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One more to add to the pile of award winners I don‘t like (2023 CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger). I don‘t know if it‘s the writing or the translation but even switching to audio doesn‘t save this from being tedious. I made it halfway and I‘m out.

The 2024 CWA Dagger awards shortlists come out late this week, I think. Considering how many Dagger awards categories there are and the likelihood that 50% aren‘t available in the US yet, the odds of me reading them before the awards are announced in July are slim. So, I opted to try to read all of the 2023 winners I could get my hands on. Today‘s #libraryhaul are the ones my library system has, plus the 1st in Bishop‘s series. Better get reading!

Another wonderful book by Javier Cercas. It‘s the first one of the trilogy. I read the second one without knowing that there was a trilogy, and aside of a few spoilers I enjoyed it as much as the second one. Cercas is definitely one of the best contemporary Spanish writers.

Melchor Marín, policeman from Cercas's previous novel "Terra alta", is back! Someone's blackmailing the mayor of Barcelona and he's investigating the case. "Independance" combines crime fiction, political thriller and a analysis of contemporary Catalonian society. Cercas is one of the best European novelist, no doubt about it!

Police detective in a remote Spanish region called Terra Alta investigates the murder of a local elderly businessman and his wife while struggling with his personal issues. Highly recommended!

6/10