Popular European Thriller Books
Find thriller books written by authors from Europe for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (234)
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The Lazarus Effect by H. J. Golokai EN
GermanyDescription:
The Lazarus Effect is a gripping new addition to the African crime genre from a talented debut author.
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The Legacy : A Thriller by Yrsa Sigurdardottir EN
IcelandDescription:
Required to both question and protect a traumatized seven-year-old girl who is the only witness to a murder, rookie detective Huldar and psychologist Freyja navigate elusive clues left behind by an unusually slippery killer.
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The Lighthouse Witches by C. J. Cooke EN
Country: Europe / 
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Description:
A Most Anticipated Novel by Pop Sugar * Book Riot * Betches * Bustle * and more! "Utterly spellbinding....Witchcraft meets thriller."--Pop Sugar Two sisters go missing on a remote Scottish island. Twenty years later, one is found--but she's still the same age as when she disappeared. The secrets of witches have reached across the centuries in this chilling Gothic thriller from the author of the acclaimed The Nesting. When single mother Liv is commissioned to paint a mural in a 100-year-old lighthouse on a remote Scottish island, it's an opportunity to start over with her three daughters--Luna,... continue
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The Lost Girls of Rome by Donato Carrisi EN
ItalyDescription:
A young girl has mysteriously disappeared in Rome. As rain lashes the ancient streets, two men, Clemente and Marcus, sit in a café near the Piazza Navona and pore over the details of the case. They are members of the ancient Penitenzeri - a unique Italian team, linked to the Vatican, and trained in the detection of true evil. But they are not alone. Sandra - a brilliant forensics expert with a tragic past - is also working on the case. When her path crosses theirs, not only do they make headway in the case of the missing girl, but they also uncover a terrible secret world, hidden in the dark r... continue
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The Lost Guardian of Malta by Steven Bogaerts EN
BelgiumDescription:
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 Maidens by Alex Michaelides EN
CyprusDescription:
We all keep secrets. Even from ourselves. 'A thrilling, heart-in-throat ride' STEPHEN FRY 'An absolute jaw-dropper' LUCY FOLEY 'Elegant, sinister, stylish' CHRIS WHITAKER 'Grips from start to finish' HARRIET TYCE * * * * * YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE MAIDENS. The Maidens are Cambridge University's most exclusive society, whose members are selected by the charismatic professor of Greek tragedy, Edward Fosca. A SECRETIVE SET OF THE BRIGHTEST, MOST CAPTIVATING STUDENTS. When one of the Maidens is murdered, grieving young therapist Mariana Andros is drawn back to the idyllic campus where she was o... continue
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The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell EN
SwedenDescription:
In the aftermath of the 2006 massacre of 19 people in a Swedish village, Judge Birgitta Roslin, a granddaughter of two of the victims, discovers the 19th-century diary of a gang leader that reveals the case's eerie connections to the abuse of Chinese slave workers. By the award-winning author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries.
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The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton EN
EnglandDescription:
G. K. Chesterton's surreal masterpiece is a psychological thriller that centers on seven anarchists in turn-of-the-century London who call themselves by the names of the days of the week. Chesterton explores the meanings of their disguised identities in what is a fascinating mystery and, ultimately, a spellbinding allegory. As Jonathan Lethem remarks in his Introduction, The real characters are the ideas. Chesterton's nutty agenda is really quite simple: to expose moral relativism and parlor nihilism for the devils he believes them to be. This wouldn't be interesting at all, though, if he didn... continue
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Description:
Revenge is a dish best eaten cold. This phenomenal Flemish international bestseller tells of a young woman's return to the small town where she suffered as a child and the payback she demands there.
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The Messenger of Athens by Anne Zouroudi EN
Description:
When the battered body of a young woman is discovered on a remote Greek island, the local police are quick to dismiss her death as an accident. Then a stranger arrives, uninvited, from Athens, announcing his intention to investigate further. His methods are unorthodox, and he brings his own mystery into the web of dark secrets and lies. Who has sent him, on whose authority is he acting, and how does he know of dramas played out decades ago?