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Bethlehem Road Batya Gur In modern day Israel, Chief Inspector Michael Ohayon investigates the murder of an Israeli woman whose body has been found in the attic of a house in the Arab quarter. Ohayon walks a fine line amidst racial tension and hatred as he unravels the crime. M F Gur Belshazzar’s Daughter Barbara Nadel Turkish police inspector Cetin Ikmen and his collegue, Mehmet Suleyman investigate a murder in the rundown Jewish quarter. Soon they are hunting for a teacher who may be indirectly involved in the crime through a series of personal relationships that lead back to the dead man. F Nad
Black Dog Stephen Booth First of the series featuring Ben Cooper and Diane Fry, set in the Peak District in England. A fifteen year old girl has disappeared and Cooper and Fry must untangle the inner workings of a small village to solve the crime. F Boo
The Bridge of Sighs Olen Steinhauer The first in an Eastern European crime series that begins in 1948 in an unnamed country and continues to present time over the course of five books. Plots, characters, places, and events are interwoven in this intricate series. The fifth book, Victory Square, will be published in the fall of 2007. M F Ste
The Coroner's Lunch Collin Cotterill In 1975 Laos, seventy-two year old coroner, Dr. Siri Paiboun, attempts to solve a series of murders that may touch off an international incident. M F Cot
Death of a Red Heroine Xialong Qui When the body of a young "national model worker," turns up in a canal, Inspector Chen Cao must face the opposing forces of Communism and Capitalism as they are played out in 1990s Shanghai. M F Qui Detective Inspector Huss Helene Tursten A police procedural from Sweden features Detective Inspector Irene Huss as she hunts for a murderer in an underworld inhabited by drug dealers, motorcycle gangs, and skinheads. M F Tur
Don't Look Back Karin Fossum While searching for a little girl who goes missing from a small village, the body of a 15 year old girl is found by a secluded lake. In a place where everyone knows everyone else, who would kill a popular and well liked teenager? Inspector Sejer investigates. M F Fos; PB F Fos The Flower Master Sujata Massey Set in Tokyo, this mystery features Rei Shimura, a twentysomething Japanese American antiques dealer, who investigates the murder of her ikebana (flower arranging) teacher. M F Mas
The Guards Ken Bruen Hard drinking Jack Taylor has been kicked out of the Irish police, the Garda Siochana. Known to be good at "finding" things, he has been hired to look into the supposed suicide of a teenage girl. M F Bru
Haunted Ground Erin Hart Irish archaeologist Cormac Macquire and American pathologist Nora Gavin travel to the Irish countryside to investigate a decapitated body found in a bog. F Har; PB F Har; Audio Tape F Har
Have Mercy On Us All Fred Vargas Parisian detective Commissaire Adamsberg investigates the possibility that the Black Death has returned to the city. At least that is the message from an old man acting as town crier. Vargas is a best selling crime writer in France and is just now being published in the US. M F Var In a Dry Season Peter Robinson The past comes back to haunt a once flooded Yorkshire village when a skeleton is discovered in the ruins. Troubled detective Alan Banks and Detective Sergeant Annie Cabot have to sift through the secrets and lies stretching back to World War II to solve this crime. M F Rob
Inspector Imanishi Investigates Seicho Matsumoto This police procedural, originally published in Japan in 1961, features Inspector Imanishi Eitano who is investigating the murder of a man found under the rails of a train in a Tokyo station. F M Mat
The Laughing Policeman Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo Superintendent Martin Beck of the Stockholm Homicide Squad investigates the murder of nine bus riders by an unknown assassin. PB F Sjo Murder in the Marais Cara Black Private investigator Aimee Leduc becomes involved in a murder investigation when she discovers the body of an elderly Jewish woman whose forehead has been inscribed with a swastika. M F Bla The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith Precious Romatswe, Botswana's one and only lady private detective, is drawn to her profession to "help people with the problems in their lives." The case that places her in danger is a missing eleven-year-old boy, who may have been snatched by evil witchdoctors. F McC; PB F McC; YA F McC; M F McC; LP M F McC; Electronic Resource (downloadable audiobook); CD F McC; Audio Tape F McC The Shape of Water Andrea Camilleri Silvio Lupanella, a big shot in the village of Vigta, is found dead in his car in a rough part of town. With his signature humor and love of good food, Sicilian Inspector Salvo Montalbano battles the powerful and the corrupt who are determined to block his path to the real killer. M F Cam; PB F Cam
The Silence of the Rain Garcia-Roza, L.A. First in a series by a Brazilian author that features Rio de Janeiro police inspector Espinosa. He half heartedly begins investigating the death of a corporate executive but the case becomes more interesting as the bodies begin to pile up. M F Gar Uniform Justice Donna Leon Commissario Guido Brunetti is called to investigate a parent's worst nightmare: a young cadet has been found hanged, a presumed suicide, in Venice's elite military academy. M F Leo; PB F Leo; Electronic Resource (audiobook) The White Lioness Henning Mankell While investigating the murder of a housewife, middle-aged detective Kurt Wallander uncovers a plot to assassinate Nelson Mandela. M F Man Contact Gayle Stratton 609.924.9529, ext. 220 gstratton@princetonlibrary.org
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