Mysteries in

Afghanistan

Block, Lawrence- Here Comes a Hero

China

Bradby, Tom- The Master of Rain
Gulik, Robert Van (Medieval China) - Judge Dee Series: The Chinese Maze Murders (1952); The Chinese Bell Murders (1958); The Chinese Gold Murders (1959); The Chinese Lake Murders (1960); The Haunted Monastery (1961); The Chinese Nail Murders (1961); The Lacquer Screen (1962); The Emperor's Pearl (1963); The Red Pavilion (1964); The Monkey and the Tiger (2 novelettes: The Morning of the Monkey and The Night of the Tiger 1965); Murder in Canton (1966); The Phantom of the Temple (1966); Necklace and Calabash (1967);
Liang, Diane Wei - The Eye of Jade (2008)
Marshall, William - Yellowthread Street Station Series (Chief Inspector Harry Feiffer): Yellowthread Street (1975); The Hatchet Man (1976); Gelignite (1976); Thin Air (1977); Skulduggery (1979); Sci-Fi (1981); Perfect End (1981); War Machine (1982); The Far Away Man (1984); Road Show (1985); Head First (1986); Frogmouth (1987); Out of Nowhere (1988); Inches (1994); Nightmare Syndrome (1997
May, Peter - Margaret Campbell and Li Yan mysteries: The Firemaker (2005); The Fourth Sacrifice (2007); The Killing Room (2008)
Qiu Xiaolong - Inspector Chen Mysteries: Death of a Red Heroine (2000); A Loyal Character Dancer (2002); When Red Is Black (2004); A Case of Two Cities (2006); Red Mandarin Dress (2008)
Rotenberg, David - The Shanghai Murders; The Lake Ching Murders
Rozan, S. J.- Lydia Chin & Bill Smith Mysteries: Reflecting the Sky
Wang, Shuo- Playing for Thrills
West, Christopher - Inspector Wang Anzhuang Mysteries: Death of a Blue Lantern (1994); Death on Black Dragon River (1995); Death of a Red Mandarin (1999); The Third Messiah (2000)

Cypress

Aristides, Paris - The Viper's Kiss

India

Cleverly, Barbara - Commander Joe Sandilands Mysteries: The Last Kashmiri Rose (2002); Ragtime in Simla (2003); The Damascened Blade (2004); The Palace Tiger (2005); The Bee's Kiss (2006)
Forbes, Leslie - Bombay Ice (1998); Fish, Blood, and Bone (2001)
Keating, H. R. F. (Henry Raymond Fitzwalter) - Inspector Ganesh Ghote Series: The Perfect Murde (1964); Inspector Ghote's Good Crusade (1966); Inspector Ghote Caught in Meshes (1967); Inspector Ghote Hunts the Peacock (1968); Inspector Ghote Breaks an Egg (1970); Inspector Ghote Goes by Train (1971); Inspector Ghote Trusts the Heart (1973); A Remarkable Case of Burglary (1975); Bats Fly up for Inspector Ghote (1979); The Murder of the Maharajah (1980); Go West, Inspector Ghote (1981); The Sheriff of Bombay (1984); Inspector Ghote Draws a Line (1985); Under a Monsoon Cloud (1986); The Body in the Billiard Room (1987); Dead On Time (1989); The Iciest Sin (1990); Cheating Death (1994); Doing Wrong (1994); Asking Questions (1997); Bribery, Corruption Also (1999); Breaking and Entering (2001)
King, Laurie R. - Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes Mysteries: The Game (2004)

Indonesia

Waltner-Toews, David - Fear of Landing (2008)

Israel

Beaufort, Simon- Murder in the Holy City
Blundy, Anna - Faith Zanetti Mysteries: The Bad News Bible (2004)
Gur, Batya - Michael Ohayon Series: The Saturday Morning Murder: A Psychoanalytic Case (1992); The Literary Murder: A Critical Case (1993); Murder on a Kibbutz: A Communal Case (1994); Murder Duet: A Musical Case (1999); Bethlehem Road Murder (2004); Murder in Jerusalem (2006)
Kemelman, Harry - Rabbi Small Mysteries: Monday the Rabbi Took Off (1972)
King, Laurie R. - Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes Mysteries: O Jerusalem (1999)
Kirino, Natsuo - Real World (2008)
Land, Jon - Ben Kamal and Danielle Barnea Mysteries: The Walls of Jericho (1997); The Pillars of Solomon (1999); A Walk in the Darkness (2000); Keepers of the Gate (2001); Blood Diamonds (2002); The Blue Widows (2003) The Last Prophecy (2004)
Rosenberg, Robert- Avram Cohen Mysteries: Crimes of the City (1991); The Cutting Room (1993); House of Guilt (1996); An Accidental Murder (1999)

Japan

Furutani, Dale- 17^th c. Samurai Matsuyama Kaze Series: Death at the Crossroads (1998); Jade Palace Vendetta (1999); Kill the Shogun (2000)
Adamson, Isaac - Billy Chaka Mysteries: Tokyo Suckerpunch (2000); Hokkaido Popsicle (2002); Dreaming Pachinko (2003); Kinki Lullaby (2004)
Kirino, Natsuo - Out (2003); Real World (2008)
Massey, Sujata - Rei Shimura Series: The Salaryman's Wife (1998); Zen Attitude (1999); The Flower Master (2000); The Floating Girl (2001); The Brides Kimono (2001); The Samurai's Daughte (2003); The Typhoon Lover (2005); Girl in a Box (2006) - see also Hawaii
Matsumoto Seicho - Inspector Imanishi Investigates; Points and Lines
Melville, James- Superintendent Tetsuo Otani Series: The Wages of Zen (1979); The Chrysanthemum Chain (1980); A Sort of Samurai (1981); The Ninth Netsuke (1982); Sayonara, Sweet Amaryllis (1983); Death of a Daimyo (1984); The Death Ceremony (1985); Go Gently, Gaijin (1986); Kimono for a Corpse (1987); The Reluctant Ronin (1988); A Haiku for Hanae (1989); The Bogus Buddha (1990); The Body Wore Brocade (1992)
Miyabe, Miyuki - All She Was Worth ; Shadow Family (2004); Crossfire (2006); The Devil's Whisper (2007)
Parker, I. J.- Akidita series: Rashomon Gate (2002); The Hell Screen (2003); The Dragon Scroll (2005); Black Arrow (2006); Island of Exiles (2007)
Rowland, Laura Joh - Sano Ichiro Series: Shinju (1993); Bundori (1996); The Way of the Traitor (1997); The Concubine's Tattoo (1998); The Samurai's Wife (2000); Black Lotus (2001); The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria (2002) The Dragon King's Palace (2003); The Perfumed Sleeve (2004); The Assassin's Touch (2005); The Red Chrysanthemum (2006); The Snow Empress (2007); The Fire Kimono (2008)

Laos

Cotterill, Colin - Sin Paiboun Mysteries: The Coroner's Lunch (2004); Thirty-Three Teeth (2005); Disco for the Departed (2006); Anarchy and Old Dogs (2007); Curse of the Pogo Stick (2008)

Myanmar

Block, Lawrence - Evan Tanner Series: Tanner on Ice

New Guinea

Jay, Charlotte - (Winner of the first Edgar Award): Beat Not the Bones

New Zealand

Marsh, Ngaio - Inspector Roderick Alleyn Series: Vintage Murder (1937); Colour Scheme (1943); Photo Finish (1980); Dead Water (1999); The Nursing Home Murder (1999); Vintage Murder (1972)
Scott, Rosie-Glory Days (1989)

North Korea

Church, James– Inspector O Mysteries: A Corpse in the Koryo(2006); Hidden Moon (2007); Bamboo and Blood (2008)

Pakistan

Bernard, Cheryl - Moghul Buffet (1998)

Palestine

Baron, Aileen Garsson - A Fly Has a Hundred Eyes (2002)
Rees, Matt Beynon – Omar Yussef Mysteries: The Collaborator of Bethlehem (2007); A Grave in Gaza (2008); The Samaritan's Secret (2009)

Philippines

Marshall, William - Manila Bay (1986)

Russia

Akunin, B. (Boris) - Erast Fandorin Mysteries: The Winter Queen (2003): Murder on the Leviathan (2004); The Turkish Gambit (2005); The Death of Achilles (2006); Special Assignments (2007); Sister Pelagia Mysteries: Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog (2007); Sister Pelagia and the Black Monk (2008)
Block, Lawrence - Evan Tanner Series: Tanner's Twelve Swingers
Bradby, Tom- The White Russian
Freemantle, Brian - The Button Man (1992); No Time for Heroes (1995)
Kaminsky, Stuart- Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov Mysteries: Death of a Dissident (1981); Black Knight in Red Square (1984); Red Chameleon (1985); A Fine Red Rain (1987); A Cold Red Sunrise (1988); The Man Who Walked Like a Bear (1990); Rostnikov's Vacation (1991); Death of a Russian Priest (1992); Hard Currency (1995); Blood and Rubles (1996); Tarnished Icons (1997); The Dog Who Bit a Policeman (1998); Fall of a Cosmonaut (2000); Murder on the Trans-Siberian Express (2001); People Who Walk in Darness (2008)
Kerr, Philip- Dead Meat
Morris, R. N. - Porfiry Petrovich Mysteries: The Gentle Axe (2007); A Vengeful Longing (2008)
Nadelson, Reggie- Artie Cohen Series: Red Hot Blues (1998)
Smith, Matin Cruz - Arkady Renko Mysteries: Wolves Eat Dogs (2004); Stalin’s Ghost (2007)

South Korea

Limon, Martin - Sergeants Bascom & Sueno Mysteries: Jade Lady Burning (1992); Slicky Boys (1997); Buddha's Money (1998); The Door to Bitterness (2005); The Wandering Ghost (2007)

Sri Lanka

Ondaatje, Michael- Anil's Ghost

Tahiti

Elkins, Aaron - Gideon Oliver Mysteries: Twenty Blue Devils (1997)

Thailand

Benoit, Charles – Noble Lies (2007)
Burdett, John- Bangkok 8; Bangkok Tattoo (2005); Bangkok Haunts (2007)
Hallinan, Timothy – A Nail Through the Heart (2007)
Hamilton, Lyn - See the Lara McClintoch Mysteries for the following title and other exotic tales: The Thai Amulet
Mathews, Francine - The Secret Agent (2002)

Tibet

Pattison, Eliot - Shan Tao Yun Mysteries: The Skull Mantra (1999); Water Touching Stone (2001) Bone Mountain (2002); Beautiful Ghosts (2004); Prayer of the Dragon (2007); The Lord of Death (2009)

Turkey

Goodwin, Jason - Investigator Yashim Series: The Janissary Tree (2006); The Snake Stone (2007); The Bellini Card (2009)
Gordon, Alan - A Death in the Venetian Quarter (2002)
Nadel, Barbara - Cetin Ikmen Mysteries: Belshazzar's Daughter (1999); The Ottoman Cage (2005)
Reed, Mary and Mayer, Eric- John the Eunuch Mysteries: One for Sorrow (1999); Two for Joy (2000); Three for a Letter (2001); Four for a Boy (2003); Five for Silver (2004); Six for Gold (2005)
White, Jenny - Kamil Pasha Series: The Sultan's Seal (2006); The Abyssianian Proof (2008)

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