Although I have no idea how this book first came to my attention, (I follow a twisting path with many diversions on these literary research expeditions), I'm so glad I happened upon it. I can safely say that this might be the best thriller about a beleaguered mushroom...
Ferocity, winner of the Strega prize in 2015, is an exhilirating, ambitious, and vivid work of fiction by Nicola LaGioia, one of Italy's foremost literary novelists. The story is set in the ’80s in southern Italy, mainly in the cities of Taranto and the author's home...
Often billed as the Spanish Ken Follett, Juan Gómez-Jurado is one of Spain's most succesful living authors, along with Javier Sierra and Carlos Ruiz Zafón. The Traitor's Emblem is a gripping and well-researched historical thriller which won the Premio de Novela Ciudad...