Mystery books from Belgium
Recommended mystery books (8)
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If you are into mystery here are some mystery books from Belgium for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Derrière la haine by Barbara Abel FR
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D'un côté, il y a Tiphaine et Sylvain ; de l'autre, il y a Laetitia et David. Deux couples voisins et amis, ayant chacun un enfant du même âge. Deux couples fusionnels et solidaires qui vivent côté à côte dans une harmonie parfaite. Jusqu'au jour du drame. Un tragique accident fait voler en éclats leur entente idyllique, et la cloison qui sépare leurs maisons tout comme la haie qui sépare leurs jardins ne seront pas de trop pour les protéger les uns des autres. Désormais, les seuls convives invités à la table des anciens amis s'appellent Culpabilité, Suspicion, Paranoïa et Haine... Derrière la... continue
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L'affaire Saint-Fiacre by Georges Simenon FR
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Un grattement timide à la porte ; le bruit d'un objet posé sur le plancher ; une voix furtive : « Il est cinq heures et demie ! Le premier coup de la messe vient de sonner... »Maigret fit grincer le sommier du lit en se soulevant sur les coudes et tandis qu'il regardait avec étonnement la lucarne percée dans le toit en pente, la voix reprit : « Est-ce que vous communiez ? »Maintenant, le commissaire Maigret était debout, les pieds nus sur le plancher glacial. lI marcha vers la porte qui fermait à I'aide d'une ficelle enroulée à deux clous. lI y eut des pas qui fuyaient, et, quand il fut dans l... continue
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La cage de verre by Georges Simenon FR
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Le bruit saccadé de la machine à écrire le réveilla et il vit, comme d'habitude, les draps pâles du lit de sa femme de l'autre côté de la table de nuit. Qui avait décidé qu'il y aurait des lits jumeaux ? Après dix-huit ans, il n'aurait pu le dire avec certitude. D'ailleurs, les événements de cette époque-là étaient confus et, pour des raisons qu'il n'essayait pas de démêler, il préférait les chasser de sa mémoire. C'était probablement elle. Et il n'avait pas protesté. Il ne protestait jamais. En définitive, il ne leur était pas arrivé une seule fois de dormir ensemble.
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Maigret and the Man on the Bench by Georges Simenon EN
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“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré 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 he was wearing when he was killed “couldn’t be his.” It soon becomes evident that although he had a source of income... continue
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Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon EN
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“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré In Simenon’s iconic first novel featuring Inspector Maigret, the laconic detective is taken from grimy bars to luxury hotels as he traces a fraudster’s true identity Inspector Jules Maigret, a taciturn detective and commissaire of the Paris Brigade Criminelle, receives notice from Interpol that a notorious conman known only as Peitr the Latvian is en route to France. Armed with a broad description and a scant few clues, Maigret plans to intercept him at the train station outside Paris. But when ... continue
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Styx by Bavo Dhooge EN
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A serial killer is on the loose in Ostend, Belgium. Nicknamed The Stuffer, the mysterious killer fills his victims full of sand and poses them as public art installations. Rafael Styx, a corrupt, middle-aged cop with a bum hip and ties to the Belgian underworld is on the case. A chance encounter with The Stuffer leaves Styx dead from a gun shot to the chest--but the afterlife has just begun. Returning as a zombie, Styx has to battle his new hunger for human flesh as he seeks to restore his honor and find his own murderer.
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The Lost Guardian of Malta by Steven Bogaerts EN
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Beneath the sunlit stones of Malta lies a secret older than civilization-one that could rewrite history. For Ceti, a sharp-witted orphan drifting through life, a routine delivery plunges him into a hidden world of ancient relics and dark conspiracies. Shadowed by unseen enemies, Ceti's journey sweeps him from the neon chaos of Paceville to the depths of Malta's catacombs, where whispers of a forgotten power pulse through the underground. As he uncovers a secret stretching across the island, Ceti learns that his own past is deeply entwined with mysteries hidden for millennia. But he's not the o... continue
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The Shadow Puppet by Georges Simenon EN
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“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 A gripping domestic tragedy starring Inspector Maigret and set in Simenon’s very own neighborhood “One by one the lighted windows went dark. The silhouette of the dead man could still be seen through the frosted glass like a Chinese shadow puppet. A taxi pulled up. It wasn't the public prosecutor yet. A young woman crossed the courtyard with hurried steps, leaving a whiff of perfume... continue