Crime genre books (149)
21.
Chronik eines angekündigten Todes by Gabriel García Márquez DE
Country: South America / 
Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Ein Dorf an der kolumbianischen Karibikküste feiert ein rauschendes Hochzeitsfest. Doch noch in der Hochzeitsnacht wird die Braut in ihr Elternhaus zurückgebracht: sie war nicht unberührt. Der mutmassliche Täter muss sterben... (Quelle: Buchdeckel verso).
22.
City of God : A Novel by Paulo Lins EN
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
The searing novel on which the internationally acclaimed hit film was based. “A Scarface-like urban epic . . . punctuated with lyricism and longing” (Publishers Weekly). City of God is a gritty, gorgeous tour de force from one of Brazil’s most notorious slums. Cidade de Deus: a place where the streets are awash with narcotics, where violence can erupt at any moment over drugs, money, and love—but also a place where the samba beat rocks till dawn, where the women are the most beautiful on earth, and where one young man wants to escape his background and become a photographer. When City of God e... continue
Argentina24.
Cosmétique de l'ennemi by Amélie Nothomb FR
BelgiumDescription:
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.
25.
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
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.
28.
De waarheid over de zaak Harry Quebert by Joe͏̈l Dicker NL
Country: Europe / 
Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
Een jonge Amerikaanse schrijver gaat op zoek naar de waarheid achter de beschuldiging van aanranding en moord tegen zijn leermeester.
29.
Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov EN
Description:
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.
30.
Der Besuch der alten Dame : eine tragische Komödie by Friedrich Dürrenmatt DE
Country: Europe / Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
A rich woman agrees to share her wealth the people in her poor village in return for the life of the man who ruined her reputation when she was young.