"A new book by Dan Fesperman is becoming a major literary event..." "Mysteries tinged by the politics of today..." "Brutally realistic..."

NOVELS Three of Dan's novels have been shortlisted for Dagger awards by the UK's Crime Writer's association, with Lie in the Dark winning the John Creasey Dagger for best first novel (1999), and The Small Boat of Great Sorrows winning the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for best thriller (2003). The Warlord's Son was shortlisted for the 2004 Steel Dagger for best thriller. The Prisoner of Guantánamo won the 2006 Hammett Award, from the North American branch of the International Association of Crime Writers, while USA Today selected it as the best mystery/thriller novel of 2006! The Amateur Spy When a married couple retreat to an island to disappear for a while they are surprised by three intruders who know some secrets... Read more... US UK The Prisoner of Guantánamo When the body of an American soldier is found washed ashore in Cuban territory, Cold War tension is back... Read more... US UK The Warlord's Son A burned-out war correspondent hoping for a last hurrah in Afghanistan links up with an exiled warlord... Read more... US UK The Small Boat of Great Sorrows The second book featuring Vlado Petric, now exiled and living in Berlin... Read more... US UK Lie in the Dark The first book featuring Vlado Petric, a homicide investigator in war-battered Sarajevo... Read more... US UK Quotes in sidebar: U.S. News & World Report; Sunday Telegraph (London)