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- Location(s): Swiss Alps
- Genre(s): Gothic, Suspense
- Era(s): Modern
Wild rabies runs rampant through the woods. The foxes are gaining ground, boldly making their way into the village. In Dichtersruhe, an insular yet charming haven stifled by the Swiss mountains, these omens go unnoticed by all but the...
- Location(s): Switzerland
- Genre(s): Humour
- Era(s): 2000s
When an American mother-of-three finds herself overwhelmed in her new home in Switzerland, a visitor pops up offering to cure her son’s asthma, her husband’s growing indifference, and her own resentment of life. Is he the village nutter or...
- Location(s): Switzerland
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
Dead clients are bad for business, something that Tom Winter, head of security at a private Swiss bank, knows only too well. When a helicopter explosion kills a valuable client and a close colleague, Winter teams up with the...
- Location(s): Zurich
- Genre(s): Fantasy, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
What would you do if you woke up to see a living, breathing, tiny, glowing, pink elephant? If you’re anything like Schoch, who lives on the streets of Zürich and is decidedly down on his luck, you might well...
- Location(s): California, London, Switzerland, The Philippines, The South of France (Le Midi)
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): PRESENT
An LA screenwriter is killed shortly after completing his latest script, FALL OUT – a thriller destined to be a blockbuster but written with a secret double purpose. Echoing events from the past the screenplay is sent to a...
- Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople), Geneva
- Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
- Era(s): Contemporary
Ziya Bey has six months left to live. From his mansion on Farewell Fountain Street, the Ottoman aristocrat plans to tie up some questionable business affairs and say goodbye to the people he cherishes. He hires Artvin, a disillusioned...
- Location(s): Zurich
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Anna was a good wife, mostly . . . Anna Benz lives in comfort and affluence with her husband and three young children in Dietlikon, a picture-perfect suburb of Zurich. Anna, an American expat, has chosen this life far...
- Location(s): Paris, Bern, London
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 18th century
“There is a space between life and death: it’s called waxworks” The wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals alike, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud. In 1761,...
- Location(s): Africa, Switzerland
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Shortlisted for 2015 Not the Booker Prize REDEMPTION IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY – or so Pilgrim Jones hopes as she looks up at a departures board and takes the first flight. She is running away; from her failed...
- Location(s): Switzerland
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 2000s
This is a fascinating journey around Europe’s most individual and misunderstood country. From seeking Heidi and finding the best chocolate to reliving a bloody past and exploring an uncertain future, Swiss Watching proves that there is more to Switzerland...
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