Belleville (paper)
1-56947-279-3 $13.00
Murder in the Sentier (paper) 1-56947-331-5 $13.00
Anthony Award Nominee for Best Novel (2002)
Murder in the Bastille (paper)
1-56947-364-1 $13.00
Murder in Clichy (paper) 1-56947-411-7 $12.00
Murder on the Ile Sant-Louis (hardcover) 978-1-56947-444-0 $23.00
Murder in Montmartre (paperback) 978-1-56947-445-7 $12.00
J. ROBERT JANES
J. Robert Janes was
born in Toronto and now lives in Niagra-on-the-Lake, Ontario. He is a mining
engineer and geologist by profession, but since 1970 he has been a full-time
writer. He has published twenty books, including nine in the St-Cyr and
Kohler series.
"Unorthodox detective partners in a haunting
wartime series."
—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
Carousel (paper) 1-56947-175-4 $12.00
Kaleidoscope (paper) 1-56947-286-6 $13.00
Mannequin (paper) 1-56947-176-2 $12.00
Mayhem (paper) 1-56947-158-4 $12.00
Sandman (paper) 1-56947-120-7 $12.00
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year (1997)
Dollmaker (paper) 1-56947-346 $12.00
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JANWILLEM VAN DE WETERING
A former Zen Buddhist monk, Amsterdam detective, and world traveler, van
de Wetering has written 14 mysteries in the Amsterdam Cops series. He
resides in Surry, Maine.
"Original, subtle, sophisticated and graceful
. . . one of the masters of the mystery form."
—Los Angeles Times
"Masterly Zen mysteries."
—The New York Times Book Review
(For more on van de Wetering, click here.)
The Amsterdam Cops (paper) 1-56947-210-6 $12.00
The Blond Baboon (paper) 1-56947-063-4 $12.00
The Corpse on the Dike (paper) 1-56947-049-9 $12.00
Death of a Hawker (paper) 1-56947-079-0 $12.00
Hard Rain (paper) 1-56947-104-5 $12.00
The Hollow-Eyed Angel (paper) 1-56947-091-X $12.00
The Japanese Corpse (paper) 1-56947-057-X $12.00
Just a Corpse at Twilight (paper) 1-56947-075-8 $12.00
The Maine Massacre (paper) 1-56947-064-2 $12.00
The Mind-Murders (paper) 1-56947-092-8 $12.00
Outsider in Amsterdam (paper) 1-56947-017-0 $12.00
The Perfidious Parrot (paper) 1-56947-130-4 $12.00
The Streetbird (paper) 1-56947-093-6 $12.00
Tumbleweed (paper) 1-56947-018-9 $12.00
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JANET HANNAH
Janet Hannah received a doctorate in biochemistry and physiology from
Rutgers University. She lives in Jerusalem.
The Wish to Kill (paper) 1-56947-270-X $12.00
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MAGDALEN NABB
Magdalen Nabb was born in Lancashire and has lived in Florence since 1975.
She has now written eight internationally celebrated mysteries set in Florence.
"Nabb's Florentine series has offered distinctive
mystery novels with an elegant, literate style."
—The Washington Post Book World
For more on Magdalen Nabb, click here.
For a list of mysteries & thrillers set in Italy, courtesy of University
College Cork, Irelend, click here.
Death of an Englishman (paper) 1-56947-254-8 $12.00
Death in Autumn (paper) 1-56947-296-3 $11.00
The Marshal and the Murderer (paper) 1-56947-297-1 $12.00
Property of Blood (paper) 1-56947-310-2 $12.00
Some Bitter Taste (paper) 1-56947-339-0 $12.00
Marshal and the Madwoman (paper) 1-56947-340-4 $12.00
Death in Springtime (paper) ISBN1-56947-415-X $10.00
The Innocent (paper) 1-56947-436-2 $12.00
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SEICHO MATSUMOTO
The late Seicho Matsumoto is one of Japan's all-time best-selling authors
and the winner of the Akutagawa Literary Prize and the Mystery Writers
of Japan Prize.
"Tantalizing . . . A superb thriller."
—Los Angeles Times
Inspector Imanishi Investigates (paper) 1-56947-019-7 $13.00
AKIMITSU TAKAGI
Takagi (1920-1995) won the Japan Mystery Writer's Club Award and
wrote some fifteen popular mysteries.
"Clever, kinky, highly entertaining."
—The Washington Post
Honeymoon to Nowhere (paper) 1-56947-154-1 $12.00
The Informer (paper) 1-56947-243-2 $13.00
The Tattoo Murder Case (paper) 1-56947-156-8 $12.00
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MARTIN LIMÓN
Martin Limón served with the US Army in Korea for ten years and
returned home with a Korean bride. He and his family live in Seattle.
"Remarkable . . . Achieves the status of literature."
—The New York Times Book Review
Jade Lady Burning (paper) 1-56947-020-0 $13.00
Slicky Boys (paper) 1-56947385-4 $13.00
Buddha's Money (paper) 1-56947-399-4 $14.00
The Door to Bitterness (paper) 1-56947-435-4 $14.00
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COLIN COTTERILL
Colin Cotterill has lived in Thailand, on the Burmese border, and in Laos.
He has worked for UNICEF and local nongovernmental organizations to prevent
child prostitution and to rehabilitate abused children. He lives in Chiang
Mai, in northern Thailand and is a full-time writer.
"Triumphantly braves the tightrope between quirky
humor ... and the surreal macabre.... Magically sublime."
—Entertainment Weekly
Thirty-Three Teeth (cloth) 1-56947-388-9 $23.00
The Coroner's Lunch (paper) 1-56947-418-4 $11.00
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CHERYL BENARD
Cheryl Benard is the author of many non-fiction books. Her most recent
novel, Turning on the Girls, is available from Farrar,
Straus & Giroux.
She lives in Austria and Maryland.
'Like the cuisine in the title, the plot iis a smorgasbord
of zany contrivances; but the spiciest bits are the outraged asides from
women of every rank and caste who are fed up to here with life in Purdah."
—The New York Times Book Review
Moghul Buffet (paper) 1-56947-179-7 $12.00
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REBECCA PAWEL
Rebecca Pawel is 27, lives in New York and teaches at a Brooklyn high
school. Her first novel, Death of a Nationalist, won the Edgar® Award
for Best First Novel and was the LA Times Book Prize finalist. Her third
novel, THE WATCHER IN THE PINE, is currently available from Soho Crime
in hardcover and will be published in paperback in February 2006. Her fourth
novel, THE SUMMER SNOW, will also be published by Soho Crime, in hardcover,
in February 2006.
Death of a Nationalist (paper) 1-56947-344-7 $12.00
Law of Return (paper) 1-56947-380-3 $12.00
The Watcher in the Pine (paper) 1-56947-409-5 $12.00
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HELENE TURSTEN
Helene Tursten has been compared to P. D. James in her native Sweden.
Her two subsequent Irene Huss mysteries have been highly praised. She was
born in Goteborg in 1954, where she now lives.
Detective Inspector Huss (paper) 1-56947-370-6 $13.00
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HENRY CHANG
Chinatown Beat (Hardcover) 1-56947-036-7 $22.00
JIM CIRNI
Jim Cirni has a New Yorker's ear for the argot
of the city and a convincing grasp of the romantic appeal of things dangerous.
An accountant with an international law firm, he resides in Lido Beach,
NY.
"Like a gangland crime boss, Jim Cirni takes
his cut out of the territory now occupied by George V. Higgins and Elmore
Leonard."
—Mostly Murder
The Big Squeeze (paper) 1-56947-058-8 $12.00
The Kiss Off (paper) 1-56947-036-7 $10.00
TOD GOLDBERG
Tod Goldberg teaches creative
writing at UCLA and lives in Palm Springs, California, with his wife.
"Dark and poetic . . . as if Sylvia Plath had
written a murder mystery."
—Barbara Seranella, author of No Man Standing
Living Dead Girl (paper) 1-56947-058-8 $12.00
STAN JONES
Stan Jones was born in Anchorage
where he now lives. He is an environmentalist, and prize-winning journalist,
as well as a bush pilot who has flown all over Northwest Alaska.
"A good read with a valuable bonus. It offers
a rare insight into the oldest of North American cultures."
—John Strohmeyer, Extreme Conditions: Big
Oil and the Transformation of Alaska
White Sky, Black Ice (cloth) 1-56947-152-5 $22.00
Shaman Pass (paper) 1-56947-413-3 $11.00
KAREN PALMER
Karen Palmer is also
the author of All Saints. She lives in the Southwest with her family.
"[A] colorful portrayal of border life, depicting,
with a comfortable familiarity, cultural traditions and superstitions
that mingle half-heartedly with modern cutoms in the hot, dusty towns
along the invisible divide.... Two deaths catalyze the suspenseful unraveling
of secrets and lies."
—San Diego Union
Border Dogs (paper) 1-56947-343-6 $12.00
REBECCA PAWEL
The Summer Snow (paper) 978-1-56947-443-3 $12.00
JOHN STRALEY
John Straley, a criminal investigator
for the state of Alaska, lives in Sitka with his son and wife, a marine
biologist.
"Highly refresshing setting, a great cast of
characters, and an intriguing plot."
—Bloomsbury Review
The Woman Who Married a Bear (paper) 1-56947-401-X $12.00
TIMOTHY WATTS
Timothy Watts is a former auto mechanic from Pennsylvania. He now resides in California.
"Delivers all the sleazy sex, slick con games
and fatalistic acts of violence that define the opaque noir vision."
—The New York Times Book Review
Cons (paper) 1-56947-034-0 $10.00
The Money Lovers (paper) 1-56947-035-9 $10.00
JOHN WESTERMANN
John Westermann is an ex-cop
and the author of five novels.
"Not to be missed."
—The New Orleans Times-Picayune
Exit Wounds (paper) 1-56947-223-8 $12.00
High Crimes (paper) 1-56947-244-0 $12.00
Sweet Deal (paper) 1-56947-262-9 $12.00
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