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Crime Fiction From Around the World

50 books of crime fiction: from cozy to gritty, from golden age to thriller. One country, one book. When it's a series, I've tried to identify the first one in the series that is also available in English.
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Morituri (Yasmina Khadra)
Morituri
1
Yasmina Khadra
The Screaming of the Innocent (Unity Dow)
The Screaming of the Innocent
2
Unity Dow
Wife of the Gods
Wife of the Gods
3
Black Star Nairobi (Mũkoma Wa Ngũgĩ)
Black Star Nairobi
4
Mũkoma Wa Ngũgĩ
The Lazarus Effect (H.J. Golakai)
The Lazarus Effect
5
H.J. Golakai
Whitefly (Abdelilah Hamdouchi)
Whitefly
6
Abdelilah Hamdouchi
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
My Sister, the Serial Killer
7
Oyinkan Braithwaite
Ramata (Abasse Ndione)
Ramata
8
Abasse Ndione
Thirteen Hours (Deon Meyer)
Thirteen Hours
9
Deon Meyer
The Golden Scales (Parker Bilal)
The Golden Scales
10
Parker Bilal
Thursday Night Widows (Claudia Piñeiro)
Thursday Night Widows
11
Claudia Piñeiro
The Silence of the Rain (Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza)
The Silence of the Rain
12
Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
Never Forget (Martin Michaud)
Never Forget
13
Martin Michaud
Dark Echoes of the Past (Ramon Diaz Eterovic)
Dark Echoes of the Past
14
Ramon Diaz Eterovic
House of Beauty (Melba Escobar)
House of Beauty
15
Melba Escobar
Havana Blue (Leonardo Padura Fuentes)
Havana Blue
16
Leonardo Padura Fuentes
The Bone Readers (Jacob Ross)
The Bone Readers
17
Jacob Ross
An Easy Thing (Taibo)
An Easy Thing
18
Taibo
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
19
Gillian Flynn
Death of a Red Heroine (Qiu Xiaolong)
Death of a Red Heroine
20
Qiu Xiaolong
The Borrowed (Chan Ho-Kei)
The Borrowed
21
Chan Ho-Kei
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra (Vaseem Khan)
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
22
Vaseem Khan
Waking Lions (Ayelet Gundar-Goshen)
Waking Lions
23
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
The Devotion of Suspect X (Keigo Higashino)
The Devotion of Suspect X
24
Keigo Higashino
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder (Shamini Flint)
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder
25
Shamini Flint
The Winter Queen (Boris Akunin)
The Winter Queen
26
Boris Akunin
The Dove's Necklace (Raja Alem)
The Dove's Necklace
27
Raja Alem
The Frangipani Tree Mystery (Ovidia Yu)
The Frangipani Tree Mystery
28
Ovidia Yu
The Plotters (Un-Su Kim)
The Plotters
29
Un-Su Kim
The Keeper of Lost Causes (Jussi Adler-Olsen)
The Keeper of Lost Causes
30
Jussi Adler-Olsen
Happy Birthday, Turk! (Jakob Arjouni)
Happy Birthday, Turk!
31
Jakob Arjouni
The Man Who Died (Antti Tuomainen)
The Man Who Died
32
Antti Tuomainen
Death in Brittany (Jean-Luc Bannalec)
Death in Brittany
33
Jean-Luc Bannalec
Late-Night News
Late-Night News
34
The Blond Hurricane (Jenő Rejtő)
The Blond Hurricane
35
Jenő Rejtő
Last Rituals (Yrsa Sigurðardóttir)
Last Rituals
36
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
In the Woods (Tara French)
In the Woods
37
Tara French
The Shape of Water (Andrea Camilleri)
The Shape of Water
38
Andrea Camilleri
The Bat (Jo Nesbø)
The Bat
39
Jo Nesbø
The Case of the General's Thumb (Andrey Kurkov)
The Case of the General's Thumb
40
Andrey Kurkov
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