Popular European Mystery Books
Find mystery books written by authors from Europe for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (123)
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Le suspendu de Conakry by Jean-Christophe Rufin FR
FranceDescription:
Comment cet Aurel Timescu peut-il être Consul de France ? Avec son accent roumain, sa dégaine des années trente et son passé de pianiste de bar, il n’a pourtant rien à faire au Quai d’Orsay. Il végète d’ailleurs dans des postes subalternes. Cette fois, il est en Guinée, lui qui ne supporte pas la chaleur. Il prend son mal en patience, transpire, boit du tokay et compose des opéras... Quand, tout à coup, survient la seule chose au monde qui puisse encore le passionner : un crime inexpliqué. Suspendu, ce plaisancier blanc ? À quoi ? Au mât de son voilier, d’accord. Mais avant ? Suspendu à des év... continue
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Life Begins on Friday by Ioana Pârvulescu EN
RomaniaDescription:
Parvulescus' book is a magical tale full of enchanting characters who can carry the reader to another time. A time-travel book for the romantic.
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Maigret and the Man on the Bench by Georges Simenon EN
BelgiumDescription:
“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.” —The Guardian Inspector Maigret must untangle the web of lies left behind by a murdered man whose family didn’t know him as well as they thought When a man is found stabbed to death in an alley off Boulevard Saint-Martin, his identity card shows a workplace that had gone out of business three years earlier. As far as his wife knew, he still worked there, and she insists that the shoes and a tie h... continue
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Manalive by G. K. Chesterton EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Light-hearted work introduces Innocent Smith, a bubbly, eccentric gentleman of questionable character, into the lives of a group of young disillusioned people -- and the result is inspired, high-spirited nonsense.
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Meddling Kids : A Novel by Edgar Cantero EN
SpainDescription:
Four former kid detectives have grown up and apart, each haunted by disturbing memories of their final night in an old haunted house. The time has come to get the team back together, face their fears, and find out what actually happened all those years ago at Sleepy Lake.
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Menneskefluene (The human flies) by Hans Olav Lahlum NO
NorwayDescription:
This is the first mystery in the hugely compelling, bestselling Norwegian crime series. Oslo, 1968. Ambitious young detective Inspector Kolbjorn Kristiansen is called to an apartment block, where a man has been found murdered. The victim, Harald Olesen, was a legendary hero of the Resistance during the Nazi occupation and at first it is difficult to imagine who could have wanted him dead. But as Detective Inspector Kolbjorn Kristiansen (known as K2) begins to investigate, it seems clear that the murderer could only be one of Olesen's fellow tenants in the building. Soon, with the help of ... continue
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Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Høeg EN
DenmarkDescription:
One snowy day in Copenhagen, six-year-old Isaiah falls to his death from a city rooftop. The police pronounce it an accident. But Isaiah's neighbour, Smilla, suspects murder. She embarks on a dangerous quest to find the truth, following a path of clues as clear to her as footsteps in the snow. 'A subtle novel, yet direct, clever, wistful, unforgettable' Ruth Rendell, Daily Telegraph 'On one level, both a whodunit and a thriller - ingeniously plotted. Extremely hard to put down. Peter H�eg's novel is already making for classic status' Sunday Times 'Unusual and enveloping. Extraordinarily evocat... continue
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