"Pavičić tells a powerful story set against the background of events and attitudes in Croatia, a country that still hasn’t faced up to its recent past." Max Easterman's great review of Mother of Sorrows by Jurica Pavicic on the European Literature Network eurolitnetwork.com/rivetingrevi...

We are thrilled that The End of the Sahara by Said Khatibi has been chosen by Adam LeBor as one of the Best Summer Books of 2026 in the @financialtimes.com "Khatibi weaves a dazzling tale through the lives of multiple characters.."

Incredible news to wake up to this morning from @thecwa.bsky.social Dagger Awards. Not only has Jurica Pavičić been shortlisted for the Translation Award with Red Water, but Bitter Lemon is also in the running for Best Crime & Mystery Publisher too 🙌 Good luck to all the nominees!

Book of the Month for Jurica Pavicic's new novel Mother of Sorrows in Crime Time, as chosen by Maxim Jakubowski. Out 25 June (UK) and 21 July (US)! Brilliantly translated by Matt Robinson www.crimetime.co.uk/to-the-max-m...

".. wickedly funny. Has the pace of a Dan brown but with depth and emotion and truly memorable characters." Nice review by @paulcrimetime.bsky.social on Aspects of Crime: aspectsofcrime.com/a-review-rou... More great coverage for Joseph Incardona's new novel!

We are absolutely thrilled to see that Red Water by Jurica Pavičić has been been nominated for the @thecwa.bsky.social Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger 🙌 Brilliantly translated by Matt Robinson. Good luck to all the nominees! Read the full list here: thecwa.co.uk/awards-and-c...

📣 FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER ALERT 📣 This month, we proudly introduce an award-winning mystery from Algeria - a taut and compelling whodunit. The End of the Sahara by Said Khatibi won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Young Authors in 2023 👏 More details 👉 bit.ly/4siC6k1

Excellent and inspiring evening last night courtesy of @ilcs.bsky.social at Senate House, London. Part of the Encounter series, author Joachim B. Schmidt was chatting with translator @jamielsearle.bsky.social. Expertly moderated by Godela Weiss-Sussex. So good to be talking about Kalmann again! 🦈

For all fans of Kalmann! Author Joachim B. Schmidt and translator @jamielsearle.bsky.social will be in conversation on Thursday 19th Feb at the @ilcs.bsky.social, London, WC2 from 5-7pm, free to attend, registration needed! 🦈 bit.ly/4tFweT7

'The reader is spellbound, drawn into this other world where nothing is quite as it appears.' Review of Said Khatibi's prize-winning new novel in Shots Magazine. Out 26 Feb (UK) and 24 March (US) bit.ly/4qw0kWl

"Fruttero and Lucentini have taken a seemingly innocuous situation, place and time and delved deep into its secrets to produce a compelling story, which grips your imagination, and entertains and informs with their sharpness of insight." says European Literature Network bit.ly/3MxId4z

✨ ✨ COVER REVEAL ✨✨ Holy F*ck by Joseph Incardona, tr by Sam Taylor, out in April (UK) and May (US). “A mystical and burlesque novel" says @lemonde.fr Darkly comic and unsettlingly tender, Holy F*ck is a blistering satire of faith, desire, and the machinery of salvation. DM for review copies!

Check out our Christmas newsletter! 🧑‍🎄 If you are struggling to find stocking fillers or gifts to go round the tree, we have lots of fantastic suggestions - perfect for those cold, winter evenings ❄️ mailchi.mp/bitterlemonp... #ChristmasGiftIdeas #Stockingfillers #CrimeFiction

"The United Kingdom’s Bitter Lemon Press has become a vanguard of literary crime fiction throughout the European continent." A lovely review of Jurica Pavicic's Red Water in the Durango Telegraph 👇 durangotelegraph.com/second-secti...

Yet another fabulous review for Red Water by Jurica Pavicic! This time in Bookselling Essentials Magazine. Thank you to Gwen Allman, The Company of Books, Dublin 🙏

So excited to see that Joan Smith has chosen Red Water by Jurica Pavicic as one of the @thetimes.com Books of the Year for 2025! 🙌

Delighted that Red Water has been included in @financialtimes.com’s Best Books of Year 2025 by Adam LeBor! 🙌

🥳 We have exciting NEWS! 🥳 'The End of the Sahara' by Saïd Khatibi has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2025 Arab Literature Prize. More details 👉 bit.ly/47DB1LT Winner announced on 18 Nov. We publish in Feb (UK) and March (US). English translation by Alexander Elinson.

🐕 OUR OCTOBER NEWSLETTER IS NOW OUT 🐕 This month we are focussing on Leonardo Padura, Cuba's most celebrated living writer and author of the brilliant novel 'The Man Who Loved Dogs'. Plus, find out more about the critically acclaimed Havana Quartet #Cuba #fiction #crimefiction bit.ly/4owDFJc

Our brand new catalogue for 2026 is now out - so do check it out! Tuscany, Algeria, the American South and Croatia are the settings for our wonderful line-up of novels coming out next year. Any journalists interested in review copies, do please DM us. #novels #travels #crimefiction #fiction

We have good news! 📢 We are thrilled to announce that House ambassador and spokesperson for Chanel Charlotte Casiraghi has chosen 'Summer of Reckoning' by Marion Brunet, published by Bitter Lemon, as one of only four books in her 2025 Summer Readings campaign 🍾 More details here 👇 bit.ly/3IRZLGi

Looking for your holiday reads? 🏖️ Perfect for the summer, former British Intelligence Officer James Wolff's 'The Discipline Files' take you around the world in three thrilling espionage adventures. More details in our July newsletter👇 bit.ly/457Beps #espionage 🕵️

🥳 JUNE NEWSLETTER 🥳 Check out all our latest news and find out about our new international multi-award winning thriller from #Croatia. Written by Jurica Pavičic, and translated by Matt Robinson, it's been described as 'outstanding' by 2 x UK national newspapers! 👇 bit.ly/3ZWp5Az

💙🖤 NEWSLETTER ALERT 💙🖤 Catch up with all the latest news with our May newsletter. Find out about the fantastic @channel4tv.bsky.social adaptation of @gianrico.bsky.social's The Cold Summer, our first Croatian novel Red Water, and a chance to win a copy of Runaway Horses bit.ly/3Zq79hv

So delighted to see that Joan Smith has chosen 'Red Water' by Jurica Pavičić as one of her May crime thriller picks in @thetimes.com She describes it as 'this outstanding novel' and we agree! 👏 #Croatia #CrimeThriller #Fiction thetimes.com/culture/book...

Competition time! If you would like to be in with a chance of winning two tickets to Warwick Racecourse, all you have to do is purchase a copy of “Runaway Horses” from Warwick Books in the month of May and they will do the rest! Go to warwickbooks.net to place your order now! 🏇

❤️💙Our April newsletter is out!🖤💛 Catch up with all the latest: Hunkeler's Secret by Swiss author Hansjörg Schneider; a new @channel4tv.bsky.social TV adaptation of The Cold Summer by @gianrico.bsky.social; plus, Marion Brunet is honoured and @thecwa.bsky.social Dagger prize news! 👇 bit.ly/42A16Ia

"Again and again, Matsumoto paints a Japan that feels like it’s almost within touching distance, mere centimetres beyond the lens-like window of the novel’s pages." Great review of Point Zero by Matsumoto Seicho from @thejapansociety.bsky.social #Japan #CrimeFiction 🇯🇵 bit.ly/4hZ5yXw

The fourth in @olguinserg.bsky.social 's Buenos Aires thriller series starring the gutsy, earthy yet vulnerable investigative reporter Veronica Rosenthal is out now in the UK. This is a dazzling, steamy thriller but also a story about the possibilities of love #crimefiction #thrillers

Waterstones are offering HUNKELER'S SECRET, the riveting new crime novel from Hansjörg Schneider, to pre-order at 25%. Click waterstones.com/campaign/feb... Enter PREORDER25 at checkout. Offer is exclusive to Waterstones website and app. Ends midnight on Monday. Don't miss out! #WPreorder