Swiss crime fiction

Meet the author: Joseph Incardona

13 April, 2026

Based in Geneva, Switzerland, Joseph Incardona doesn’t consider himself to be a crime author. However, his first book to appear in English will certainly grab the attention of crime fiction lovers, not least because of its title. Holy F*ck is all about attempts to commit…

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Splintered Justice by Kim Hays

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

24 April, 2025

Kim Hays returns with Splintered Justice, the fourth book in her Polizei Bern series and we get to return to the seemingly serene yet sometimes shadowy Swiss city. In this latest instalment, detectives Giuliana Linder and Renzo Donatelli take on two cases that force them…

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Hunkeler’s Secret by Hansjörg Schneider

By Vicki Weisfeld

15 April, 2025

Translated by Astrid Freuler — We’ve been reviewing Hansjörg Schneider’s entertaining stories about the frustrations of Peter Hunkeler, an aging and cynical detective (now retired) of the police force of Basel, Switzerland, ever since The Basel Killings was translated into English in 2021. Basel is…

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The Murder of Anton Livius by Hansjörg Schneider

By crimefictionlover

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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Meet the author: Joseph Incardona

Splintered Justice by Kim Hays

Hunkeler’s Secret by Hansjörg Schneider

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

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