Here are 14 of the best books to be reissued this summer, as selected by the CrimeReads editors.
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Yukito Ayatsuji, The Clock House Murders
Translated by Ho-Ling Wong
(Pushkin Vertigo)
“An elaborate and creepy whodunit particularly pitched to fans of logical brainteasers.”–Kirkus Reviews
Phoebe Atwood Taylor, Sandbar Sinister
(American Mystery Classics)
“As baffling as it is amusing . . . Class A.” –The New York Times
Read the introduction by Dwyer Murphy here.
Seishi Yokomizo, She Walks at Night
Translated by Jesse Kirkwood
(Pushkin Vertigo)
“A wonderfully strange blend of Golden Age puzzle mystery, Gothic melodrama and distinctly Japanese atmosphere… An impressively constructed puzzle.” –Crime Fiction Lover
Georges Simenon, The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
Translated by Siân Reynolds
(Picador)
“Simenon has concentrated noir into a darkness as solid and heavy as the interior of a dwarf star.” –William T. Vollmann
Cornelius Hirschberg, Florentine Finish
(Library of Congress Crime Classics)
“Smart material, fresh characters, intricate plot, a thumping success!”–New York Herald Tribune
Masako Togawa, The Lady Killer
Translated by Simon Grove
(Pushkin Vertigo)
“The PD James of Japan.”–Times Literary Supplement
Soji Shimada, Murder in the Crooked House
Translated by Louise Heal Kawai
(Pushkin Vertigo)
“One of those locked-room head-bangers that invite—’taunt’ is more like it—the reader to decipher the clues and solve a murder along with an all-seeing detective.”–New York Times Book Review
Seicho Matsumoto, A Quiet Place
Translated by Louise Heal Kawai
(Modern Library)
“Stellar.”—The Millions
Read the introduction from Pico Iyer here.
Han Ong, Fixer Chao
(Outsider Editions)
“An audacious New York caper. . . .Brilliantly funny and addictively caustic.” –Vulture
Shiva Naipaul, Journey to Nowhere
(Outsider Editions)
This gimlet-eyed rumination on the risks of radicalism and governmental complicity remains relevant.” –Publishers Weekly
Elizabeth Daly, The House Without the Door
(Classic Mayhem)
“Miss Daly has a delightful style, and this book will keep the reader on tenterhooks.” –Montreal Star
Ellery Queen, The Tragedy of Y
(American Mystery Classics)
“Ellery Queen is the American detective story.” –Anthony Boucher
Anthony Bourdain, Three Crime Novels: Bone in the Throat, Gone Bamboo, and The Bobby Gold Stories
(Bloomsbury)
“The chef wields his pen with the same murderously winning flair as he does his knives.” –Kirkus Reviews
Eva Figes, Nelly’s Version
(Dalkey Archive Press)
“Figes’s work assumes the style of a gripping thriller, as her character takes on an urgent if incomprehensible mission of personal espionage.”–Booklist
