A Small Death in Lisbon

A Small Death in Lisbon is a crime novel by Robert Wilson. The novel won the CWA Gold Dagger Award in 1999, and the German Crime Prize (for an International Novel) in 2003.

A Small Death in Lisbon

First edition cover
Author	Robert Wilson
Language	English
Genre	crime novel
Publisher	HarperCollins
Publication date	19 July 1999 (1st edition)
Publication place	United Kingdom (london)
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	400p.
ISBN	0-00-232668-X
OCLC	59402427

Notes

• Zé Coelho shares some characteristics with his Spanish counterpart, Inspector jefe Javier Falcón, such as:
  • Lost his wife; Falcón is divorced - they both long for their wives;
  • Has stress problems, as Falcón;
  • They both discover that past friendships are not as they seem: Coelho with his friend Borrego, and Falcón with his father.

Publication history

• 1999, London: HarperCollins ISBN 0-00-232668-X, Pub date 19 July 1999, Hardback
• 2000, London: HarperCollins ISBN 0-00-651202-X, Pub date 2 May 2000, Paperback
• 2000, New York: Harcourt ISBN 0151006091, Pub date October 2000, Hardback
• 2002, New York: Berkeley Books ISBN 0-425-18423-4, Pub date March 2002, Paperback