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Reading List: Crime By Country

On this page I will be listing the many crime books that I have read and own according to which country they are (predominantly) set in. I will start with crime fiction, noir fiction, cosy crime and detective fiction. Depending on the list (which is by no means a complete list), I may even include some historical crime fiction.  It will mean that titles in a series may be split up according to where they are set geographically and only those I have read are listed - which means there may be some incomplete or out-of-order series.



Argentina: 
María Angélica Bosco - Death Going Down 
Ernesto Mallo - Buenos Aires Noir 



Australia:
LJM Owen -
Olmec Obituary (Dr Pimms, Intermillennial Sleuth, #1)
Mayan Mendacity (Dr Pimms, Intermillennial Sleuth #2) 

Egyptian Enigma (Dr Pimms, Intermillennial Sleuth, #3)
Fergus Hume - The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
John Dale - Sydney Noir
Tim Ayliffe - The Greater Good
Jill Paterson - The Celtic Dagger (Alistair Fitzjohn, #1)


Austria:
Graham Greene - The Third Man 
Ellis Peters - The Horn of Roland


Brazil:
Tony Bellotto - São Paulo Noir


Botswana:
Alexander McCall Smith - The No 1 ladies Detective Agency


Canada:
Jacques Filippi - Montreal Noir
Sam Wiebe - Vancouver Noir

Richard King -
A Brush with Death
The Book Review of Death


Canary Islands:
Andrew Wilson - A Different Kind of Evil (Agatha Christie #2)


Caribbean:
Patricia Moyes - The Coconut Killings
Agatha Christie - A Caribbean Mystery (Miss Marple, #10)



China:
Wong Hongja - Final Witness: The Story of China’s First Crime Scene Investigator Robert van Gulik - Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee (Judge Dee #1)


Egypt:
Agatha Christie -
Death Comes as the End
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #17)

The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb: An Inspector Poirot Mystery
Problem at Sea: A Hercule Poirot Short Story 


Elizabeth Peters -
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1)
The Curse of the Pharaohs (Amelia Peabody, #2)
The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody, #3)
Lion in the Valley (Amelia Peabody, #4)
The Deeds of the Disturber (Amelia Peabody, #5)
The Last Camel Died at Noon (Amelia Peabody, #6)
The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody, #7)
The Hippopotamus Pool (Amelia Peabody, #8)
Seeing a Large Cat (Amelia Peabody, #9)
The Jackal's Head

Lauren Haney -
The Right Hand of Amon (Lieutenant Bak, #1)
A Face Turned Backward (Lieutenant Bak #2)
A Vile Justice (Lieutenant Bak #3)


England:
- view here @ Crime By Country - England


France:
Gaston Leroux -The Mystery of the Yellow Room
Maurice Leblanc - Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar
Emile Gaboriau - Monsieur Lecoq 
Sebastian Japrisot - The Sleeping-Car Murders
Ivo Fornesa - Death in Saint-Chartier
Lin Anderson - The Case of the Black Pearl
Ngaio March - Spinsters in Jeopardy (Roderick Alleyn #17)

Agatha Christie - 
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot #6)
Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, #12)

Graeme Macrae Burnet -
The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau
The Accident on the A35

Tania Bayard -
In the Presence of Evil (Christine De Pizan Mystery #1)
In the Shadow of the Enemy (Christine De Pizan Mystery #2)
In the Company of Fools (Christine De Pizan Mystery #3)

Martin Walker -
Bruno, Chief of Police (Bruno, Chief of Police, #1)
The Templars' Last Secret (Bruno, Chief of Police, #10)

Laurence Giliotti - Gambrelli and the Prosecutor (Inspector Gambrelli #1)
Jean-François Parot - The Châtelet Apprentice: The Nicolas Le Floch Investigations
Anne-Laure Thiéblemont - The Collector (Marion Spicer Art Mysteries #1)
Fabrice Bourland - The Dream Killer of Paris
Claude Izner - Murder on the Eiffel Tower
James R. Farr - A Tale of Two Murders: Passion and Power in Seventeenth-Century France 
 Edgar Allen Poe - The Paris Mysteries
Janet Hubbard - Burgundy: Twisted Roots (Vengeance in the Vineyard mystery series #3)

Fred Vargas (aka Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau) -
The Chalk Circle Man (Commissaire Adamsberg #1)
Seeking Whom He May Devour (Commissaire Adamsberg #2)
Have Mercy on Us All (Commissaire Adamsberg #3)
Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand (Commissaire Adamsberg #4)
This Night's Foul Work (Commissaire Adamsberg #5)
An Uncertain Place (Commissaire Adamsberg #6)
The Ghost Riders of Ordebec (Commissaire Adamsberg #7)
A Climate of Fear (Commissaire Adamsberg #8)
This Poison Will Remain (Commissaire Adamsberg #9)

Georges Simenon -
Maigret the Tall Woman
Maigret & the Mad Woman
Maigret & the Killer
Maigret's Memoirs
Maigret Takes A Room
Maigret & the Burglar's Wife
The Brothers Rico
The Little Man from Archangel
Maigret & the Minister
Striptease
The Premier
Felice
The Shadow Puppet
The Saint-Fiacre Affair
Maigret in Society
Maigret Loses His Temper
Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett

Frederic Dard -
Crush
The Wicked Go to Hell
Bird in a Cage
The King of Fools
The Executioner Weeps
The Gravediggers' Bread

Jean-Pierre Alaux & Noël Balen -
Treachery in Bordeaux (Winemaker Detective #1)
Grand Cru Heist (Winemaker Detective #2)
Nightmare in Burgundy (Winemaker Detective #3)
Deadly tasting (Winemaker Detective #4)
Cognac Conspiracies (Winemaker Detective #5)
Mayhem in Margaux (Winemaker Detective #6)
Flambe in Armagnac (Winemaker Detective #7)
Montmatre Mysteries (Winemaker Detective #8)
Backstabbing in Beaujolais (Winemaker Detective #9)
Late Harvest Havoc (Winemaker Detective #10)
Tainted Tokay (Winemaker Detective #11)
Red-Handed in Romanee-Conti (Winemaker Detective #12)
Requim in Yquim (Winemaker Detective #13)
Foul Play in Vouvray (Winemaker Detective #14)
Champagne Widows (Winemaker Detective )

Nicholas Freeling -
Lake Isle (Inspector Castang)
The Night Lords
What Are the Bugles Blowing for?
The Back of the North Wind


Germany:
Oliver Potzsch - The Council of Twelve (The Hangman's Daughter #7)
Frank Schätzing - Death and the Devil
Agatha Christie - Passenger to Frankfurt
Aaron Elkins - Fellowship of Fear (Gideon Oliver #1)

Nicholas Freeling -
Gadget
The Dresden Green


Greece:
Gary Corby - Death on Delos (The Athenian Mysteries, #7)


Hawaii:
Earl Derr Biggers -
The House Without a Key (Charlie Chan)
The Chinese Parrot (Charlie Chan)
Behind That Curtain (Charlie Chan)
The Black Camel (Charlie Chan)
Charlie Chan Carries On (Charlie Chan)
The Keeper of the Keys (Charlie Chan)
Celebrated Cases of Charlie Chan


Hell:
Simon Kurt Unsworth -
The Devil's Detective
The Devil's Evidence


Holland:
- see The Netherlands


Hong Kong:
Jason Y Ng - Hong Kong Noir

William Marshall -
Yellowthread Street
Thin Air


Iceland:
Arnaldur Indridason -
Jar City (Inspector Erlendur)
Silence of the Grave (Inspector Erlendur)
Voices (Inspector Erlendur)
The Draining Lake (Inspector Erlendur)


India:
HRF Keating -
Inspector Ghote's First Case
Inspector Ghote's Good Crusade
Inspector Ghote Goes By Train
Bats Fly Up for Inspector Ghote

Sujata Massey -
The Widows of Malabar Hill
The Satapur Moonstone


Iraq:
Samuel Shimon - Baghdad Noir
Agatha Christie -
They Came to Baghdad
Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)


Ireland:
Cora Harrison -
A Shameful Murder (Reverend Mother Mystery #1)
A Shocking Assassination (Reverend Mother Mystery, #2)
Beyond Absolution (Reverend Mother Mystery, #3)

Peter Tremayne -
Absolution by Murder (Sister Fidelma, #1)
Shroud for the Archbishop (Sister Fidelma, #2)
Suffer Little Children (Sister Fidelma, #3)
The Subtle Serpent (Sister Fidelma, #4)
The Leper's Bell (Sister Fidelma, #14)

Caimh McDonnell - A Man With One of Those Faces (The Dublin Trilogy #1) Caimh McDonnell
Alexia Gordon - Killing in C Sharp (Gethsemane Brown Mysteries #3)
Adrian McKinty - Belfast Noir
Andrea Carter - Death at Whitewater Church (Inishowen Mysteries #1)


Italy:
Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose
Gigi Pandian - Michelangelo's Ghost (Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mystery #4)
Maria Luisa Minarelli - Murder in Venice (Venice Mystery #1)
Mark Toscano - Accused by Mark Toscano
Giorgio Faletti - I Kill
Julia Navarro - The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud
Ngaio March - When in Rome (Roderick Alleyn, #26)

Marco Vichi - 
Death in August (Inspector Bordelli #1)
Death in Florence (Inspector Bordelli #4)

Michael Dibdin -
Ratking (Aurelio Zen, #1)
Vendetta (Aurelio Zen, #2)

Augusto de Angelis -
Death In A Bookstore (Inspector de Vincenzi)
The Murdered Banker (Inspector de Vincenzi)
The Hotel of the Three Roses (Inspector de Vincenzi)
The Mystery of the Three Orchids (Inspector de Vincenzi)

Marilyn Todd -
I, Claudia: A Mystery, 13 B.C. (Claudia Seferius, #1)
Virgin Territory (Claudia Seferius, #2)
Man Eater (Claudia Seferius, #3)
Wolf Whistle (Claudia Seferius, #4)

Michele Giuttari -
A Florentine Death (Chief Superintendent Michele Ferrara #1)
A Death in Tuscany (Chief Superintendent Michele Ferrara #2)
A Death In Calabria (Chief Superintendent Michele Ferrara #4)
The Black Rose Of Florence (Chief Superintendent Michele Ferrara #5)

Donna Leon -
Through A Glass Darkly (A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery Book 15)
The Girl of His Dreams (A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery Book 17)
Trace Elements (A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery Book 29)


Japan:
Seishi Yokomizo -
The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi #1)
The Inugami Clan (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi #6)

Soji Shimada -
Murder in the Crooked House
The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

Gigi Pandian - The Ninja's Illusion (A Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mystery Book 5)
Vasudev Murthy - Sherlock Holmes, The Missing Years: Japan

Masako Togawa -
The Lady Killer
The Master Key

Ben Stevens -
The Ennin Mysteries
- there are 84 books in this series (so far) and I have all of them on kindle 


Malaysia:
Rozlan Mohd Noor - 21 Immortals: Inspector Mislan and the Yee Sang Murders 
Shamini Flint - A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder (Inspector Singh Investigates #1)


Mexico:
Aaron Elkins - Curses! (Gideon Oliver #5)


Middle East (General):

Agatha Christie - Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19) 


Morocco:
Yassin Adnan - Marrakech Noir
Thomas Mogford - Shadow of the Rock

Agatha Christie - Destination Unknown


The Netherlands:
Janwillem van de Wetering - Outsider in Amsterdam (Grijpstra & de Gier Mystery #1)
Rene Appel - Amsterdam Noir

Nichols Freeling -
Love In Amsterdam (Van der Valk)
Because of the Cats (Van der Valk)
Gun Before Butter (Van der Valk)


New Zealand:
Ngaio Marsh - 
Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5)
Colour Scheme (Roderick Alleyn, #12)
Photo Finish (Roderick Alleyn, #31)
Money in the Morgue



Nigeria:
Chris Abani - Lagos Noir


Norway:
Robert Barnard - Death In A Cold Climate


Ocean (or Water):
Ngaio March - Singing in the Shrouds (Roderick Alleyn, #20)
Agatha Christie - The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race, #1)



Palestine:
Kate Raphael - Murder Under the Fig Tree (A Palestine Mystery, #2)


Poland:
Pavel Mandys - Prague Noir
Benjamin Black - Prague Nights


Rhodes:

Agatha Christie - The Triangle at Rhodes: A Hercule Poirot Mystery


Russia:
Martin Cruz Smith - Gorky Park (Arkady Renko #1)


Scotland:
John Buchan -
The Thirty-Nine Steps
The Three Hostages
John MacNab

Clare Carson - The Canary Keeper
Gigi Pandian - Artifact (Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mystery #1)

Clio Gray -
Deadly Prospects (Scottish Mysteries, Book 1)
Burning Secrets (Scottish Mysteries #2)

Ian Rankin -
The Flood
A Good Hanging
Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1)
Hide and Seek (Inspector Rebus, #2)
Tooth and Nail (Inspector Rebus, #3)
Strip Jack (Inspector Rebus, #4)
The Black Book (Inspector Rebus, #5)

Peter May -
Blackhouse
Lewis Man
The Chess Men


Sicily:
Andrea Camilleri -
Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories
The Shape of Water
The Terra-cotta Dog
The Snack Thief
Voice of the Violin
- A Month with Montalbano
- The Arancini of Montalbano
Excursion to Tindari
The Smell of the Night
- Montalbano's Fear
- Stories of Montalbano
Rounding the Mark
The Patience of the Spider
- Montalbano's First Investigation
The Paper Moon
August Heat
The Wings of the Sphinx
The Track of Sand
The Potter's Field
The Age of Doubt
- Tales of Montalbano
The Dance of the Seagull
Treasure Hunt
Take It For Yourself
Angelica's Smile
The Game of Mirrors
Blade of Light
A Voice in the Night
A Nest of Vipers
The Pyramid of Mud
- Offshore Death and other Investigations by the young Montalbano
The Carousel of Exchanges
The Other End of the Thread
The Safety Net
The Catalanotti Method
The Cook of Alcyon

The Brewer of Preston
The Sect of Angels
Judges
Hunting Season


South Africa:

Agatha Christie - The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race, #1)


Spain:
Kevin Barry - Night Boat to Tangier
Lou Gilmond - The Tale of Senyor Rodriguez
Marc Fernandez - Mala Vida: A Novel
Sergio Vila-Sanjuán - A Barcelona Heiress

Julian Sanchez -
The Antiquarian
The Art Restorer


Sweden:
Stieg Larsson -
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest

Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö -
The Abominable Man
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
Cop Killer

Martin Holmen - 
Clinch (Harry Kvist, #1)
Down for the Count (Harry Kvist, #2)
Slugger (Harry Kvist, #3)


Switzerland:
Martin Suter -
Allmen and the Pink Diamond
Allmen and the Dragonflies

Friedrich Dürrenmatt -
The Judge and His Hangman (The Inspector Bärlach Mysteries #1)
The Execution of Justice


Turkey (Byzantium):
Jayne Ashford - The Woman on the Orient Express
Tom Harper - The Mosaic of Shadows (Demetrios Askiates, #1) 
Barbara Nadel - Harem (Inspector Ikmen #5)


United States:
- view here @ Crime By Country - United States


Wales:
Wonny Lea -
Killing by Colours
The Coopers Field Murder
Andrew Peters - The Barry Island Murders


Yugolsavia:
Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) 

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