Batya Gur

Batya Gur (1947 - 2005) wrote detective novels and was a literary critic for Ha`aretz newspaper. She studied Hebrew Literature and History at the Hebrew University and completed her MA in Comparative Literature. She taught literature in high school before moving to the United States for many years. She wrote her first detective novel at the age of 39, followed by two sequels. Her book, A Saturday Morning Murder, has been televised.

Books Published in Hebrew

A Saturday Morning Murder (novel), Keter, 1988 [Retzah Be-Shabat Ba-Boker]

A Literary Murder (novel), Keter, 1989 [Mavet Ba-Hug Le-Sifrut]

Next to the Hunger Road (essays), Keter, 1990 [Mi-Kvish Ha-Ra`av Semola]

Sleeping Together: Murder on Kibbutz (novel), Keter, 1991 [Linah Meshutefet]

I Didn`t Imagine it Would Be This Way (novel), Keter, 1994 [Lo Kach Tearti Li]; A Blue Gaze (excerpt from I Didn`t Imagine it Would Be This Way), Keter, 2000 [Mabat Kachol]

Murder Duet: a Musical case (novel), Keter, 1996 [Ha-Merhak Ha-Nachon]

Stone for Stone (novel), Keter, 1998 [Even Tahat Even]

A Spy in the House (young adults), Keter, 1999 [Meragel Be Toch Ha-Bayit]

Bethlehem Road Murder, (novel), Keter, 2001

Shooting a Murder (novel), Keter, 2004 [Retzach, Metzalmim]

Books in Translation

The Saturday Morning Murder: A Psychoanalytic Case
German: Munich, Goldmann, 1992
English: New York, Harper Collins, 1992
New York, Harper Perennial, 1993
Danish: Copenhagen, Forum, 1997
Dutch: Amsterdam, Arena, 1996
French: Paris, Fayard, 1993; Grand livre du mois, 1993; LFG, 1998; Gallimard, 2006
Italian: Milano, Rizzoli, 1993
Japanese: Tokyo, East Press, 1994
Spanish: Madrid, Siruela, 1998; in paperback: 2003
Greek: Athens, Periplous, 2000
Russian: Moscow, Text, 2007
Hungarian: Budapest, Magus, forthcoming

Murder on a Kibbutz: A Communal Case
English: New York, Harper Collins, 1994
New York, Harper Perennial, 1995
French: Paris, Fayard, 1995; Paris, LFG, 1998, Gallimard, 2006
German: Munich, Goldmann, 1997
Dutch: Amsterdam, Arena, 1998
Spanish: Madrid, Siruela, 2000
Italian: Casale Monferrato, Piemme, 2000; in paperback, 2002
Croatian: Miob, forthcoming

Literary Murder: A Critical Case
English: New York, Harper Collins, 1993
German: Munich, Goldmann, 1995
French: Paris, Fayard, 1994; Paris, LFG, 2001; Paris, Gallimard, 2007
Japanese: Tokyo, East Press, 1996
Dutch: Amsterdam, Arena, 1997
Spanish: Madrid, Siruela, 2000
Italian: Roma, Nottetempo, forthcoming
Russian: Moscow/Jerusalem, Gesharim, 2003

I Didn`t Imagine It Would Be This Way
German: Berlin, Berlin Verlag, 1996 / Munich, Goldmann, 1998
Spanish: Madrid, Siruela, 2007

Murder Duet: a Musical Case
German: Munich, Goldmann, 1998; 2000
French: Paris, Fayard, 1997; Paris, LFG, 2000; Paris, Gallimard, 2007
English: New York, Harper Collins, 1999
Dutch: Amsterdam, Arena, 2000
Spanish: Madrid, Siruela, 2001

Stone for Stone
French: Paris, Gallimard, 2000
English: New York, Harper Collins, forthcoming
German: Berlin, Berlinverlag, 1999

A Spy in the House
German: Munich, Carl Hanser, 2000
Spanish: Madrid, Siruela, 2001

Bethlehem Road Murder
English: New York, Harper Collins, 2004
French: Paris, Fayard, 2003; Paris, Gallmard, 2006
Spanish: Madrid, Siruela, 2003
German: Munich, Goldmann, 2003; 2005

Shooting a Murder
English: New York, HarperCollins, 2006
French: Paris, Gallimard, 2006
Spanish: Madrid, Siruela, 2007

Requiem for Humility or Living in Jerusalem (essay)
French: Paris, Gallimard, 2000
German: Munich, Goldmann, 2001

Last updated: 10.11.2008