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Books of Antonio Hill in order

Antonio Hill is a Spanish author of crime thriller novels. He writes the Inspector Salgado series. For ten years, Toni translated the work of such authors as David Sedaris, Jonathan Safran Foer, Peter May, and many others. Reading all of these authors helped Toni develop his own technique as a novelist. He has a Bachelor of Psychology degree.

Inspector Salgado

The Summer of Dead Toys (2011) — Buy on Amazon!

The Good Suicides (2012) — Buy on Amazon!

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Vara jucăriilor moarte - Antonio Hill (recenzie, Rao)

Vara jucăriilor moarte – Antonio Hill (recenzie, Rao)

„Vara jucăriilor moarte”, romanul semnat de Antonio Hill, mi-a ținut companie în aceste zile de început ale lunii octombrie. Să fie vinovată starea de sumbru indusă de farmecul sărbătorii americane de la sfârșitul lunii, să fie vinovată starea mea sau nervii mei care aveau nevoie de ceva care să îi țină întinși la maxim? Nu știu pe cine să dau vina. Știu doar că romanul nu a fost atât de…

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Never forget - A review of The Good Suicides by Antonio Hill

Antonio Hill’s good-paced crime story set in Barcelona and featuring the Argentina-born detective, Inspector Salgado offers a very refreshing break from Scandinavian thrillers with clear-cut characters, intriguing plots and astute observations of human nature.

 In The Good Suicides (the follow-up to The Summer of Dead Toys), we return to Barcelona, where Inspector Salgado is grappling with the inexplicable disappearance of his ex-wife, Ruth.  His boss decides to unofficially hand this cold case over to Salgado’s colleague, the pregnant Leire, who – as the story unfolds – learns more and more about Ruth including puzzles in her past that may explain what happened to her.

 Leire’s investigation alternates with the main plot, a series of suicides committed in rather strange circumstances and all leading back to a renowned cosmetics company. Salgado soon finds the connection between the suicides (or homicides) and putting the pieces together he learns that the victims had all attended a company team building where something terrible must have happened. The other employees are keen to admit a gruesome memory related to the team building, which does link the suicides: the picture of dead dogs hanging on a tree. However, we can feel that this is only the surface of something unspeakable, carefully hidden deep inside the other team members, who desperately try to stop Salgado from finding out the truth.

 Hill’s style evokes noir detective stories and the cover of the book resonates well with the greyish tone of the city and its inhabitants, especially the dispirited Salgado.

“Cities, like dogs, are never fully asleep. At the most, they doze, relax, gather, strength to endure the coming and going of cars and pedestrians who await them the following morning. Their streets breathe a little more freely, occupied only by the reduced number of people who move in the early hours. Nocturnal animals of a different fur, strolling on almost empty pavements or roads, always colder, more silent. There are hours in which any noise, however pretty, becomes a roar. A car door being closed becomes an explosion, firm steps provoke echoes, voices seem like sirens.”

 The Good Suicides is nevertheless a gripping page-turner with a surprising twist at the end, exceptionally true-to-life characters and a multi-layered story that puts guilt, responsibility and justice in a complex perspective.

Score: 4/5

Many thanks to BloggingforBooks and Crown for the book.

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Typographical Era--New translations forthcoming from Antonio Hill/Laura McGloughlin and José Juan Saer/Steve Dolph

      Typographical Era's New in Translation post for this week lists two new Spanish-to-English translations forthcoming from Spanish writer Antonio Hill, translated by Laura McGloughlin, and from Argentine writer Juan José Saer, translated by Steve Dolph. 

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Book Review: 'The Summer of the Dead Toys' by Antonio Hill

Book Review: ‘The Summer of the Dead Toys’ by Antonio Hill

The Summer of the Dead Toys, the debut thriller from Antonio Hill, introduces readers to Barcelona detective Hector Delgado, a character clearly intended to anchor an ongoing series. As the novel opens, Delgado has just returned to Barcelona from an extended stay in his native Argentina, where he has been waiting out an administrative leave as a result of his physical attack on one of the…

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