• International

    City on the Edge

    David Swinson

    "It was painstaking work, creating that fort out of a large thicket at the bottom of the hill."

    June 4, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    A Translator Considers the Joys of Crime Fiction

    On the intense excitement of translating a mystery, line by line.

    June 3, 2021  By Michael Meigs
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    Auntie Poldi and the Lost Madonna

    Mario Giordano, translated by John Brownjohn

    "Chapter 4 tells of aperitifs, team play and whining, lotus leaves and utter fools, consistency and appreciation, Latin lovers and mommy’s boys."

    May 27, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    May's Best International Crime Fiction

    Illusionists in Paris, Snipers in Taiwan, and Safecrackers in Cairo

    May 25, 2021  By Molly Odintz
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    Above the Rain

    Víctor del Árbol, translated by Lisa Dillman

    "It all came to a head in the most surprising way."

    May 25, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Lady of Zamalek

    Ashraf El-Ashmawi, translated by Peter Daniel

    "The gardener had left the gate ajar as planned."

    May 24, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    A Reading List For Understanding The Past, Present, and Future of Belfast

    Northern Irish writers are making sense of a complicated history through crime fiction. Here are some of the best novels to come out of the post-conflict era.

    May 7, 2021  By Sharon Dempsey
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    The Secret Talker

    Geling Yan, translated by Jeremy Tiang

    "Qiao Hongmei stood before the mirror, posing the way he’d described her, with her weight on one leg."

    May 6, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    Five Series With A Great Sense of Place to Tide You Over Until We Can All Travel Again

    Travel Vicariously with Rhys Bowen's Favorite International Series

    May 3, 2021  By Rhys Bowen
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    Sunday in the Ville D’Avray

    Dominique Barbéris, translated by John Cullen

    "'In fact,' my sister murmured without looking my way, 'it made me think of someone. I had an...encounter, years ago, didn’t I ever tell you? Something happened to me.'"

    April 30, 2021  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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