Popular European Crime Books
Find crime books written by authors from Europe for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (219)
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Mentalisten by Camilla Läckberg NO
SwedenDescription:
I en kjempesatsing fra Sverige skapes en ny etterforskerduo utenom det vanlige: politietterforskeren Mina Dabiri og mentalisten Vincent Walder fra Stockholm. Mentalisten er den første i en trilogi av selveste Camilla Läckberg, skrevet sammen med den kjente mentalisten Henrik Fexeus. Mordet som setter det hele i gang er brutalt - en ung kvinne blir funnet i et sverdskap, gjennomboret fra alle kanter av sverdene lik en makaber parodi på det magiske trikset. Mina oppsøker mentalisten Vincent i et forsøk på å forstå morderens tenkemåte. Vincent lar seg fascinere av både Mina og saken hun etterfors... 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."--Cover.
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Miss Smilla's Feeling of Snow by Peter Høeg EN
Description:
She thinks more highly of snow and ice than she does of love. She lives in a world of numbers, science and memories--a dark, exotic stranger in a strange land. And now Smilla Jaspersen is convinced she has uncovered a shattering crime... It happened in the Copenhagen snow. A six-year-old boy, a Greenlander like Smilla, fell to his death from the top of his apartment building. While the boy's body is still warm, the police pronounce his death an accident. But Smilla knows her young neighbor didn't fall from the roof on his own. Soon she is following a path of clues as clear to her as footsteps ... continue
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Mörder ohne Gesicht by Henning Mankell DE
Description:
Auf einem abgelegenen Bauernhof ist ein altes Ehepaar überfallen und getötet worden. 'Ausländer, Ausländer!' waren die letzten Worte der sterbenden Frau. Als die Öffentlichkeit davon erfährt, wird Schonen von einer Welle ausländerfeindlicher Gewalt überrollt. Doch plötzlich führen die Ermittlungen in eine ganz andere Richtung ... Kommissar Wallanders erster Fall, mit dem Henning Mankell den Grundstein zu seiner Karriere als Erfolgsschriftsteller gelegt hat.
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Mother Dear : A Thriller by Nova Lee Maier EN
Country: Europe / 
Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
There's only one thing worse than doing the unthinkable: what you're willing to do to hide it. Helen lives a decent, uncomplicated life. Satisfied in her career, she's raising three happy teenagers, and her family has the most envied house on the street. Admittedly, she's growing just a little disenchanted with her marriage to her workaholic husband, Werner. But that's nothing she can't fix. Then one day Helen comes home to something completely unexpected that threatens to shatter her carefully cultivated world. For disaffected, young petty criminals Ralf and Brian, it was a scheme to make som... continue
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Poland
England108.
Murder by Matchlight by E. C. R. Lorac EN
Description:
"Originally published in 1945 by Collins. "Permanent Policeman" was first published in MacKill's Mystery Magazine, March 1953"--Title page verso.
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Murder in Montego Bay by Paula Lennon EN
Description:
First book in the exceptional new detective series set in Montego Bay, Jamaica with two memorable lead protagonists: Jamaican detective Ray Preddy and Glaswegian detective Sean Harris. In Montego Bay, Jamaica, privileged Chinese-Jamaican brothers Lester and Carter Chin Ellis have enjoyed a sheltered life as the heirs to the iced desserts empire Chinchillerz. One fateful night, following a fiery encounter with local law enforcement the brothers are taken to Pelican Walk Police Station, where Lester is detained for drunk driving, while Carter is released without charge. Within minutes of leaving... continue
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Murder Mindfully by Karsten Dusse EN
GermanyDescription:
(Blurb on back of book)
"First off, I'm not a violent man. I didn't even kill anyone until I was forty-two."
"Björn has been given an ultimatum; repair his work-life balance, or his wife Katharina will leave him - and take their daughter.
He reluctantly starts a mindfulness class and, to his surprise, it's a revelation. He becomes calmer, more focused, and he's starting to understand what's really important in life. So when his client, the brutal crime boss Dragan Sergowicz, tries to interfere with his precious family time, Björn remembers... continue