The most popular French murder books of 2020

A murder sits at the center of these books. Someone is dead, and everything that follows turns on who did it, why, and what it does to those left behind. You will find classic whodunits, dark psychological novels and true cases reconstructed in detail. This list shows the ones first published in 2020. Only books in French are listed.

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Synopsix
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Synopsix

Published 2020

493 pages

L'effacement
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L'effacement

Sophie Bergaglio

Published 2020

236 pages

L'AVENIR
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L'AVENIR

Catherine Leroux

Published 2020

317 pages

Au nom de Sankar
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Au nom de Sankar

Kausalya Sankar, Guillaume Vénétitay

Published 2020

220 pages