World Mysterious
Mystery & Suspense Fiction in Translation

Readers all over the globe enjoy mystery and suspense. These novels were recently translated into English for the U.S. market. The original language is shown in parentheses. For help finding these or other materials, Ask Readers Services!

A Conspiracy of Faith*, Jussi Adler-Olsen (Danish)

Leeches, David Albahari (Serbian)

Missing, Karin Alvtegen (Swedish)

As God Commands, Niccolò Ammaniti (Italian)

Kismet: A Kayankaya Mystery, Jakob Arjouni (German)

Outrage: An Inspector Erlendur Novel*, Arnaldur Indriðason (Icelandic)

DeKok and the Dead Harlequin*, A.C. Baantjer (Dutch)

Farewell to Freedom*, Sara Blaedel (Danish)

The Third Reich, Roberto Bolaño (Spanish)

The Dance of the Seagull*, Andrea Camilleri (Italian)

A Novel Bookstore, Laurence Cossé (French)

A Paragon of Virtue, Christian von Ditfurth (German)

Sail of Stone*, Åke Edwardson (Swedish)

A Pimp’s Notes, Giorgio Faletti (Italian)

Zulu, Caryl Férey (French)

Therapy, Sebastian Fitzek (German)

The Traitor’s Emblem, Juan Gómez-Jurado (Spanish)

The Lie, Petra Hammesfahr (German)

Salvation of a Saint*, Keigo Higashino (Japanese)

Blessed Are Those Who Thirst: A Hanne Wilhelmsen Novel*, Anne Holt (Norwegian)

The Successor, Ismail Kadare (Albanian)

The Last Good Man, A.J. Kazinski (Danish)

Dead Man’s Share, Yasmina Khadra (French)

The End of the World in Breslau, Marek Krajewski (Polish)

Until Thy Wrath Be Past*, Åsa Larsson (Swedish)

The Other Child, Charlotte Link (German)

Cairo Modern, Najïb Mahfūz (Arabic)

The Troubled Man*, Henning Mankell (Swedish)

Trackers*, Deon Meyer (Afrikaans)

A Grain of Truth*, Zygmunt Miłoszewski (Polish)

The Missing File, D.A. Mishani (Hebrew)

The Sleeping Dragon, Miyuki Miyabe (Japanese)

The Thief, Fuminori Nakamura (Japanese)

The Redeemer*, Jo Nesbø (Norwegian)

Snow White Must Die, Nele Neuhaus (German)

Nights of Awe, Harri Nykänen (Finnish)

Unwanted, Kristina Ohlsson (Swedish)

The Beggar King: A Hangman’s Daughter Tale*, Oliver Pötzsch (German)

Cell 8*, Anders Roslund & Börge Hellström (Swedish)

The Prisoner of Heaven, Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Spanish)

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, Jan-Philipp Sendker (German)

Syndrome E, Franck Thilliez (French)

The Healer, Antti Tuomainen (Finnish)

The Day is Dark*, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (Icelandic)

*part of a series

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