Europa Blues is a superlative crime novel: a complex network of narrative rivulets that all flow to a central roiling torrent that deals with the Holocaust, sex trafficking, the Mafia and some very peckish wolverines. In Dahl’s deft hands this potentially overwhelming plot is rendered effortlessly gripping by writing that is in turns simple and evocative – the crime novel as literary fiction. But Dahl’s elegant writing is not above getting its hands dirty. Europa Blues is violent, exciting and satisfying too

A smart, modern mystery

A novel for our times

Brims with exuberant inventiveness

Combines farce and conspiracy thriller while retaining the author’s familiar sense of detachment

Cynical but heartfelt, utterly flippant yet deadly serious

A conte philosophique on our tendency to see conspiracies everywhere… in the end, a damning confirmation of the long moral and civic decline of Italy over the past fifty years

Eco’s novel on post-War Italy inevitably turns into a detective story. But it's one without a culprit: like all the great detective stories of [Italy’s] recent history...[which] Eco revisits at high speed in this fast-paced, frequently entertaining novel

Practically a manual on today’s media

A kaleidoscopic, playful, yet deadly serious satire

Thrillingly tense and twisty, a great read

A heart-thumping psychological mystery that ticks all the boxes . . . with twists galore, it's impossible to guess the shocking ending

Fast-paced and chock-full of twists, Last Seen Alive is both absorbing and gripping. After reading it you'll never dream of a house swap again

Thrilling . . . superb plotting. I could hardly catch my breath between twists!

It's so twisty, turning and grippy. Highly recommend it!

I love stories where you're not quite sure who is telling the truth! This one kept me guessing