Alex Pavesi lives in Surrey, where he writes full time. He previously worked as a software engineer and before that obtained a PhD in Mathematics. He enjoys puzzles, long walks and recreational lock picking. His debut novel Eight Detectives has been published in more than twenty languages, and was picked by the Sunday Times and the New York Times as one of their books of the year.
Ink Ribbon Red is the epitome of the artful murder mystery and Alex Pavesi the master puppeteer of literary crime, creating a unique yet relatable cast on pages that won’t stop turning. I was utterly hooked -- Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal A brilliant work of illusion: murders, real and imagined, nestled within one another! The clues are all there, if you can see them. A book you finish and then start again just to see how thoroughly you’ve been fooled! -- Guy Morpuss, author of Black Lake Manor Quirky and unpredictable, Ink Ribbon Red is a Rubik's cube of unreliable narratives -- Martin Edwards Praise for Alex Pavesi's sensational bestseller, Eight Detectives -- : One of the year's most entertaining crime novels * SUNDAY TIMES, CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH * So, so clever . . . Agatha Christie would take her hat off to this one - bravo! -- Sarah Pinborough A wonderfully tricksy debut and a loving tribute to the golden age of crime fiction * Mail on Sunday * A box of delights . . . Pavesi's revelations are completely unexpected, right up to the end * New York Times *