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Anatomical Clues

by Oana Stoica-Mujea

“... a funny, intelligent and paradoxical read, which takes a scalpel to the quivering body of Romanian society, and, in the process, explores some crucial developments of the European future.”

Mike Phillips

Anatomical Clues

by Oana Stoica-Mujea

Body parts crop up in unusual places. Iolanda Știreanu, a brilliant criminal investigator crippled by mental instability, is the only one who can solve the case.

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Anatomical Clues

by Oana Stoica-Mujea

A gripping, grotesque exploration of damaged psychologies, fear and greed in a constantly shifting social landscape.

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RÎMARU – BUTCHER OF BUCHAREST
by Mike Phillips and Stejărel Olaru

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“An inexorable accretion of detail, maintaining a firm grip on the reader's attention... a cool, uninflected narrative that allows the facts to speak for themselves to chilling effect... the customary banality of evil, but also the fashion in which that evil can flourish in a totalitarian state. It is a chilling and salutary read.”
Barry Forshaw
writer and journalist -  British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia

“An almost perfect reconstruction... a huge effort of research which reconstitutes the destiny of a murderer framed in his multiple contexts – domestic, social and historical... exceptionally well conceived and very well written!”
Liviu Antonesei
writer and journalist - editor of Timpul, Romania’s leading arts magazine

The Noir Sheep of the Family is Welcomed into the Fold

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Rimaru - Butcher of Bucharest

a remarkable, uneasy and illuminating story by Mike Phillips and Stejarel Olaru

Coming soon on Kindle at a special price!

Rimaru - Butcher of Bucharest

a remarkable, uneasy and illuminating story by Mike Phillips and Stejarel Olaru

Coming soon on Kindle at a special price!

Rimaru - Butcher of Bucharest

a remarkable, uneasy and illuminating story

available soon in paperback and as a Kindle e-book!

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Attack in the Library by George Arion and Kill the General by Bogdan Hrib are on the list for the Crime Writers' Association 2012 International Dagger Award. The CWA International Dagger is a competition for crime, thriller, suspense or spy fiction novels which have been translated into English from their original language, for UK publication. The shortlist will be announced at Crimefest in Bristol on 25 May 2012.

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The cover of Attack in the Library shows the back of the statue of Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912), journalist, satirist, short-story writer and arguably one of the greatest Romanian playwrights.

An unconfirmed but widely believed story maintains that the statue was originally meant to be Lenin. It appears that sculptor Constantin Baraschi took part in 1957 in a contest for a Lenin statue.

In order to prove his zeal, he cast it in bronze without waiting for the Party’s approval. He subsequently lost the commission and was left with a spare Lenin.

Baraschi waited for another commission to make use of the bronze, and it seems that when he was asked to design the statue of Caragiale, he simply cut Lenin’s head off and replaced it with one of the playwright’s.

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Kill the General 

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