Felonious Category: Foreign

Intricately observed, richly atmospheric settings anywhere in the world outside of England and the U.S.A.


Close-Up


Close-Up

Pudgy, plain, and newly divorced, Margot feels simultaneously invisible and entirely exposed, ...


Shame


Shame

By Karin Alvtegen

Monika and Maj-Britt could not be more different. Monika is in love with a man who adores her; Maj-Britt can ...


Free Reign


Free Reign

First in the Ellis Portal series

On the day he graduated from law school, there was little doubt that Ellis Portal ...


Arabesk


Arabesk

By Barbara Nadel

Confined to his home on sick-leave (and prevented from sneaking his beloved brandy and cigars), Inspector Ikmen of the Istanbul ...


Vodka Neat


Vodka Neat

By Anna Blundy

"The dead twins stole my chicken!"  That's the least of the revelations to greet Faith Zanetti on her return to Moscow, ...


A Chill Rain in January


A Chill Rain in January

By L.R. Wright

It's sunny days for Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg, even as everyone else in Canada is shivering. The magnificent Cassandra Mitchell, ...



The Peking Man is Missing — Reviewed by the Newark Star-Ledger

"Because the author knew the territory, the setting is authentic. And the political complexities of Chinese-Japanese-American relations during World ...


Death of a Dissident


Death of a Dissident

By Stuart Kaminsky

The first Inspector Rostnikov mystery Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov has a lot on his plate. His superiors in the Moscow police ...


The Rainaldi Quartet


The Rainaldi Quartet

By Paul Adam

Well into his middle years, Gianni Castiglione has a pleasant, quiet life in Cremona. A luthier - a maker and ...


The Suspect


The Suspect

By L.R. Wright

The Edgar-winning first novel in the Karl Alberg mystery series set in the sunshine coast of Canada. To Karl Alberg ...


The Ottoman Cage


The Ottoman Cage

By Barbara Nadel

The second book in the Inspector Ikmen Series, with fascinating, disturbing echoes of Istanbul’s tragic relationship with its Armenian ...


Belshazzar’s Daughter


Belshazzar’s Daughter

By Barbara Nadel

The First Book in the Inspector Ikmen Series Tourist brochures present Istanbul as a glamorous, modern city, but the brochures ...


The Ganja Coast


The Ganja Coast

By Paul Mann

The 2nd George Sansi mystery A sleepy community on the Indian coast, Goa is a paradise for the international hippie ...


Season of the Monsoon


Season of the Monsoon

By Paul Mann

The first George Sansi mystery about a cop in Bombay; ideal for fans of Henning Mankell. “A classic noir thriller, ...


Black Knight in Red Square


Black Knight in Red Square

By Stuart Kaminsky

Inspector Rostnikov #2 The Moscow Film Festival may lack Cannes’ boats, bikinis, and gentle breezes, but it has nevertheless attracted ...


The Neapolitan Streak


The Neapolitan Streak

By Timothy Holme

The First Book in the Inspector Peroni Mystery Series -- featuring the “Rudolph Valentino of the Italian police”. Achille ...


Gun Before Butter


Gun Before Butter

Because of the Cats


Because of the Cats

By Nicolas Freeling

Inspector Van der Valk #2 Bloemendaal aan Zee, that smugly prosperous little seaside town, has more television sets per ...


Love in Amsterdam


Love in Amsterdam

By Nicolas Freeling

First in the Inspector Van der Valk detective series Alluring and unstable, Elsa de Charmoy was a dangerous woman, and ...


Dispatch From a Cold Country


Dispatch From a Cold Country

The Third Book in the Colin Burke Series Recalled to Washington and riding an editor's desk, journalist Colin Burke ...


Cover Story


Cover Story

The Second Book in the Colin Burke Series Journalist Colin Burke may have escaped with his life at the ...


Soviet Sources


Soviet Sources

The First Book in the Colin Burke trilogy “It was going to be a busy day. The Russians were committing ...


A Good Death


A Good Death

By Elizabeth Ironside

In Death in the Garden, Elizabeth Ironside journeyed into the past, to an almost mythical beautiful English garden, poised ...


Betrayal


Betrayal

By Karin Alvtegen

FIRST U.S. PUBLICATION Last January Felony & Mayhem brought Karin Alvtegen's Missing to the U.S.; this January we're issuing yet another Alvtegen title. "Alvtegen has once again proved herself a master of the art of harnessing complex emotions like guilt, regret, and deceit into a breathtakingly intelligent plot" - Nerrikes Allehande (Sweden)


A Funeral of Gondolas


A Funeral of Gondolas

By Timothy Holme

The second book in the Inspector Peroni mystery series Inspector Peroni is glad to be done with Verona, ...


The Bad News Bible


The Bad News Bible

By Anna Blundy

Read the first chapter DATELINE: Jerusalem. Foreign correspondent Faith Zanetti has her dream job: She lives in swanky overseas hotels, ...


Missing


Missing

By Karin Alvtegen

Born into a life of privilege, Sybilla has spent the past many years opting instead to live on the streets ...


The Peking Man is Missing


The Peking Man is Missing