'Mysterious and diabolical: a mixture of old legend and modern crime novel' - Der Spiegel 'The writing is sharp, the observation acute, the sense of the character's utter bewilderment perfectly evoked' Sunday Herald Magazine 'Readers do not have to be dyed-in-the-wool lovers of crime novels to become addicted to the work of Martin Suter' vogue 'Cracking pace and a fantastic finale' New Books
Martin Suter was born in Zurich in 1948, and lives with his wife in Spain and Guatemala. He has worked as an advertising copywriter, and has written articles for GEO magazine and numerous screenplays for films and the television, as well as a weekly column, 'Business Class', in the Weltwoche newspaper. he is the author of five novels. Small World was published by Harvill in 2001, and A Deal with the Devil was a No. 1 Swiss best-seller and winner of the 2007 Friedrich-Glauser Prize for the best new crime novel. His books are published in twenty countries.