At various times since the fall of the Iron Curtain there have been outbreaks of fear that hordes of criminals would cross the Czech, Polish, Slovak, Slovene and Hungarian borders to pillage the wealth of Western Europe. In 2012, it looks as if this long awaited crime wave is actually coming to pass, though in the form of premium quality crime fiction.
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thanks for sharing. these crime novels from Europe are starting to become popular in the States (well, at least in NYC). I saw zygmunt miloszewski a few months ago and did a write up of his book, entanglement.
http://acidfreepulp.com/2011/12/07/entanglement-by-zygmunt-miloszewski/