Death is a Lonely Business (1985 ( Read more... )

Whose Body? (1923 ( Read more... )

The Friend of Madame Maigret (1950 ( Read more... )

The Madman of Bergerac (1932 ( Read more... )

The Hotel Majestic (1942 ( Read more... )

The Bar on the Seine (1931)
by Georges Simenon, translated by David Watson
154 pages - Penguin Books

"They say it's good to talk. That's just more fiction. The only thing that could help would be to start your life again from the beginning, right from the cradle." (pg.150)

Inspector Maigret of the Paris Police goes to see a criminal who is ( Read more... )

Leviathan (1998)
by Boris Akunin, translated by Andrew Bromfield
236 pages - Weidenfeld & Nicholson

This is the third book in the series of mysteries involving Erast Fandorin, though it was the second published in English. Some editions use the title Murder on the Leviathan. Each of the Fandorin mysteries is written in a different style, and ( Read more... )

Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime (2001 ( Read more... )

The Winter Queen (1998 ( Read more... )

Fer-de-Lance (1934)
by Rex Stout
290 pages - Bantam

The first Nero Wolfe novel concerns a couple of murders, but the best aspect of the story is not any mystery but the characterization and excellent witty writing. I think I've seen all the episodes of the notable Nero Wolfe series on A&E, but I didn't feel like it got in my way at all when I ( Read more... )