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If you're interested in other continental European detective novels I recommend Georges Simonen's Maigret, Friedrich Dürrenmatt's Bärlach, Maurice Leblanc's Lup

If you're interested in other continental European detective novels I recommend Georges Simonen's Maigret, Friedrich Dürrenmatt's Bärlach, Maurice Leblanc's Lupin and Marcel Allain's Fantômas novels. All of them set in the 19th to 20th century continental Europe. If you have additional recommendations for famous northwestern continental mystery novelists from the last two centuries I'd love to hear (especially interested in German, Dutch, Belgian, and Luxembourgish authors). Novels from Nordic and British Isles authors have been easier for this American to discover.

mdifrgechd 6y ago
> Novels from Nordic and British Isles authors have been easier for this American to discover. So the Martin Beck novels by Sjowall / Wahloo are probably on your radar then, for mystery fans that have not seen them they are worth reading. Also Seishi Yokomizo is a Japanese mystery author that may appeal to Christie fans
- eatonphil 6y ago
  Yep, I've read a bit of Martin Beck and Harry Hole.
- beardyw 6y ago
  Henning Mankell's Wallander books are just great. Made into a fantastic series starring Kenneth Branagh. I also enjoy Arnaldur Indridasson (Iceland) though many might find them a bit too slow and introspective.
sandworm101 6y ago
Rowand Atkinson recently did an amazing take on Maigret, three or four 2-hour episodes iirc. Some of his best dramatic work imho.
- eatonphil 6y ago
  Wow that's cool! Will have to watch.
  - sandworm101 6y ago
    https://youtu.be/RVQs-DAjrL0 https://youtu.be/RVQs-DAjrL0 The trailer for "Night at the crossroads." https://youtu.be/0QLxIBkewLw https://youtu.be/0QLxIBkewLw https://youtu.be/9atTVOzAGEw https://youtu.be/9atTVOzAGEw
- JustARandomGuy 6y ago
  Seconding this recommendation. Excellent stories and high quality acting. PBS runs them occasionally late at night.
- 0-_-0 6y ago
  I was very impressed with the camerawork too! The series is shot in Budapest BTW.
anonymfus 6y ago
> Marcel Allain's Fantômas novels By the way Jean Marais's movies while being not very related to the books are excellent in being very hilarious genre parodies.
- Learning2-2 6y ago
  The Pink Panther films are also hilarious parodies of this genre. Peter Sellers as inspector Jacques Clouseau is a blast
simonblack 6y ago
A semi-comedic series is the French 'Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie' which are a re-telling of many of Agatha's mysteries. SBS Australia has it with English Subtitles. Each episode is about 90 minutes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Petits_Meurtres_d%27Agatha_Christie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Petits_Meurtres_d%27Agatha...
azepoi 6y ago
Recently I know of Kommissar Dupin by Jean-Luc Bannalec (pseudonym), Parot's Nicolas Le Floch, Frédéric Lenormand's Voltaire.

mdifrgechd 6y ago

> Novels from Nordic and British Isles authors have been easier for this American to discover. So the Martin Beck novels by Sjowall / Wahloo are probably on your radar then, for mystery fans that have not seen them they are worth reading. Also Seishi Yokomizo is a Japanese mystery author that may appeal to Christie fans

eatonphil 6y ago
Yep, I've read a bit of Martin Beck and Harry Hole.
beardyw 6y ago
Henning Mankell's Wallander books are just great. Made into a fantastic series starring Kenneth Branagh. I also enjoy Arnaldur Indridasson (Iceland) though many might find them a bit too slow and introspective.

sandworm101 6y ago

Rowand Atkinson recently did an amazing take on Maigret, three or four 2-hour episodes iirc. Some of his best dramatic work imho.

eatonphil 6y ago
Wow that's cool! Will have to watch.
- sandworm101 6y ago
  https://youtu.be/RVQs-DAjrL0 https://youtu.be/RVQs-DAjrL0 The trailer for "Night at the crossroads." https://youtu.be/0QLxIBkewLw https://youtu.be/0QLxIBkewLw https://youtu.be/9atTVOzAGEw https://youtu.be/9atTVOzAGEw
JustARandomGuy 6y ago
Seconding this recommendation. Excellent stories and high quality acting. PBS runs them occasionally late at night.
0-_-0 6y ago
I was very impressed with the camerawork too! The series is shot in Budapest BTW.

anonymfus 6y ago

> Marcel Allain's Fantômas novels By the way Jean Marais's movies while being not very related to the books are excellent in being very hilarious genre parodies.

Learning2-2 6y ago
The Pink Panther films are also hilarious parodies of this genre. Peter Sellers as inspector Jacques Clouseau is a blast

simonblack 6y ago

A semi-comedic series is the French 'Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie' which are a re-telling of many of Agatha's mysteries. SBS Australia has it with English Subtitles. Each episode is about 90 minutes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Petits_Meurtres_d%27Agatha_Christie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Petits_Meurtres_d%27Agatha...

azepoi 6y ago

Recently I know of Kommissar Dupin by Jean-Luc Bannalec (pseudonym), Parot's Nicolas Le Floch, Frédéric Lenormand's Voltaire.