“It takes a gutsy publisher like Akashic to bring the works of the Bolivian novelist Juan De Recacoechea into English. Subtle, nuanced, elegantly styled and beautifully translated by Adrian Althoff, Andean Express is a great introduction to this gifted author’s work . . . It’s the interchange between the characters that’s at the heart of this novel. De Recacoechea has touches of the old noir masters like Jim Thompson, but the voice is uniquely his . . .”
—Globe and Mail (Canada)

“More Camus than mystery thriller, [Andean Express] delights like strong coffee savored in a cosmopolitan cafe.”
—Publishers Weekly

“This spare, quirky book freezes an unexpected moment: forty-eight hours in the intertwined lives of a dozen beautifully realized characters aboard a moving train. Andean Express gets quietly under your skin like the almost-unnoticed rhythm of the rails.”
—S.J. Rozan, author of The Shanghai Moon

“Bolivia’s heir to the classic noir of Jim Thompson and Raymond Chandler, Juan de Recacoechea writes with a cold eye for the dark details. He straps you to your chair with braided tales of a simmering vengeance, a high-stakes poker showdown, and an achingly slow-cooked seduction . . . Andean Express is first-class suspense.”
—Robert Arellano, author of Havana Lunar