Popular European Crime Books
Find crime books written by authors from Europe for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (157)
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Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. INCLUDING A FOREWORD FROM JOSEPH KANON. OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD MOSCOW, 1953. Under Stalin's terrifying regime, families live in fear. When the all-powerful State claims there is no such thing as crime, who dares disagree? AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER IN OVER 30 LANGUAGES An ambitious secret police officer, Leo Demidov believes he's helping to build the perfect society. But when he uncovers evidence of a killer at large - a threat the state won't admit exists - Demidov must risk everything, including the lives of those he loves, in order to expose the truth. A T... continue
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Cosmética del enemigo by Amélie Nothomb ES
BelgiumDescription:
El empresario Jérôme Angust escucha el anuncio de que su vuelo sufre un retraso sin determinar. Un inesperado interlocutor, Textor Texel, le dará conversación a pesar de su manifiesta resistencia. A lo largo de su relato, la violación y el asesinato se irán perfilando con nitidez cada vez mayor, y Textor se transformará en una abominable encarnación de todos los fantasmas de Angust, quien verá convertida su anodina espera en una aventura ominosa y alucinante.
Esta novela se convirtió en el gran acontecimiento de la rentr&eac... continue
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Cosmétique de l'ennemi by Amélie Nothomb FR
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Sans le vouloir, j'avais commis le crime parfait : personne ne m'avait vu venir, à part la victime. La preuve, c'est que je suis toujours en liberté. C'est dans le hall d'un aéroport que tout a commencé. Il savait que ce serait lui. La victime parfaite. Le coupable désigné d'avance. Il lui a suffi de parler. Et d'attendre que le piège se referme. C'est dans le hall d'un aéroport que tout s'est terminé. De toute façon, le hasard n'existe pas.
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Crime and Punishment : A Novel in Six Parts with Epilogue by Fyodor Dostoyevsky EN
RussiaDescription:
Hailed by Washington Post Book World as “the best [translation] currently available" when it was first published, this second edition has been updated in honor of the 200th anniversary of Dostoevsky’s birth. With the same suppleness, energy, and range of voices that won their translation of The Brothers Karamazov the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Prize, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky offer a brilliant translation of Dostoevsky's astounding pyschological thriller, newly revised for his bicentenniel. When Raskolnikov, an impoverished student living in the St. Petersburg of the tsars, commit... continue
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Das Parfum by Patrick Süskind DE
GermanyDescription:
'Von Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, dem finsteren Helden, sei nur verraten, daß er 1738 in Paris, in einer stinkigen Fischbude, geboren wird. Die Ammen, denen das Kerlchen an die Brust gelegt wird, halten es nur ein paar Tage mit ihm aus: Er sei zu gierig, außerdem vom Teufel besessen, wofür es untrügliche Indizien gebe: den fehlenden Duft, den unverwechselbaren Geruch, den Säuglinge auszuströmen pflegen.'
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Romania27.
De vleermuisman by Jo Nesbø NL
NorwayDescription:
Een Noorse politieman wordt naar Sydney gestuurd om zijn collega's bij te staan bij het oplossen van een moord op een Noorse jonge vrouw.
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De waarheid over de zaak Harry Quebert by Joe͏̈l Dicker NL
Country: Europe / 
Switzerland
Switzerland
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Een jonge Amerikaanse schrijver gaat op zoek naar de waarheid achter de beschuldiging van aanranding en moord tegen zijn leermeester.
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Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov EN
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Viktor is an aspiring writer with only Misha, his pet penguin, for company. Although he would prefer to write short stories, he earns a living composing obituaries for a newspaper. He longs to see his work published, yet the subjects of his obituaries continue to cling to life. But when he opens the newspaper to see his work in print for the first time, his pride swiftly turns to terror. He and Misha have been drawn into a trap from which there appears to be no escape.
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Death at the Sanatorium by Ragnar Jónasson EN
IcelandDescription:
PRE-ORDER the new locked-room mystery by Sunday Times bestseller, Ragnar Jónasson now One Murder. Five Suspects. Step into Death At The Sanatorium . . . 'Is this the best crime writer in the world today?' THE TIMES 'An automatic must-read for me' LEE CHILD 'Master of the Icelandic thriller' NEW YORK POST --- An old sanatorium. A terrifying murder. Six suspects and a case that never closed . . . Akureyri, Northern Iceland, 1983. High up in the most northern part of Iceland stands The Akureyri Sanatorium. Once a hospital dedicated to treating tuberculosis, it now sits haunted by the ghosts of it... continue