Swiss Crime

Inspector Agnes Lüthi, a Swiss-American police officer in Lausanne, Switzerland, has just transferred to the Violent Crimes unit from Financial Crimes to try to shed all reminders of her old life following her husband's death. Now, on the eve of the worst blizzard Lausanne has seen in centuries, Agnes has been called to investigate her very first homicide case. On the lawn of the grand Château Vallotton, at the edge of Lac Leman, a young woman has been found stabbed to death.

Epic and atmospheric, this addictive debut novel takes us into an intoxicating world of old money, privilege, and family intrigue as a young heiress must return home from a decade-long exile to face the powerful enemies arrayed against her, including those within her own family. For the first...

A genius invention. A man pushed to the edge. Big mistake. From the genius mind of a Swiss scientist comes the omega algorithm – an algorithm that can instantly identify anyone, anywhere on the planet and a Hugo Xavier nemesis, the Shadow Council, has it in their sights. And when Novus is attacked and its boss gravely injured, Hugo and his team must protect Novus at all cost. Will Hugo and his team be able to protect Novus at the same time one of the greatest creations of all time is stolen? Hugo and his team must race all over the world in an international conspiracy where nothing is as ...

A rising gymnast disappears mid-flip in the Swiss Alps, and the only clue is a gold medal left dangling in the snow. While Mia and Eli investigate the frosty mystery, the Grannies tackle their own frozen fiasco-a suspicious injury at the town skating rink. With Toby sniffing out suspects on two continents, this mother-son-dog trio must race the clock before medals turn to murder.

From the devious mind of New York Times bestselling author Joël Dicker - master of the plot twist - comes this gripping domestic thriller that transforms into an ambitious heist mystery involving a famed Geneva jewelry boutique. On July 2, 2022, two criminals set out to rob a jewelry shop in...

The sequel to the iconic worldwide bestseller THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HARRY QUEBERT AFFAIR "If you liked The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair, you will love this" The Times "One of the world's most original voices in crime fiction" A. J. Finn, #1 bestselling author of The Woman in the Window The...

"Dicker has the first-rate crime novelist's ability to lead his readers up the garden path" Sunday Express It all starts with an innocuous curiosity: at the Hotel Verbier, a luxury hotel in the Swiss Alps, there is no Room 622. This anomaly piques the interest of the writer Joël Dicker...

Sono circa le nove di sera del 4 maggio 1998 quando una suora sente dei rumori di colpi di arma da fuoco provenire da un appartamento non lontano dal Palazzo Apostolico di Roma. La suora corre e trova la porta dell'appartamento aperta. Si affaccia all'interno e scopre così uno dei più gravi delitti mai compiuti all'interno della città del Vaticano: in un lago di sangue trova il corpo del neo comandante delle guardie svizzere Alois Estermann, di sua moglie Gladys Meza Romero e del vice caporale Cedric Tornay.