Here are some of my favorite mysteries set in foreign countries. If you like mysteries, try these, and as a bonus, you'll learn a little something about people in another culture. All are the first book of a series, except for the Double Comfort Safari Club.
Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon
Set in Italy
Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker. Also available in Large Print and as an eBook in the library's Download Destination collection.
Set in France
Still Life by Louise Penny. Also available as an eAudiobook in the library's Download Destination collection.
Set in Quebec, Canada
Finding Nouf by Zoe Ferraris
Set in Saudi Arabia
The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill. Also available as an eBook and an eAudiobook in the library's Download Destination collection.
Set in Laos
The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall. Also available as an eAudiobook in the library's Download Destination collection.
Set in India
The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith. Also available in Large Print
#12 in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series
Set in Botswana