Armchair Travel Mysteries

Looking for adventure in an exotic locale? This list includes the author, country and main character.

Cara Black (France)
Aimee Leduc

Gwedoline Butler (Great Britain)
John Coffin

Barbara Cleverly (India)
Joe Sandilands

Deborah Crombie (Great Britain)
Duncan Kincaid & Gemma Jones

Colin Dexter (Great Britain)
Inspector Morse

Dick and Felix Francis (Great Britain)

Elizabeth George
Inspector Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers

Bartholomew Gill (Ireland)
Peter McGarr

Martha Grimes (Great Britain)
Richard Jury

P.D. James (Great Britain)
Inspector Adam Dalgliesh

Quintin Jardine (Scotland)
Bob Skinner

John Lane (Palestine/Israel)
Kamal & Barnea

Lynda LaPlante (Great Britain)
Inspector Jane Tennison

Stieg Larsson (Sweden)
Lisabeth Salander & Mikael Blomkvist

Donna Leon (Venice)
Inspector Brunetti

Jill McGown (Great Britain)
Inspector Lloyd

Henning Mankell (Sweden)
Kurt Wallander

Peter May (China & France)
Li Yan & Margaret Campbell
Enzo MacLeod

Janet Neel (Great Britain)
Superintendent John McLeish & Francesca Wilson

Jo Nesbo (Norway)
Inspector Hole

Ian Rankin (Scotland)
John Rebus

Ruth Rendell (Great Britain)
Inspector Wexford

Charles Todd (Great Britain)
Inspector Rutledge