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by S J. Gazan
Published Nov 2014
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Published May 2014
Read ReviewsThe Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair is a fast-paced, tightly plotted, cinematic literary thriller, and an ingenious book within a book, by a dazzling young writer.
by Arnaldur Indridason
Published Sep 2010
Read ReviewsThe Reykjavik police are called on an icy January day to a garden where a body has been found: a young, dark-skinned boy is frozen to the ground in a pool of his own blood. Erlendur and his team embark on their investigation and soon unearth tensions simmering beneath the surface of Icelands outwardly liberal, multicultural society.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
Published Jun 2009
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by David Hewson
Published Aug 2006
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Don't Look Back: An Inspector Sejer Mystery
by Karin Fossum
Published Jun 2005
Read ReviewsCritically acclaimed across Europe, Karin Fossum's Inspector Sejer novels are masterfully constructed, psychologically convincing, and compulsively readable. They evoke a world that is at once profoundly disturbing and terrifyingly familiar.
by Andrea Camilleri
Published Jul 2004
Read ReviewsThe Sicilian detective, Inspector Salvo Montalbano, is on the search for the killer of a young woman. Among the suspects are her aging husband, a famous doctor; a shy admirer (now disappeared) and her lover - an antiques dealer from Bologna. However, it is a mysterious, reclusive violinist who holds the key.
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