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
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American spy.
Wilkinson, Lauren, 1984-
Paper Book
"American Spy updates the espionage thriller with blazing originality."--Entertainment Weekly "There has never been anything like it."--Marlon James, GQ "So much fun . . . Like the best of John le Carré, it's extremely tough to put down."--NPR
A curious beginning.
Raybourn, Deanna
Paper Book
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. After burying her spinster aunt, orphaned Veronica Speedwell is free to...
The forest of stolen girls. [online electronic audiobook]
Hur, June
Audiobook
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...
A master of Djinn. [online electronic book]
Clark, P. Djeli.
Ebook
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, C. Alan, 1938-
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE AGATHA * ARTHUR ELLIS * DILYS * DEBUT DAGGER AWARDS  "Wonderfully entertaining . . . sure to be one of the most loved mysteries of the year . . . [Flavia is] a delightful, intrepid, acid-tongued new heroine."--Chicago Sun-Times...
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
Bombay, 1921: Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a law degree from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes her especially devoted to championing and...

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