Review of Crime Fiction on a Euro Pass

On Monday I completed my journey on Kerrie Smith’s meme Crime Fiction on a Euro Pass when the train arrived in Turkey. Kerrie hosted the meme at her blog, Mysteries in Paradise.

For each of my posts I profiled a book in the country of the week.

My journey around Europe saw the following posts:

1.) England - Cover Her Face by P.D. James

2.) Portugal - A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson

3.) France - The Premier by Georges Simenon

4.) Netherlands - The Blond Baboon by Janwillem Van de Wetering

5.) Denmark - Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg

6.) Germany - The Good German by Joseph Kanon

7.) Austria - The Time of Murder at Mayerling by Ann Dukthas  

8.) Switzerland - The Pledge by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

9.) Czech Republic - The Miracle Game by Josef Skvorecky 

10.) Italy - Ratking by Michael Dibdin

11.) Greece - The Messenger of Athens by Anne Zouroudi

12.) Turkey - The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin

Thankfully there were 12 weeks for the journey unlike my 1981 bus tour when it was if today is ----- we must be in -------.

I read a variety of different mysteries ranging from the early 19th Century to current days.

They were written from the 1950's to 2010.

Several were authors I read for the first time and I would not have encountered them but for the meme.

Switzerland was the most difficult nation for me to find a book. I searched bookstores and ordered through the local library but the interlibrary loan was slow. Finally on a trip to Regina, 300 km from Melfort, I tracked down The Pledge in one of the suburban libraries of the Regina Public Library.

It was a great trip and I thank Kerrie for hosting the tour.

On Friday I will discsuss my favourite posts from the dozen I put up for the trip.