Montalban, Manuel Vazquez

Southern Seas (A Five Star Title)

An Olympic Death (A Five Star Title)

"Montalbn writes with authority and compassion-a Le Carr-like sorrow."-Publishers Weekly

As Barcelona prepares for the Games, the city is turned over to make way for new roads, a new stadium, and the giant prawn sculptures of Mariscal. PI Pepe Carvalho now finds himself forced to work for the Olympic entrepreneurs. As Montalbn's overweight hero finds dead bodies and broken socialist promises, he discovers an older, seedier Barcelona hidden behind the shiny new Olympic City.

The Buenos Aires Quintet (Five Star Fiction S.)

"The most metaphysical gumshoe on the streets."-The Times

When Pepe Carvalho's uncle asks him to find his son Ral in Buenos Aires, Pepe is reluctant. All he knows about Argentina is "tango, Maradona, and the disappeared," and he has no desire to find out more. But family is family, and soon Carvalho is in Buenos Aires, getting more caught up in Argentina's troubled past than is good for anybody.

The Angst-Ridden Executive (A Five Star Title)

Antonio Jauma, an old acquaintance, desperately wants to get in touch with Pepe Carvalho, but dies before he manages to do so. Jauma's widow has good reason to believe that her husband's death is not what it seems. And who better to investigate than Pepe Carvalho, a private eye with a CIA past and contacts with the Communist Party?

Manuel Vazquez Montalban lives in Barcelona, Spain where he was born in 1939. He is a journalist, novelist and creator of Pepe Carvalho, a fast-living, gourmet private dectective. who also stars in Murder in the Central Committee, An Olympic Death, Offside and Southern Seas.

The Man of My Life

"Montalbn does for Barcelona what Chandler did for Los Angeles-he exposes the criminal power relationships beneath the faade of democracy."-Guardian

When the son of a rich financier is murdered, Carvalho is called upon to investigate his mysterious death. In his quest for the killer, Carvalho has to infiltrate the world of Satanism and religious sects. Torn between two women-his on-off partner Charo and her eternal hesitations, and the enigmatic Yes, a lover from his youth, the professional and personal merge, and a devastating betrayal leaves Carvalho fighting for his life.

Manuel Vzquez Montalbn was born in Barcelona in 1939. He was a journalist, novelist, and creator of Pepe Carvalho, a fast-living, gourmet private detective. He died in October 2003.

Off Side (A Five Star Title)

Montalban writes with authority and compassion -a Le Carr-like sorrow.-Publishers Weekly

"Montalban is a writer who is caustic about the powerful and tender towards the oppressed"-TLS

Off Side is the 5th novel in the hugely successful Pepe Carvalho series. To revive its sagging fortunes, Barcelona soccer club has bought the services of Jack Mortimer, European Soccer Player of the Year. No sooner has Mortimer taken possession of his company Porsche than death threats start arriving. Are they a hoax, the work of a loner or are they connected to the awesome real estate speculation that is tearing Barcelona apart?

Manuel Vazquez Montalban lives in Barcelona where he was born in 1939. Journalist, writer, and chef (the Pepe Carvalho cookbook is a Spanish best-seller), Montalban is best known for his dectective novels. He is the winner of the Raymond Chandler Prize for Dectective Fiction and many other major awards.

Murder in the Central Committee (Five Star Fiction)

"Montalbn writes with authority and compassion-a le Carr-like sorrow."-Publishers Weekly

The lights go out during a meeting of the Central Committee of the Spanish Communist Party; Fernando Garrido, the general secretary, has been murdered. Pepe Carvalho, who has worked for both the party and the CIA, is well-suited to track down Garrido's murderer. This, the best-known title in the Pepe Carvalho series, features everything that is wonderful about the books: sex, politics and a most vivid sense of Spain.

Los Mares Del Sur (Crimen Y Misterio)

Asesinato En El Comite Central

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