Bob Van Laerhoven is a Belgian/Flemish author with more than 45 books traditionally published in Holland and Belgium. His cross-over oeuvre between literary and noir/suspense is translated and republished in French, English, German, Spanish, Swedish, Slovenian, Italian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese and Amharic (Ethiopia). His work has received consistent acclaim and recognition, including Awards and finalist places.
Four-time finalist of the Belgian Hercule Poirot Prize for Best Mystery Novel of the Year with the novels "Djinn," "The Finger of God," "Return to Hiroshima," and "The Firehand File."
Winner of the Hercule Poirot Prize for "Baudelaire's Revenge," which also won the USA Best Book Award 2014 in the category "mystery/suspense."
The collection of short stories "Dangerous Obsessions" was hailed as "best short story collection of 2015" by the San Diego Book Review.
“Heart Fever," the second collection of short stories was a finalist in the Silver Falchion 2018 Award.
The quality UK book site Murder, Mayhem & More chose "Return to Hiroshima" as one of the ten best international crime books of 2018.
The novel "Alejandro's Lie” was the Best Thriller Book Awards winner in the category « Political Thriller 2021" on BestThrillers.com.
“Alejandro’s Lie” was a finalist in the American Writing Awards 2023. The novel won a silver award at the 2023 Bookfest competition
“Alejandro’s Lie” was the first runner-up at the 2024 Los Angeles Book Festival in the “general fiction” category
The novel “ The Shadow Of The Mole" has become a finalist in the Best Thriller Awards 2022, Historical Fiction category, from BestThrillers.com.
The Historical Fiction Company chose "The Shadow Of The Mole" as the winner in the "Historical Literary" category of its 2022 HFC Book Of The Year contest. The book also won a silver medal in the Reader View "Reviewer's Choice Awards 2022-2023" competition in the "Historical Fiction" category.
The Shadow Of The Mole is a finalist in the “Hemingway 20th century wartime novels “ competition of The Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBA)
