Cover Reveal: THE GIRL IN THE EAGLE’S TALONS by Karin Smirnoff

THE GIRL IN THE EAGLE’S TALONS Karin Smirnoff Translated by Sarah Death MacLehose Press (maclehosepress.com/) £16.99 Coming 29th AUGUST 2023 In April last year, MacLehose Press announced that Lisbeth Salander would be returning to a bookshelf near you in 2023, penned by Scandinavian superstar Karin Smirnoff. Here at Reader Dad we’re huge fans of Stieg […]

THE INVISIBLE by Peter Papathanasiou

THE INVISIBLE Peter Papathanasiou MacLehose Press (maclehosepress.com) £16.99 Buy a copy at your favourite independent bookshop Following the accidental death of a teenage boy during an arrest-gone-wrong, Detective Sergeant George Manolis decides he needs a break. Arriving at the Greek town from whence his parents came, Manolis discovers that Lefty – a friend of the […]

ANNOUNCEMENT: LISBETH SALANDER RETURNS IN MILLENNIUM 7

Karin Smirnoff lives on a farm in northern Sweden, just a short car journey away from Stieg Larsson’s birth place. She is a bestselling author whose novels have sold over 700,000 copies in her home country, has a black belt in karate, and enjoys spending time with her mother and kids. But now, her life […]

THE BELL IN THE LAKE by Lars Mytting

THE BELL IN THE LAKE Lars Mytting (www.larsmytting.net) Translated by Deborah Dawkin MacLehose Press (www.maclehosepress.com) £16.99 Norway, 1880. Young, inquisitive Astrid is unlike the other girls in the secluded village at the end of the valley. She dreams of a life that consists of more than marrying, having children, and eventually dying from hard work […]

THE CAPITAL by Robert Menasse

THE CAPITAL Robert Menasse Translated by Jamie Bulloch MacLehose Press (www.maclehosepress.com) £15 There’s a pig on the loose! And so begins one of the strangest, most enjoyable books you’ll come across this year. Part crime story, part examination of the different bodies that make up the European Union, all satire that totters, at times, […]

COVER & TITLE REVEAL: MILLENNIUM VI

This month sees the cinematic release of The Girl in the Spider’s Web, adapted from David Lagercrantz’s 2015 followu-up to Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy. This time Claire Foy takes on the role of the iconic Lisbeth Salander while Icelandic-Swedish actor Sverrir Gudnason will play Mikael Blomkvist. To celebrate, the publishers of the Millennium books across […]

ZEN AND THE ART OF MURDER by Oliver Bottini

ZEN AND THE ART OF MURDER Oliver Bottini (www.bottini.de) Translated by Jamie Bulloch MacLehose Press (www.maclehosepress.com) £16.99 A Buddhist monk walks through the small Black Forest village of Liebau, bruises on his face leaving local residents with a fear that trouble will follow in his wake. Detective Louise Bonì is assigned to the case by […]

An Interview with LUCA D’ANDREA

Name: Luca D’Andrea Author of: THE MOUNTAIN (2017) Luca D’Andrea’s debut novel, The Mountain, is now available. To celebrate, I have invited Luca along to chat about the book. I’d like to thank the lovely folks at MacLehose Press/Quercus for arranging this, and for their wonderful translation skills! Thank you, Luca, for taking the time […]

An Interview with ANTONIN VARENNE

Name: ANTONIN VARENNE Author of: BED OF NAILS (2012) LOSER’S CORNER (2014) RETRIBUTION ROAD (2017) Antonin Varenne was awarded the Prix Michel Lebrun and the Grand Prix du Jury Sang d’encre for Bed of Nails, his first novel to be translated into English. His second, Loser’s Corner was awarded the Prix des Lecteurs […]

RETRIBUTION ROAD by Antonin Varenne

RETRIBUTION ROAD Antonin Varenne Translated by Sam Taylor (samtaylorwriter.wixsite.com/sam-taylor-writer) MacLehose Press (www.maclehosepress.com) £18.99 Sergeant Arthur Bowman is a fifteen-year veteran of the East India Company’s private army when he and his team are taken prisoner in Burma in 1852. Six months of torture leave him mentally and physically scarred when he is released along with […]