Mystery Monday 🔍
This Book Holiday Monday (see what we did there?) settle in with the new Comandante De Luca #Mystery, #TheDarkestWinter, from Carlo Lucarelli, translated by Joseph Farrell.
Italian noir at its finest!🕵♂️
#BankHoliday #BookSky #TranslatedFiction #BookHolidayWeekend #CurrentlyReading
Map Monday 🗺📍📖
Armchair travel to #Bologna this Map Monday with @carlolucarelli.bsky.social's #TheDarkestWinter, tr Joseph Farrell.
Bologna 1944.
Three murders.
A professor shot through the eye.
An engineer beaten to death.
A German corporal left for rats in a flooded cellar.
#CrimeFiction #Italy
STOP what you're doing and check out @ukpageone.bsky.social's incredible interview with author of #TheDarkestWinter, Carlo Lucarelli - out NOW, translated by Joseph Farrell - SO BRILLIANT!
👀 Maxim Jakubowski's EXCELLENT review of Carlo Lucarelli's #TheDarkestWinter t J Farrell!
'De Luca must survive on his wits and beyond in a tense race against time in a world of torn loyalties, both political and personal'
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'An atmospheric historical noir that captures the struggle for survival during wartime'
SUPERB #crimefiction from *King of Italian Noir* Carlo Lucarelli, translated by Joseph Farrell and OUT NOW!
#TheDarkestWinter
#Thrillers #HistoricalFiction #WW2 #Italy #Nazis #BookSky
'Our central character is Comandante De Luca, a vastly experienced investigator now reluctantly working for the political police division. He’s resourceful and engaging, being an example of the good man in a bad position'
#TheDarkestWinter
#CrimeFiction #Noir
EXCELLENT review of Carlo Lucarelli's #TheDarkestWinter t J Farrell!
'The plot consists of three individual investigations, which are running simultaneously…Initially appearing easy to solve, these threads turn out to be quite twisty with a fair sprinkling of period noir added'
'It is grim but feels like an authentic portrayal of war, of life under the occupation of an army losing the war and retreating. This is the stage of the war when Hitler gave his scorched earth orders, to leave nothing of value behind, to destroy the fabric of civil life'
#TheDarkestWinter
'It is not just the weather that is cold, there is a coldness of heart as well, as social norms begin to breakdown. For many it becomes a case of doing what is necessary just to stay alive'
#TheDarkestWinter Carlo Lucarelli t J Farrell
#Italy #WW2 #CrimeFiction #BookSky #historicalfiction
'A decidedly cold, grim and complex piece of historical fiction, which makes it a compelling read…set in the fiercest, coldest winter in Bologna, as we follow inadequately clothed and nourished characters as they battle against the elements'
#TheDarkestWinter by Carlo Lucarelli t J Farrell
#BookSky
Today I'm closing the @annerandomthings.bsky.social for #TheDarkestWinter by @carlolucarelli.bsky.social translated by Joseph Farrell and published by Open Borders Press @orendabooks.bsky.social . There are lots of other great reviews to check out.
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Today I am closing the @annerandomthings.bsky.social blog tour for #TheDarkestWinter by @carloluc.bsky.social published by Open Borders Press @orendabooks.bsky.social Historical noir set in 1944 Bologna as the locals struggle to just survive.
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Check out this video, where @carlolucarelli.bsky.social discusses the setting & inspiration behind his pitch-black #ItalianNoir prequel to the Inspector De Luca quartet #TheDarkestWinter.
#Translated by J. Farrell
Out now: bit.ly/43tSEMp
#CrimeFiction #Italy #Thriller #Historical #BooksOfBlueSky
🔎OUT NOW!
A compromised detective. A city on the brink. Three bodies and a terrifying deadline.
@carloluc.bsky.social's #TheDarkestWinter #Translated by J Farrell is MASTERCLASS #Historical #Noir!
📚 https://bit.ly/3FTqhhi
📲 https://bit.ly/3SItDXm
#CrimeFiction #BooksOfBlueSky #Italy
Lovely launch party last night at Open Borders Books headquarters, for two IMMENSE international authors – King of Italian Noir Carlo Lucarelli, author of #TheDarkestWinter, AND the wonderful Kurdish author of #LoversOfFranzK (and President of PEN International) @burhansonmez.bsky.social!
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The Darkest Winter by Carlo Lucarelli trans. Joseph Farrell @CarloLucarelli6 @orendabooks.bsky.social #TheDarkestWinter #ItalianNoir #InspectorDeLuca #BlogTour lovebooksreadbooks.com/2025/05/27/t...
#WIN a copy of *King of Italian Noir* Carlo Lucarelli's NEW #TheDarkestWinter t J Farrell!
BRILLIANT, atmospheric #WW2 #CrimeFiction
Click through for details of this #giveaway!
#BookSky #historical #competition #Italy
'Lucarelli really immerses the reader in the life of his protagonist and his city, writing with such intelligence, making this wartime thriller an excellent read indeed'
Check out this exceptional review of Carlo Lucarelli's immersive new De Luca #thriller #TheDarkestWinter t J Farrell
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EXCELLENT review of Carlo Lucarelli's #TheDarkestWinter t J Farrell
'The detail in this novel is superb. Bologna’s narrow passageways and historic buildings come to life. The Teatro del Corso was turned into a hostel for returned refugees, and their animals'
#BookSky #Thrillers #Historical
'Hauled in by the Germans, De Luca is given just a week…to solve the German corporal’s death. He also has other battles, he’s a bit of a hypochondriac, always thinking he was coming down with a fever, as it’s the dead of winter in November 1944, and his coat isn’t thick enough'
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SUPERB review!
'De Luca finds himself involved in investigating three murders: a professor shot through the eye, an engineer who was beaten to death, and a German corporal found in a flooded cellar…for each German soldier’s life taken, the Nazis take ten Italian hostages'
#TheDarkestWinter
The Darkest Winter by Carlo Lucarelli trans. Joseph Farrell @CarloLucarelli6 @OrendaBooks #TheDarkestWinter #ItalianNoir #InspectorDeLuca #BlogTour lovebooksreadbooks.com/2025/05/27/t... > via @j-lbrbsblogs.bsky.social
The Darkest Winter by Carlo Lucarelli trans. Joseph Farrell @CarloLucarelli6 @OrendaBooks #TheDarkestWinter #ItalianNoir #InspectorDeLuca #BlogTour lovebooksreadbooks.com/2025/05/27/t...
Congratulations to @carloluc.bsky.social as #TheDarkestWinter translated J Farrell is published by Open Borders Press @orendabooks.bsky.social another one I am luck enough to be on the @annerandomthings.bsky.social for next week. #HistoricalNoir in Bologna sounds like my kind of thing
THIS!
'One of the most striking elements is the way that Lucarelli so strikingly depicts these seething mass of humanity populating the streets of Bologna. Disease and deprivation are rife with the flood of people and livestock the city has attracted, having become a ghetto..'
#TheDarkestWinter
LOVE THIS!
'It is also worth highlighting the exemplary, taut translation by Joseph Farrell, that serves to not only keep the reader abreast of the narrative itself, but also the not insignificant historical detail that surrounds it.'
#TheDarkestWinter #Historical #Thriller
OH WOW!
'The Darkest Winter is a complex and sophisticated thriller, set against the backdrop of Bologna towards the close of WWII, with Commandante De Luca unwittingly inveigled in the investigation of three murders.'
FABULOUS #PublicationDay review of #TheDarkestWinter!
'Lucarelli does this with aplomb, but still endeavouring to engage the reader at every turn with complex and immersive storytelling. Highly recommended.'
#TheDarkestWinter is OUT TODAY!
'a complex and sophisticated thriller' AND an ABSOLUTE must-read!
*FAINTS*
'Lucarelli completely immerses the reader in the vivid portrayal of this city, with a precise and largely dispassionate rendering of the historical detail regarding this particularly dark period of Italian history, making it all the more powerful in his retelling.'
#TheDarkestWinter
'A fascinating look at a world I knew little about and really captured the feeling of a very dangerous place where our main character isn’t really sure any more whose side he is on. A really engaging read'
#TheDarkestWinter is OUT TOMORROW!
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