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Charles-Henri Lavielle on Toulouse, Settings, and Seeing Cities Anew Through Noir

An Attempt at Exhausting the Color Pink* (A Tribute to Georges Perec and Gaspard Chauvelot) (Dedicated to Alban Bensa)   Like many book lovers, I read my Dashiell Hammett, my James...

11 crime, mystery, detective novels in translation to read

There’s no mystery here: We all love a good detective novel.

The French Illusion by John Grisham

Two American newlyweds are lifted off a Normandy road on the fifth day of their honeymoon. Both families pay two million dollars. Only the bride comes home. Grisham's fortieth nove...

French crime show Everybody Lies comes to Channel 4

If you love your French crime fiction, you’ll be in for a treat from 17 August 2026, when Channel 4 begins airing Everybody Lies, which will also be available to download via the b...

16.30.a - A Coat, A Dead Novelist, A Toddler in Paris

FRANCE AS IT MEANS: this week's edition ranges from Leïla Slimani's unguarded moment to Huysmans revisited, a strange stop in the Auvergne, and small children in the city

Meet the author: Jean Thesquare

Jean Thesquare is the pen name for the anonymous New York-based crime author behind The Sultryverse – a publishing company and a literary universe where they explore themes a lot o...

The Best International Crime Fiction of July 2026

Here are four novels in translation to check out this month, all excellent for crime lovers. Enjoy! SeichЕЌ Matsumoto, The Quiet Place Translated by Louise Heal Kawaii (Modern Libr...

Christophe Bigot dient smakelijk de grimmige liefde van een van Frankrijks bekendste auteurs op

The Best International Fiction of the Month: September 2026

Here are three newly translated works of fiction from across the globe, along with one classic work of true crime (as Capote would say, a “nonfiction novel”). Keep an eye on the si...

“The Barman of the Ritz” Is No “Casablanca”

The best-selling novel by the French author and podcaster Philippe Collin, which is set during the German Occupation of Paris, has a great premise but suffers in the execution.

4 Crime Novels, and a Bonus Pick

The Queen of Florida is a wickedly entertaining romp featuring retired widow June who delves into the deep underbelly of paradise—Boca—to get everything she knows she deserves. In...

Unwanted fiction titles

The only name I have is Phoenix Rescue based between Perigueux and Bergerac in the Dordogne though I think others have national numbers.

Reviewed by Tony Baer: JACQUES MESRINE – The Death Instinct.

JACQUES MESRINE – The Death Instinct. Originally published in French as L’Instinct de Mort.  Filmed as  L’instinct de mort (released in English as Mesrine: Killer Instinct) is the...

7 Crime Novels That Feature Outsiders Who Challenge the Status Quo

One of the most delicious parts of crime fiction is that it’s loaded with tension. Our desire to know what will happen next in a story keeps us racing through the pages. We gather...

16.29 - The Rule Nobody Explains

FRANCE AS IT HAPPENS— a Dordogne town with an unspoken code, the job the French never discuss, and a green door in Le Marais that keeps its own mysteries.

On the Radar: Scratching the surface

Judging by the amount of submissions we receive for news and reviews, crime fiction is doing very well indeed. They say people are reading less… well they’re not reading less crime...

16.28.a - What France Is Worth: Money, Colour and Midnight Light

FRANCE AS IT MEANS—private equity discovers perfume, a Dutch royal house owes France a favour, and two writers find their footing in a new language and a sleepless night.

16.30 - The Writer Who Refused to Stay Dead

FRANCE AS IT HAPPENS—a century old literary obsession, a spring that turns objects to stone, and raising toddlers in Paris

Detective-serie aan de Franse Rivièra is rommelig, maar wel leuk om te kijken

16.29.a —French Rooms, French Rules and the Real Paris

FRANCE AS IT MEANS— four empty rooms, an unspoken code in the Dordogne, a job no one discusses, and a museum behind a green door only the curious find.

WATCH: A cop & his suspect begin a secret affair in this steamy French neo-noir from 1984

'The Cheat' is a throwback cat-and-mouse thriller—where the cat and mouse are sleeping together!

Reviewed by Tony Baer: JACQUES MESRINE – The Death Instinct.

Reviewed by Tony Baer:     JACQUES MESRINE – The Death Instinct. Originally published in French as L’Instinct de Mort.  Filmed as  L’instinct de mort (released in English as Mesrin...

5 Novels That Explore and Expand the Possibilities of Women’s Crime Fiction

The day my editor asked me to write a Women’s Fiction series I immediately said, Yes! Followed by, what’s Women’s Fiction? Isn’t all fiction Women’s Fiction? I mean, I read everyth...

Page to Screen: Pop. 1280/Coup de Torchon

Sometimes an especially compelling story can be told in a novel or movie when pretty much all of the characters are morally irredeemable. We all love a literary or cinematic hero f...