Hugh Addison

international crime fiction

  • The Best International Crime Novels of 2023

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    Molly Odintz

    Well, it’s a horrible year in world history, but it’s a great year in international fiction! Specifically, international thrillers and noir. France and the Scandinavians are, as usual, well-represented on this list, and there’s also a great showing from South American writers and a shocking number of Italians. Sorry not sorry to those who think…

  • The Mantis

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    CrimeReads Excerpts

    He glances at his watch, then takes off the janitor uniform and changes into a suit. Gets in the taxi, drives back to the airport. He’ll ride the train from there. Should be quicker. By the time he arrives at the front gate of the school, his watch shows ten minutes past two. Made it,…

  • Crime and the City: Monte Carlo

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    Paul French

    How could there not be a lot of crime in Monaco – a tightly packed nest of wealth, sex and power all in the sunshine of the Riviera. Officially the Principality of Monaco, with its main conurbation being Monte Carlo, set between France and Italy on the Mediterranean. Roughly 40,000 residents of whom about 10,000…

  • The Ineffable Crimes of Lawrence Osborne

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    Paul French

    There are a number of authors who perilously straddle the line between the crime genre and literary fiction. They avoid easy genre definition and are often read more by contemporary fiction fans than diehard crime readers. It’s often simply a matter of bookshop shelving where they end up. Many combine their stories with great locations…

  • Crime and the City: Hamburg

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    Paul French

    I think it’s fair to say that, in general, Hamburg is a rather underrated German city. Berlin and Munich get the crowds, Frankfurt the money, and Hamburg gets a bit overlooked. But not by crime fans as Hamburg has a long history of being, shall we say, a bit sleazy? It’s a port city (always…

  • Port-au-Prince: Crime Fiction as a Window into a Nation’s Soul

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    Paul French

    Haiti has never been an easy place to live. From colonialism to liberation by the ex-slave revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture at the start of the nineteenth century – the largest slave uprising since Spartacus – it’s been a country wracked by violence, foreign interference, and division. A country that seemingly has no luck – dictators,…

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