Booklists

Mankell, Larsson, Nesbo may all be the current spearheads of the translated crime fiction revolution, but what about the macabre goings-on in Reykjavik, Paris, Havana, Breslau...?

Crime novels the world over have the universal appeal of macabre murders, grizzly policemen who won't play by the rules, clues and engaging readers in the problem-solving.

With Henning Menkell, Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo all flying the flag for Scandanavian crime, we thought we would celebrate the expanse of novels available internationally... so here are ten of our favourite translated crime authors, and some of their books.

From Havana to Tokyo, from Oslo to Alexandria, from Lahore to Paris, these 10 books (8 in translation and 2 about far-off cities) are a good introduction to the world of international fiction and translated fiction, to different cities around the world and their offerings of danger, edge, vice and energy.