Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

7 Latin American Noirs to Dive Into

By Eloisa Diaz

October 30, 2021

Just as you can tell a lot about a person from their books, you can tell a lot about a person from their noir preferences. These are seven favorites from my shelf that show what kind of reader I am, and what I was inspired by while writing my novel, Repentance.   The Latin American…

Off Side by Manuel Vazquez Montalban

Fresh Meat: Off Side by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

By Leslie Gilbert Elman

July 17, 2012

Off Side by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán is the latest of the Pepe Carvalho detective novels to be released in the United States (available July 17, 2012). When I learned that fictional Barcelona-based private detective Pepe Carvalho was an inspiration for the Salvo Montalbano series by Italian author Andrea Camilleri, I knew I had to investigate…