BookRiot's Whodunits Abroad

BookRiot put together a great list of mysteries set in distant countries! Find them all in our catalog!

Updated March 15, 2024
Drag items up and down to your preferred order then select the "Save Order" button.
A curious beginning
Raybourn, Deanna
Paper Book
In her thrilling new series, the "New York Times" bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey mysteries, returns once more to Victorian England and introduces intrepid adventuress Veronica Speedwell. "London, 1887." As the city prepares to celebrate Queen Victoria s golden jubilee, Veronica...
The forest of stolen girls
Hur, June
Paper Book
Suspenseful and richly atmospheric, June Hur's The Forest of Stolen Girls is a haunting historical mystery sure to keep readers guessing until the last page. 1426, Joseon (Korea). Hwani's family has never been the same since she and her younger sister went missing...
A master of djinn
Clark, P. Dje?li?
Paper Book
Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark goes full-length for the first time in his dazzling debut novel, A Master of Djinn. Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha'arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural...
A study in scarlet women
Thomas, Sherry
Paper Book
USA Today bestselling author Sherry Thomas turns the story of the renowned Sherlock Holmes upside down in the first novel in this Victorian mystery series....   With her inquisitive mind, Charlotte Holmes has never felt comfortable with the demureness expected of the...
The sweetness at the bottom of the pie
Bradley, Alan 1938-
Paper Book
Flavia, an 11-year-old with a chemistry lab, finds a corpse in a cucumber patch and applies the detective skills she learned plotting against her older sisters. This debut mystery by a Canadian author won the 2007 Crime Writer Association's Debut Dagger Award.
Velvet was the night
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
Paper Book
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK * From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a simmering historical noir about a daydreaming secretary, a lonesome enforcer, and the mystery of the missing woman they're both desperate to find. ONE OF...
The widows of Malabar Hill
Massey, Sujata
Paper Book
1920s India: Perveen Mistry, Bombay's first female lawyer, is investigating a suspicious will on behalf of three Muslim widows living in full purdah when the case takes a turn toward the murderous. Inspired in part by the woman who made history as India's first female attorney, this is a richly...

Library staff! You can create and contribute to lists. Contact your catalog administrator or log in here.