Watson – Psychological and mysterious, Christine wakes every morning having to be find out that she has amnesia that keeps her from storing new memories. 13)īed of Nails by Antonin Varenne, Siân Reynolds (Translation) – Dark, disturbing, noir where a homicide detective investigates suicides and finds a connection between cases that makes him suspicious…īefore I Go to Sleep by S.J. And Poldi, a Bavarian widow living in Sicily, is a drinks-too-much, loves hard, and if-you’re-in-her-way-move fantastic character. Being republished Januby Random House)Īuntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions by Mario Giordano, John Brownjohn (Translation) – Narrated by Poldi’s nephew this has the fun element that The Princess Bride had of interrupting the story with their, often times funny, conversations. Witesman (Translation) – Finding blood splattered money is never bound to end well which seventeen-year-old Lumikki Andersson is about to find out…(originally published 2014 Skyscape.

Smith (Translation) – The third to be translated to English finds the physicist Yukawa “Detective Galileo” traveling to Hari Cove for a conference where of course there’s a murder…Ī Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder (Inspector Singh Investigates #1) by Shamini Flint – Meet Inspector Singh, a detective in Singapore, whose first case in the series is trying to prove a model sentenced for her husband’s murder didn’t actually do it.Ī Quiet Place by Seicho Matsumoto, Louise Heal Kawai (Translation) - Slow build mystery that starts with a husband questioning why his wife was in the shop she died in which leads him to question who exactly he was married to… (Bitter Lemon Press, August 16th)Ī Vine in the Blood (Chief Inspector Mario Silva #5) by Leighton Gage – Brazil is hosting the FIFA World Cup and a star player’s mother is kidnapped and Inspector Silva has his work cutout with all the possible suspects.Īlex Morrow Series by Denise Mina – Meet Alex Morrow a police Detective solving crime in Glaslow.Īll She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe, Alfred Birnbaum (Translation) – For a deep look into Japan’s economy in the 1980’s.Īll Yours by Claudia Piñeiro, Miranda France (Translation) – Imagine you followed your cheating husband and ended up witnessing the death of his mistress…Īrthur & George by Julian Barnes– Historical fiction based on real people-you may know Arthur as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle…Īs Red as Blood (Lumikki Andersson #1) by Salla Simukka, Owen F. A Midsummer’s Equation (Detective Galileo #6) by Keigo Higashino, Alexander O.

Japanese tales of mystery & imagination