Swiss crime fiction

The Murder of Anton Livius by Hansjörg Schneider

17 July, 2023

Translated by Astrid Freuler — Following the Basel Killings and Silver Pebbles, The Murder of Anton Livius is the third novel in the Inspector Peter Hunkeler series by the Swiss playwright and author Hansjörg Schneider. Originally written in the Schweizerdeutsch dialect, the novels give crime…

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The Enigma of Room 622 by Joël Dicker

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

10 October, 2022

Translated by Robert Bononno — With 12 million books sold worldwide, Swiss author Joël Dicker is a global success and one of the most popular authors in the French-speaking world. His road to fame began in 2010 when he was awarded the Geneva Writers’ Prize…

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Silver Pebbles by Hansjörg Schneider

By RoughJustice

13 January, 2022

Translated by Mike Mitchell — Basel CID Inspector Peter Hunkeler, first seen in translation in last year’s The Basel Killings, is stuck in traffic on his way to the train station. The Basel police department has received a tip off from their German counterparts that…

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The Basel Killings by Hansjörg Schneider

By nagaisayonara

30 July, 2021

Translated by Mike Mitchell — Basel is an icy city during the winter, situated in a corner of Switzerland just spitting distance from both France and Germany. It’s a different Switzerland to the ski slopes, Swiss watches and secretive banks; Basel is a snowbound city…

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First look: The Basel Killings by Hansjörg Schneider

By crimefictionlover

28 April, 2021

The name Hansjörg Schneider may not mean much to you, but in the German-speaking world he is an important literary figure. Based in Basel, Switzerland, Schneider is a famous playwright and philosopher who, in 1993, began a series of crime novels about a Basel detective…

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The best new crime shows from around the world - 2018

By crimefictionlover

14 July, 2018

Television noir expert Dennis Broe previews five upcoming international crime shows… France now boasts three industry conferences where television series are unveiled – Cannes, Lille and Fontainebleau – which are geared toward promoting European and global shows, and are a great place to get an early…

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The Greek Wall

By Vicki Weisfeld

31 March, 2018

Written by Nicolas Verdan, translated by W Donald Wilson — The refugee crisis has been front-and-center in the news media for so long it’s become easy to tune it out. But award-winning Swiss author Nicolas Verdan’s literary crime thriller takes a refreshingly different slant on…

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CIS: The Judge and His Hangman revisited

By MarinaSofia

5 September, 2014

Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt is one of the most highly regarded 20th century dramatists of the German-speaking world. Early on in his career, however, he turned to crime fiction and wrote The Judge and His Hangman for a very personal reason – he needed money…

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The Murder of Anton Livius by Hansjörg Schneider

The Enigma of Room 622 by Joël Dicker

Silver Pebbles by Hansjörg Schneider

The Basel Killings by Hansjörg Schneider

First look: The Basel Killings by Hansjörg Schneider

The best new crime shows from around the world - 2018

The Greek Wall

CIS: The Judge and His Hangman revisited

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