Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Post your recommendations here for cozy mysteries and detective mysteries set around the world.

Why this topic has been overlooked for so long is a mystery to me! ;-)

Here are some options for international mystery series:

Africa

Botswana:
The Number One Ladies Detective Agency series, starting with The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

Ghana:
The Inspector Darko Dawson series, starting with Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey

Asia

General
The Inspector Singh series, starting with A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint

China:
The Inspector Chen Cao series, starting with Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong

India:
The Vish Puri series, starting with The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall

Laos:
The Dr. Siri Paiboun series, starting with The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill

Singapore:
The Crown Colony series, starting with The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu

Thailand:
The Jimm Juree series, starting with Killed at the Whim of a Hat by Colin Cotterill

Europe

France
The Inspector Maigret series, starting with Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon

Italy
The Inspector Montalbano series, starting with The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri

Russia:
The Erast Fandorin series, starting with The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin

The Sister Pelagia series, starting with Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog by Boris Akunin

Turkey:
The Yasmin the Eunuch series, starting with The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin

United Kingdom:
The Hercule Poirot series, starting with The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

The Miss Marple series, starting with Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

The Lord Peter Wimsey series, starting with Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers

North America

Canada:
The Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series, starting with Still Life by Louise Penny

Grenada:
The Digger and Miss Stanislaus series, starting with The Bone Readers by Jacob Ross

Oceania

Australia:
The Phryne Fisher series, starting with Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood

New Zealand:
Most of the Roderick Alleyn series takes place in England, but a few, including Colour Scheme and Died in the Wool by Ngaio Marsh, take place in Marsh's native New Zealand.

Solomon Islands
The Sergeant Kella and Sister Conchita series, starting with Devil-Devil by Graeme Kent

There are a lot of other good series out there, but I thought I would start with these to get recommendations started.

Bumping this topic. I added some updates, but I might add more series later if I start future books in them.

For Turkey there is also the Inspector Ikmen series by Barbara Nadel.

A few Agatha Christie books are set outside her home country of the UK. Hercule Poirot travelled widely in the Middle East, visiting Iraq for Murder in Mesopotamia, Egypt for Death on the Nile, and Jordan for Appointment with Death. He was also delayed in Yugoslavia for Murder on the Orient Express, probably in what is now Croatia (https://www.croatiaweek.com/small-cro...).

Another travelling sleuth is Miss Ashford, written by Vivian Conroy:
- Mystery in Provence (France)
- Last Seen in Santorini (Greece)
- A Fatal Encounter in Tuscany (Italy)
- Last Dance in Salzburg (Austria)