Foreign (non-English) Editions – The Sister Fidelma Mysteries

FOREIGN (non-English language) EDITIONS

As requested by our many members around the world, below is an updated complete breakdown of all foreign language editions to date. See below for country-specific information.

ARGENTINA

PEUCO EDITORES (Argentina)

Cicuta al Anochecer (Hemlock At Vespers) October 2005
Susurros de los Muertos (Whispers of the Dead) December 2006
Sinodo en Witebia (Absolution By Murder) 2007
Un sudaro para Arzobispo (Shroud for the Archbishop) May 2009

BREIZH

ABER EMBANN (Breizh)

Koulm ar Marv (The Dove of Death) October 2010
Kegid d’ar Gousparou (Hemlock at Vespers) September 2014

AN ALARC’H (Breizh)

Absolvenn dre vuntur (Absolution By Murder) October, 2012
Marv an arc’heskob (Shroud for the Archbishop) October 2016
Marc’heger ar Marv (Behold A Pale Horse) 2019

BULGARIA

ERA (Bulgaria)

Shroud for the Archbishop, March 2007
Suffer Little Children, August 2007
The Spider’s Web, October 2008

CZECH REPUBLIC

Rozhreseni vrazdou (Absolution By Murder) 2004
Nechte Malickych (Suffer Little Children) 2004
Paní tenmot (Our Lady of Darkness) August 2005
Dym ve vertu (Smoke in the Wind) March 2007
Opat S Mecem (The Haunted Abbot) October 2007
Zly Uplnek (Badger’s Moon) June 2008
Zvon Malomocného (The Leper’s Bell) 2008
Pán Dusí (Master of Souls) July 2009
Modlitba za zatrancence (A Prayer for the Damned) December 2009
Tenec s Démony (Dancing With Demons) July 2010
Ztraceny Relikviár (Council of the Cursed) November 2010
Holubice smrti (The Dove of Death) June 2011
Kalich Kvre (The Chalice of Blood) February 2012
Rubás pro arcibiskups (Shroud for the Archbishop) October 2012
Jezdec věstí smrt (Behold A Pale Horse) May 2013
Sedmá Polnice (The Seventh Trumpet) October 2013
Symbol smrti (The Subtle Serpent) August 2014
Vykouponí krví (Atonement of Blood) August 2015
Pavoucí Sít (The Spider’s Web) May 2016
Dábloca Pecet (The Devil’s Seal) 2016
Údolí Stínu (Valley of the Shadow) September 2017
Druhá Smrt (The Second Death) April 2018
Mnich Který Zmízel (The Monk Who Vanished) 2019
Pokání Mrtvých (Penance of the Damned) October 2019
Smrt z Milosti (Act of Mercy) November 2, 2020
Noc Světlonoše (Night of the Lightbringer) June 2021
Krvavý měsíc (Bloodmoon) June 2022
Krev vráji (Blood in Eden) June 2023
Dourê Ulkodlaka (The Shapeshifter’s Lair) April 2024
Forthcoming
- House of Death, 2025

ESTONIA

ODAMEES (Estonia)

Lunastus mõrva läbi (Absolution By Murder) November 2006
Peapiiskopi surilina (Shroud for the Archbishop) 2007
Laske lapsukesed (Suffer Little Children) September 2008

VIIKING (Estonia)

Kaval madu (The Subtle Serpent) January 2018

FRANCE

EDITIONS 10-18 (France)

Absolution par le meutre (Absolution by Murder) 2004
Le suaire de l’archeveque (Shroud for the Archbishop) 2004
Les cinq royaumes (Suffer Little Children) 2004
La ruse du serpent (The Subtle Serpent) June, 2005
Le secret de móen (The Spider’s Web) 2005
La mort aux trois visages (Valley of the Shadows) May 2006
Le sang du moine (The Monk Who Vanished) December 2006
La pèlerinage de soeur Fidelma (Act of Mercy) May 2007
La dame des ténèbres (Our Lady of Darkness) November 2007
Les disparus de dyfed (Smoke in the Wind) April 2008
La châtiment de l’au-delà (The Haunted Abbot) October 2008
Les mystères de la luna (Badger’s Moon) January 2009
De la ciguë pour les veprês (Hemlock At Vespers) July 2009
La cloche du lépreux (The Lepers Bell) November 2009
Maitre des âmes (Master of Souls) March 2010
Une prière pour les damnés (A Prayer for the Damned) November 2010
Une danse avec les démons, (Dancing with Demons) February 2011
Le concile des maudits (The Council of the Cursed) July 2011
La colombe de la mort (The Dove of Death) April 5, 2012
La parole des morts (Whispers of the Dead) July 2012
Un calice de sang (The Chalice of Blood) February 2013
Le cavalier blanc (Behold A Pale Horse) October 17, 2013
La septième trompette (The Seventh Trumpet) 2014
Expiation par le sang (Atonement of Blood) Autumn 2014
Le sceaudiable (The Devil’s Seal) May 2015
La confrérie du corbeau (The Second Death) June 2016
La pénitence des damnés (Penance of the Damned) March 2017
La nuit du porte-lumière (Night of the Lightbringer) May 2018
Une lune de sang (Bloodmoon) May 2019
Du sang au paradis (Blood in Eden) January 2021
Le jeteus de sort (The Shapeshifter’s Lair) August 2021
Le conseil de sept (The House of Death) July 2022
Mort d’un hérétique (Death of a Heretic) August 2023
La fill de la Tempête (Revenge of the Stormbringer) May 2024
Forthcoming
- Prophet of Blood, 2025

GRAND LIVRES DU MOIS (France – “Book of the Month Club”)

Absolution par le meurtre, January 2005
Le suaire de l’archeveque, 2005

GERMANY

ROWOHLT (Germany)

Nur der Tod bringt Vergebung (Absolution By Murder) 1998
Ein Totenhemd für den Erzbischof (Shroud for the Archbishop) 1998

AUFBAU TASCHENBUCH (Germany)

Nur der Tod bringt Vergebung (new edition) 2003
Ein Totenhemd für deb Erzbischof (new edition) 2003
Die Tote im Klosterbrunnen (The Subtle Serpent) 2000
Tod im Skriptorium (Suffer Little Children) 2001
Der Tote am Steinkreuz (The Spider’s Web) 2001
Tod in der Königsburg (The Monk Who Vanished) 2002
Tod auf dem Pilgerschiff (Act of Mercy) 2002
Vor dem Tod sindallegleich (Our Lady of Darkness) 2003
Das Kloster der toten Seelen (Smoke in the Wind) July 2004
Verneig dich vor dem Tod (The Haunted Abbot) January 2005
Tod bei Vollmond (Badger’s Moon) June 2005
Tod im Tal der Heiden (Valley of the Shadow) January 2006
Der Tod Soll Auf Euch Kommen (The Leper’s Bell) June 2006
Tod vor den Morgenmesse (Master of Souls) February 2007
Ein Gebet für Verdammten (A Prayer for the Damned) May 2007
Tod den alten Gotten (Dancing With Demons) July 2008
Das Konzil der Verdammten (Council of the Cursed) December 2008
Der Falsche Apostel (Hemlock at Vespers) April 30, 2009
Eine Taube bringt den Tod (The Dove of Death) January 2010
Der Blutkeltch (Chalice of Blood) December 2010
Die Todesfee (Whispers of the Dead) October 2011
Und die Hölle folgte ihm nach (Behold A Pale Horse) February 2012
Die Pforten der Todes (The Seventh Trumpet) December 2012
Das Sühneopfer (Atonement of Blood) December 2013
Sendboten des Teufels (The Devil’s Seal) December 2014
Der Lohn der Sünde (The Second Death) February 2016
Der Tod wirdeuchverschlingen (Penance of the Damned) December 2016
Die Wahrheit ist der Lüge Tod (“The Lair of the White Fox” and other stories) ISBN 978-3-7466-3372-5, February 16, 2018
Ihr Los ist Firsternis (The Night of the Lightbringer) October 2018
Wer Lügen Sät (Bloodmoon) August 16, 2019
Die Sünden der Gerechten (Blood in Eden) November 2020
Tod den finisteren Mächten (The Shapeshifter’s Lair) translated by Bela Wohl, November 15, 2021
Das Pestschrift (House of Death) translated by Bela Wohl, November 15, 2022
Der Tod des Ketzers (Death of a Heretic) November 14, 2023
Forthcoming
- Wer Sturm sät (Revenge of the Stormbringer) November 2024
- Prophet of Blood (2025)

AUFBAU – Special Promotional Paperbacks

Die Tote im Klosterbrunnen (The Subtle Serpent) 9th ed. 2004
Nur Der Tod Bringt Vergbung (Absolution By Murder) 6th ed. 2005
Tod auf den Pilgerschiff (Act of Mercy) July, 2013 (nb: special edition with additional article on Fidelma historical background from Mirogue magazine)

CLUB TASCHENBUCH (Germany – Berlin)

Tod im Skriptorium, 2004
Tod vor der Morgenmesse – mit Die Freistatt (Master of Souls with “The Sanctuary,” an extra Fidelma short story) October 2007
Der Tote am Steinkreuze (The Spider’s Web) October 200

RÜTTEN AND LOENING (Germeny – Berlin)

Tod im Skriptorium (mitmusik CD) 2006 [special gift hardcover edition with a CD of Irish music]
Tod in der Königsbuirg (The Monk Who Vanished) October, 2016 (special illustrated collector’s item)

VERLAGSGRUPPE WELTBILD (Germany)

Cur der Tod bringt Vergebung, March 2008
Die Tote im Klosterbrunnen, March 2008
Tod in der Kongisburg, March 2008

WELTBILD EDITONEN (Germany)

A special collector’s edition in hardcover which the publishers have announced as “For the first time and the only such publication in the world, there is now a complete Sister Fidelma series in a uniform edition.”

Nur der Tod bringt Vegebung (Absolution By Murder) January 2015
Ein Totenhemd fur den Erzbischof (Shroud for the Archbishop) February 2015
Tod im Skriptorium (Suffer Little Children) February 2015
Die Tote im Klosterbrunnen (The Subtle Serpent) March 2015
Der Tote am Steinkreuz (The Spider’s Web) March 2015
Tod im Tal der Heiden (Valley of the Shadow) November 2015
Tod in der Konigsburg (The Monk Who Vanished) November 2015
Tod aud der Pilgershiff (Act of Mercy) December 2015
Vor dem Tod sindallegleich (Our Lady of Darkness) 2016
Das Kloster der toten Seelend (Smoke in the Wind) 2016
Verneig dich vor dem Tod (The Haunted Abbot) 2016
Tod bei Vollmond (Badger’s Moon) 2016

LINGEN VERLAG (Germany – Berlin)

Die Tote im Klosterbrunnen (popular hardcover edition) June 2006
Nur Der Tod bringt Vergebung (popular hardcover edition) April 2007
Tod auf dem Pilgershift, June 2008
Tod im Scriptorium, November 2009
Ein Totenhemd für den Erzbishof (special edition) May 2010
Vor dem Tod sindallegleich, June 2011
Der Tod Soll Auf Euch Kommen (The Leper’s Bell) July 2013
Der Tote am Steinkreuz (The Spider’s Web) September 2014

DIE ZEIT (Germany)

A special edition from the mass market German newspaper

Das Konzil der Verdammten (July 2010); Special introduction by Martina Hartmann

GREECE

THEMELIO (Greece)

Absolution by Murder, 1996
Shroud for the Archbishop, 1997
Suffer Little Children, 2002
Valley of the Shadow, 2003
Act of Mercy, 2005
Our Lady of Darkness, 2006

IRISH LANGUAGE

THE INTERNATIONAL SISTER FIDELMA SOCIETY (Irish Language)

Scréach ón Tuama (A Scream from the Sepulchre) December 2008
This is the ONLY Sister Fidelma story ever translated into the Irish language (no English content whatsoever) – available exclusively from the Society in PDF format via our secure Payment Portal

ITALY

HOBBY & WORK (Italy) – Hobby & Work Publishing S.r.l., via Achille Varisco 1, 20052 Monza, MI, Italy

L’Abbazia degli Innocenti (Suffer Little Children) 2001
L’Astuzia del Serpente (The Subtle Serpent) 2002
I Crimini del Ragno (The Spider’s Web) 2002
Un Sudaio per Il Vescovo (Shroud for the Archbishop) 2003
Nostra Signora delle Tenebre (Our Lady of Darkness) October 2004
L’Abate Maledetto (The Haunted Abbot) July 2005
Delitti di Fuoco (Smoke in the Wind) 2006
Luna assassina (Badger’s Moon) December 15, 2006
Rintocchi di Morte (The Leper’s Bell) July 2007
Una preghiera per i dannati (A Prayer for the Damned) March 2008
Danzando con il Diavolo (Dancing With Demons) January 2009
I neri agenti della notte (An Ensuing Evil) September 2009

HOBBY & WORK (Paperbacks) – Hobby & Work Publishing S.r.l., via Achille Varisco 1, 2005, Monza, MI, Italy

Nostra Signora delle Tenebre (Our Lady of Darkess) March 2009
L’Abate Maledetto (The Haunted Abbot) March 2009
Delitti di Fuoco (Smoke in the Wind) July 2009
Luna assassina (Badger’s Moon) July 2009
Rintocchi di morte (The Leper’s Bell) 2010
Una Preghiera per Dannati (A Prayer for the Damned) 2010
Danzando con il Diavolo (Dancing With Demons) March 2011
I neri agenti della nottee (An Ensuing Evil) April 2012

TASCABILI EDITORE (TEA) – mass market Italian paperbacks

L’Abbazia degli Innocenti, March 2004
L’Astuzia del Serpente, December 2004
I Crimini del Ragno, May 2005
Un Suderio per il Vescovo, September 2006

HACHETTE ITALIA (Newsstand paperbacks only)

SERIES Codici segreti della Storia – Series No.
- 32. L’Abate Maledetto (The Haunted Abbot) July 29, 2006
- 36. L’Abbazia degli innocent (Suffer Little Children) August 28, 2006
- 48. L’astutzia de serpente (The Subtle Serpent) November 25, 2006
- 49. Un Sudario per il vescovo (Shroud for the Archbishop) December 2, 2006
- 50. Nostra signora delle tenebre (Our Lady of Darkness) December 9, 2006

JAPAN

Sogensha

- 蜘蛛の巣〈下〉 蜘蛛の巣〈上〉 (The Spider’s Web) November 2006*
- 幼き子らよ、我がもとへ〈上〉 幼き子らよ、我がもとへ〈下〉 (Suffer Little Children) September 2007*
- 修道女フィデルマの叡智 (The Poison Chalice and other stories) 2009
  - (“The Poison Chalice,” “At the Tent of Holofernes,” “Our Lady of Death,” “The High King’s Sword,” “A Scream from the Sepulchre”)
- 修道女フィデルマの洞察 (Hemlock at Vespers and other stories) 2010
  - (“Invitation to a Poisoning,” “Murder in Repose,” “The Horse that Died for Shame,” “Murder By Miracle,” “Hemlock At Vespers”)
- 蛇、もっとも禍し〈上〉 蛇、もっとも禍し〈下〉 (The Subtle Serpent) November 2009*
- 死をもちて赦されん (Absolution By Murder) January 2011
- サクソンの司教冠 (Shroud for the Archbishop) March 2012
- 修道女フィデルマの探求 (“A Canticle for Wulfstan” and other stories) 2012
  - (“Holy Blood,” “Tarnished Halo,” “Abbey Sinister,” “Those That Trespass,” “A Canticle for Wulfstan”)
- 翳深き谷〈下〉 翳深き谷〈上〉 (The Valley of the Shadow) December 2013*
- 消えた修道士〈上〉 消えた修道士〈下〉 (The Monk Who Vanished) November 2015*
- 修道女フィデルマの挑戦 (“Whispers of the Dead” and other stories) 2017
  - (“The Comb Bag,” “The Blemish,” “Whispers of the Dead,” “The Banshee,” “The Lost Eagle,” “Dark Moon Rising”)
- 憐れみをなす者〈上〉 憐れみをなす者〈下〉 (Act of Mercy) February 2021*
- 修道女フィデルマの采配 (“The Heir Apparent” and other stories) 2022
  - (“The Astrologer Who Predicted His Own Murder,” “Who Stole the Fish?,” “The Fosterer,” “Cry ‘Wolf’!,” “The Heir Apparent”)
- 昏き聖母〈上〉 昏き聖母〈下〉 (Our Lady of Darknesss) March 10, 2023*
- 風に散る煙〈上〉風に散る煙〈下〉Smoke in the Wind, July 19, 2024

* Depending on the length of the translated book, the publisher often issues a title in a 2-volume set

POLAND

FEMIS (Poland)

Cien Kruczego Skrzydla (Absolution By Murder) September 2007

PORTUGAL/BRAZIL

PANDA BOOKS, EDITORA ORIGINAL (Portugal, Brazil)

Morte por Luxúrua (Absolution By Murder), the Brazilian (Portuguese) edition of the first of the Sister Fidelma titles, Sao Paolo, Brazil. Published June 2005, ISBN 85-87537-81-4.

RUSSIA

FLUID PUBLISHING (Russia)

Absolution By Murder, March 2008

SPAIN

EDHASA (Spain)

Hardbacks

- Absolution Por Asesinato (Absolution by Murder) 2001
- Una Mortaia Para El Arzobispo (Shroud for the Archbishop) 2002
- Sufrid, Pequenos (Suffer Little Children) 2002
- La Serpiente Sutil (The Subtle Serpent) 2003
- La Telaraña (The Spider’s Web) 2004-05-31
- El Valle de las Sombras (Valley of the Shadow) June 2005
- (The Monk Who Vanished) June 2006
- Un Acto de Misericordia (Act of Mercy) June 2007
- Nuestra Senora de las Tinieblas (Our Lady of Darkness) July 2008