Can people name some British crime authors who set their books in foreign countries?
Can people name some British crime authors who set their books in foreign countries?
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Can people name some British crime authors who set their books in foreign countries?
Michael Kerr has some in the United States. His Joe Logan series is
Thanks for the mention, Denise. I’ve set three or four other stories in the US, as well as our friend Joe. 🙂
@Mike Well you know how I feel about Joe. LOL
Lee Child
Peter May
Craig Russell
John Connolly
Oops, he’s Irish
@Paul.
@John
Barbara Nadel
Quentin Bates
@Mason…
@Rob, The Mechanic series
Thank you @Susan.
Just finished reading this series. Loved it ?
How far back are you willing to go?
As far as you like
@Olivers Acer series 🙂
Michael Kerr aka @Mike.. His Joe Logan series set in the US
One of my books, Deadly Reprisal, is set in the UK, USA and South Africa. ‘A favourite of mine,’ he says immodestly 🙂
@Michael Thanks for the likes, David and Jaon.
Donna Leon? I’m not actually sure if she’s British or American.
American
Ah, shame. Her books are fabulous.
I’ve yet to read her books
They are well worth it. Intelligent, humane, insightful, entertaining.
@Michael has a series set in Mongolia that is excellent and @Conrad The Journey is superb
Where are the CJ books set?
The Journey is a standalone set in Nigeria..It’s one of my top ten this year x
HRF Keating
Michael Dibdin
Agatha Christie
@Steve.
@Marnie (set in Holland)
Michael Pearce.
M J Lee
Peter May
Nick Stone
me!
Martin @Carol– France
Michael Dibdin – Italy
Philip Kerr – Germany
Me
And me
John Holt, his detective is out of NY and FL and drinks coffee with chocolate biscuits. And he is as frustrating as Columbo.
My thriller Counterfeit! Is set in Southern Africa; the follow-up, Deception!, is set in Latin America plus Southern Africa. The final part, Corruption! is set in Russia and Ukraine.
Recently there was a reference to a site about this. It’s Tripfiction. You type in the place or country and it gives you titles of books set there.
Lee Weeks and Hong Kong Lee Child and USA.
I have short-stories set in America and my next two books ‘Mr Watcher’ and ‘… Just South Of Heaven’ are both set over the pond. ?
Louise Mullions and @Owen
Agatha Christie – Middle East and South of France
Donna Leon in Venice, Barbara Nadel in Istanbul, Richard Davis in America
Donna Leon is American
@Robert – a brilliant series set in Gibralter
Jason Webster, Philip Kerr
Is Colin Cotterill British? His are set in Vietnam.
He’s British
I mentioned Colin too. Love his books.
I mentioned Colin too. Love his books.
One of mine is largely set in Gibraltar and another in Namibia.
Abir Mukherjee, Vaseem Khan… their books are set in India.
Tarquin Hall’s whodunnits set in Delhi
Great reads, love them…. pity he doesn’t publish any new Tarquin Hall books☹️
Peter May ..China and France
I need to read his Chinese books
the China ones are really good and best read in order
I can chip in with British crime thriller ‘Dead in the Water’ set in France, Switzerland, Holland, USA, the Philippines, oh, and of course the UK ?. I (clearly) love an international crime thriller!
I dunno if it counts but I’m American living in Scotland and I set my books in the USA ?
What part of Scotland do you set them in?
I don’t set my books in Scotland. I set them in America. I just live in Scotland.
Terry Harknett – UK and Hong Kong. Ian Flemming – worldwide.
Agatha Christie.
Barbara Nadel.
I had forgotten all about her
@Jason I met her last year at a library talk. She is lovely.
One of mine is set in Canada, one in France, and one in the USA.
Peter May – China
Me too
Michael Pearce the Mamur Zapt books set in Egypt in the early 20th century.
Tom Callaghan in Kyrgyzstan, David Young in East Germany, me in Russia.
Me also.
Colin Cotterill writes about Thailand and Laos. The Dr Siri books are great.
Seumas Gallacher’s thrillers start in the UK, but travel the globe throughout.
This is a new name to me
@Jason He’s a Scot who lives in Bahrain.
Me, in Ukraine, the Middle East and Russia.
Peter May and the Enzo files.
Scott Mariani he goes from France all over the place
Me, in the Deep South, Georgia
Me, in Czechia and Slovakia ?
Lee Child USA!
Mason Cross, lee child, David hewson, Agatha Christie, Peter may
I just moved to Egypt on Monday to do research/finish writing my second book ???????
I’ve set my latest series in Mexico and US. I’m a UK author.
Craig Russell, @Matt, @Zoe, Tom Cain.
I had forgotten all about Zoe & Tom
Not to forget @Graham himself, @Jason!
Also, @Quentin sets his books in Iceland, and speaks the language like a native.
I think i mentioned him earlier. I love his books
Ah, sorry, must have missed that one! Never does any harm to mention someone twice, though 🙂
@David sets his books in Moorish Spain. Great series
Sharon Bolton has set on several islands, mostly or all British, but most far-flung is Falklands. Very atmospheric.
@Steve New York. Me @Cal USA (North West and L.A.)
I’m just writing one that’s set partially in Croatia… if that counts?
Sure does 🙂
I set part of The Art of Staying Dead in a fictionalised West African nation.
I enjoyed it!
Thank you Nick!
Mick Bose’s Dan Roy series .. fabulous locations, I learned a lot about the various countries.
I have one set in Italy and India, and a short set in Norway – have to make some use of so-called holidays!
I have one set in Berlin and one in Barcelona under my pen-name (Cecilia Peartree) – they are kind of cosy/historical thrillers which I know isn’t really a genre.
It should be!
Can you give me the tittles please??
Hi Karina, they are ‘A Quest in Berlin’ and ‘Quest for a Father’. They are part of a series but they are freestanding novels in themselves. If you do want a kind of introductory book then there is also ‘A Quest for Clemency’ set in the UK, – although it is marked as 4th in a series, it is actually quite different from books 1-3 so it is more like 2 trilogies set in the same world than one whole series. Sorry, hope that is not too confusing!
@Sheila , Thank you. I found them on IBooks. On my tbr-pile.
I can name an Irish one who is about to. My next book is set in NY.
Christoffer Petersen – British author, lives in Denmark, but all his crime books and thrillers are set in the Arctic! This one is brilliant – as is the follow up – https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B077JB6GN8/ref=s9u_simh_gw_i1?ie=UTF8&fpl=fresh&pd_rd_i=B077JB6GN8&pd_rd_r=f14e663c-786f-11e8-a439-05d1f073fa2f&pd_rd_w=26QrZ&pd_rd_wg=qJZY0&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=&pf_rd_r=S3ZJAHQ6A1ZA9D2ZX89Q&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=6790f95c-b121-46ab-a50f-e5cb021c45cb&pf_rd_i=desktop
@Alex?Steve leather.. guy lilburne ?
The first and third books in my James Blake thriller series take place in Italy. The second in the series takes place mainly in the US and Mexico.