Mysteries in Exotic Lands
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This reading list was compiled by Forbes Library librarians as part of the 2011 Novel Destinations Summer Reading program. Novel Destination is sponsored by Friends of Forbes Library, the Massachusetts Library System, the Boston Bruins, and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga
Destination: Bangalore, India
Portrait in Sepia, by Isabel Allende
Destination: Chile
Murder in the Marais, by Cara Black
Destination: France
The Godfather of Kathmandu, by John Burdett
Destination: Thailand
The Terra-Cotta Dog, by Andrea Camilleri translated by Stephen Sartarelli
Destination: Italy
Dame Agatha Abroad: Murder on the Orient Express, Murder in Mesopotamia, and They Came to Baghdad, by Agatha Christie
The Man with the Baltic Stare, by James Church
Destination: North Korea
The Coroner’s Lunch, by Colin Cotterill
Destination: Laos
From Russia, With Love, by Ian Fleming
In the Woods, by Tana French
Destination: Ireland
December Heat, by Luiz Alfredo García-Rosa, translated by Benjamin Moser
Destination: Brazil
The Saturday Morning Murder, by Batya Gur, translated by Dalya Bilu
Destination: Israel
The Devotion of Suspect X, by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith
Destination: Japan
Hypothermia, by Arnaldur Indridason, translated by Victoria Cribb
Destination: Iceland
A Whisper to the Living, by Stuart M. Kaminsky
Destination: Russia
A Quiet Flame: a Bernie Gunther novel, by Philip Kerr
Destination: Argentina
If the Dead Rise Not: a Bernie Gunther novel, by Philip Kerr
Destination: Cuba
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, translated by Reg Keeland
Destination: Sweden
Death at La Fenice, by Donna Leon
Destination: Italy
The Runner: A Fifth China Thriller, by Peter May
The Double Comfort Safari Club, by Alexander McCall Smith
Destination: Botswana
The Artful Egg, by James McClure
Destination: South Africa
Suspicion of Rage, by Barbara Parker
Destination: Cuba
Wolves Eat Dogs, by Martin Cruz Smith
Destination: Ukraine
Six Suspects, by Vikas Swarup
Destination: India
A Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta, by Paul Theroux
Murder in Havana, by Margaret Truman
Destination: Cuba
Death in the Andes, by Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Edith Grossman
Destination: Peru
Category: Mysteries