Nominations open: May 2022 Group Read : Expanding reading horizons: translated mystery, crime, thriller books.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

I know it's a bit early, but starting tomorrow we're on vacation out of the country and just in case my internet connection stinks, I'm doing this now. I'll be home to set up the poll, so no worries there.

This month it's all about books in translation, so please nominate any translated mysteries, crimes, thrillers etc.

remember:
If the book you nominate wins the poll, you become the discussion leader.
Do not nominate your own book.
Other than that, you know the drill.

If my internet is good, I'll be keeping track even though I'm not here; if not, Randy has most graciously agreed to do so if he doesn't hear from me after today.

Have fun, and nominate some great books!!

[CBRetriever]

I nominate Pierre Lemaitre's Alex. Even though it was the second book in the series, it was the first one translated and published in English. It is a policier (police murder mystery) with Commandant Camille Verhoeven as the main character. I would love to see Peter Dinklage play him in a movie or TV series.

It won the CWA International Dagger award in 2013 and has twists upon twists.

[Icewineanne]

I’ll nominate Fatal Isles, the first book in Swedish author Maria Adolfsson’s Doggerland series.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

the list (so far):

1. Alex by Pierre Lemaitre -- CBRetriever
2. Fatal Isles by Maria Adolfsson -- Icewineanne
3.The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon -- Leena
4. The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur -- Patty

[Leena]

The Shadow of the Wind

[Leena]

The Japanese mystery novels too would be great nominations

[Patty]

The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur

From Amazon

Suspenseful and richly atmospheric, June Hur's The Forest of Stolen Girls is a haunting historical mystery sure to keep readers guessing until the last page.

1426, Joseon (Korea). Hwani's family has never been the same since she and her younger sister went missing and were later found unconscious in the forest near a gruesome crime scene.

Years later, Detective Min―Hwani's father―learns that thirteen girls have recently disappeared from the same forest that nearly stole his daughters. He travels to their hometown on the island of Jeju to investigate… only to vanish as well.

Determined to find her father and solve the case that tore their family apart, Hwani returns home to pick up the trail. As she digs into the secrets of the small village―and collides with her now estranged sister, Maewol―Hwani comes to realize that the answer could lie within her own buried memories of what happened in the forest all those years ago.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Okay everyone, thanks for your nominations. I'm home now and the poll will go up this afternoon. Four is a wonderful number.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

The winners are
The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur
and
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Patty and Leena are the discussion leaders once the threads go up on the first of May. Thanks to everyone who nominated and voted.