The Russian Passenger

Gunter Onhemus, Gunter Ohnemus. Bitter Lemon Press, $14.95 (260pp) ISBN 978-1-904738-02-2

Noir fans will welcome G nter Ohnemus's The Russian Passenger, a literate thriller cum love story translated from the German by John Brownjohn. Munich taxi driver Harry Willemer and one of his passengers, a former KGB agent and wife of a Russian mafioso, flee hit men keen to recover $4 million in ill-gotten loot in the pair's possession. .

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