Popular European Crime Books

Find crime books written by authors from Europe for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (86)

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The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Denmark flag Denmark
Description:
A U.S. release of a first installment in a top award-winning Danish series introduces chief detective Carl Morck, who after recovering from what he thought was a career-destroying gunshot wound is relegated to cold cases and becomes immersed in the five-year disappearance of a politician.

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The Maidens by Alex Michaelides EN

Rating: 3 (10 votes)
Country: Europe / Cyprus flag Cyprus
Description:
We all keep secrets. Even from ourselves. 'A thrilling, heart-in-throat ride' STEPHEN FRY 'An absolute jaw-dropper' LUCY FOLEY 'Elegant, sinister, stylish' CHRIS WHITAKER 'Grips from start to finish' HARRIET TYCE * * * * * YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE MAIDENS. The Maidens are Cambridge University's most exclusive society, whose members are selected by the charismatic professor of Greek tragedy, Edward Fosca. A SECRETIVE SET OF THE BRIGHTEST, MOST CAPTIVATING STUDENTS. When one of the Maidens is murdered, grieving young therapist Mariana Andros is drawn back to the idyllic campus where she was o... continue

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The Mysterious Affair at Styles : A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Warbler Classics) by Agatha Christie EN

Rating: 5 (4 votes)
Description:
One morning at Styles Court, a country manor, the elderly owner is found dead of strychnine poisoning. Arthur Hastings, who is staying there, asks for help from Hercule Poirot, an eccentric Belgian inspector. Thus one of the most famous characters in detective fiction makes his debut. Contains the original illustrations and a detailed biography.

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The Mystery of the Yellow Room : Extraordinary Adventures of Joseph Rouletabille, Reporter by Gaston Leroux EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
How could a crime take place in a locked room which shows no sign of being entered? Leroux's landmark tale of foul play and deception remains a blueprint for the detective novel genre.

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The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco EN

Rating: 5 (8 votes)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
In 1327, Brother William of Baskerville is sent to investigate charges of heresy against Franciscan monks at a wealthy Italian abbey but finds his mission overshadowed by seven bizarre murders.

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The Reunion by Guillaume Musso EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
French Riviera, Winter 1992. Beautiful, reckless 19-year-old Vinca Rockwell runs away with Alexis, her philosophy teacher. No one will ever see them again. French Riviera, Spring 2017. Formerly inseparable, Thomas, Maxime and Fanny - Vinca's best friends - have not spoken in twenty-five years. But when they receive an invitation to their school's reunion, they know they must go back one final time. Because there is a body buried in that school. And they're the ones who put it there.

77.

The Sandman by Lars Kepler EN

0 Ratings
Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
Description:
Two brilliant police agents must hold fast to their sanity to beat a manipulative serial killer at his own game and rescue a girl who went missing thirteen years earlier.


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The Shape of Water (La Forma Dell'acqua) by Andrea Camilleri EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
Silvio Lupanello, a big shot in the village of Vigta, is found dead in his car in a rough part of town frequented by prostitutes and drug dealers. Enter Inspector Salvo Montalbano. With his mix of humor, cynicism, compassion, and love of good food, Montalbano goes into battle against the powerful and the corrupt who block his path to the real killer.

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The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides EN

Rating: 4 (40 votes)
Country: Europe / Cyprus flag Cyprus
Description:
The instant #1 New York Times bestseller "An unforgettable—and Hollywood-bound—new thriller... A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy." —Entertainment Weekly The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive. Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabrie... continue