Murder Most Global

Aimee Leduc series
by Cara Black (France)
Murder in Clichy – Aimee becomes involved in a mystery after she witnesses a murder and ends up with a bag filled with precious jade. First in series: Murder in Belleville

Inspector Montalbano series
by Andrea Camilleri (Italy)
The Patience of the Spider – The Italian detective is at home in Marinella enjoying the ministrations of his wife, Livia, after he was shot in the line of duty. But his recuperation is hampered by the demands of a new case: the abduction of Susanna Mistretta, an attractive university student and daughter of a ecologist. First in series: The Shape of Water

Siri Paiboun series
by Colin Cotterill (Laos)
Disco for the Departed – Coroner Siri Paiboun must identify a corpse found near the mansion of the new Laotian president, an investigation that includes communication with the dead, sacrificial rituals, a marriage proposal, and strange disco music that only the doctor can hear. First in series: The Coroner’s Lunch

Aurelio Zen series
by Michael Dibdin (Italy)
Medusa – When a murdered body is discovered, and then stolen, from an abandoned military tunnel in the Italian Alps, Aurelio Zen investigates to see if the killing is somehow related to a recent car bombing in the tax haven of Campion d'Italia. First in series: Ratking

Inspector Hal Challis series
by Garry Disher (Australia)
Kittyhawk Down – Melbourne homicide detective Hal Challis contends with the pressure of two unsolved murders and his inability to sever all ties with his wife, Angela, who years earlier was convicted of conspiring to have him killed by her lover and remains a suicidal prison inmate. First in series: The Dragon Man

Inspector Sejer series
by Karin Fossum (Norway)
The Indian Bride – When perpetual bachelor Gunder Jomann goes to India for two weeks and comes home married, the town of Elvestad is stunned. On the day the Indian bride is supposed to arrive, the battered body of a woman is found in a meadow on the outskirts of town. First in series: Don’t Look Back

Inspector Espinosa series
by Luis Garcia-Roza (Brazil)
Pursuit – When his daughter disappears and a stalker patient emerges as the prime suspect, a troubled hospital psychiatrist contacts Espinosa for help. But as Espinosa learns more about the doctor’s history, he finds it difficult to discern the stalker from the stalked. First in series: Silence of the Rain

Guido Brunetti series
by Donna Leon (Italy)
Suffer the Little Children – After the Carabinieri rouse a prominent pediatrician in the middle of the night for illegally adopting his beloved 18-month-old son, Brunetti investigates related adoptions, plus a scam in which pharmacists and doctors bill for bogus appointments. First in series: Death at La Fenice

Kurt Wallander series
by Henning Mankell (Sweden)
The Man Who Smiled – Spiraling into an alcohol-fueled depression after killing a man in the line of duty, Kurt Wallander has made up his mind to quit the police force, until an old acquaintance seeks his help to investigate the suspicious circumstances in which his father has died, only to end up dead him self. First in series: The Dogs of Riga

Rei Shimura series
by Sujata Massey (Japan)
Girl in a Box – Taking a freelance assignment from a Washington, D.C., agency with possible ties to the CIA, Japanese-American investigator Rei Shimura goes undercover as a clerk in a big Tokyo department store to unmask a killer. First in series: The Salaryman’s Wife

The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series
by Alexander McCall Smith (Botswana)
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive – Things go badly awry for Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni when he sets out to do something special for their adopted daughter, Motholeli, and it is up to his wife, Mma Precious Ramotswe, to extricate him from his problems. First in series: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency

Shan Tao Yun series
by Eliot Pattison (Tibet)
Beautiful Ghosts – Having lived a year in exile since his release from a work camp, former Beijing inspector Shan Tao Yun is entreated by the officials who exiled him to help with a murder investigation involving missing art, his former gulag, and his son. First in series: The Skull Mantra

Inspector Rebus series
by Ian Rankin (Scotland)
The Naming of the Dead – Sent to man an abandoned police station during an international conference between the leaders of the free world, officer John Rebus investigates the suspicious falling death of a delegate at an Edinburgh banquet. First in series: Knots and Crosses

Arkady Renko series
by Martin Cruz Smith (Russia)
Stalin’s Ghost – A high-stakes tale set in Moscow follows the machinations of a group of reactionaries who harbor a nostalgic loyalty to the regime of Joseph Stalin and who plot to create a groundswell for a new dictatorship. First in series: Gorky Park

Inspector Chen Cao series
by Qiu Xiaolong (China)
A Case of Two Cities – Asked to take the lead in a corruption investigation in which the principal figure and his family have already fled to the U.S., Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Bureau is charged to uncover the culprit's partners-in-crime and their organization. First in series: Death of a Red Heroine