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The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware

By DeathBecomesHer

1 August, 2025

It is nine long years since Ruth Ware’s The Woman in Cabin 10 made its considerable mark on the publishing world. Ware is an author known for her standalones, but with the Woman in Suite 11 she has broken that mould to create a sequel….

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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 Ice Retreat by Ruth Kelly

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

13 December, 2024

Welcome to The Ice Retreat, a wellness resort located 3,200 metres above sea level on the summit of Mount Turin in the Swiss Alps with breathtaking views over the Lauterbrunnen valley. Here, a three-day healing and cleanse session will cure all forms of pain through…

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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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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 Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

13 March, 2021

High up in the Swiss Alps perches Le Sommet, a luxury hotel which used to be a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients. In the late-19th and early-20th centuries Switzerland had numerous sanatoria where people with long-term illnesses were sent to recover in the clean, crisp mountain…

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The Banker's Wife

By DeathBecomesHer

31 January, 2019

Written by Cristina Alger — The words ‘financial’ and ‘thriller’ are usually enough to send me running for the hills, and they’re there for all to see in the praise lavished upon this book. But something appealed, and I’m glad I trusted my instincts to…

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The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware

Splintered Justice by Kim Hays

Hunkeler’s Secret by Hansjörg Schneider

The Ice Retreat by Ruth Kelly

The Enigma of Room 622 by Joël Dicker

First look: The Basel Killings by Hansjörg Schneider

The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

The Banker's Wife

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