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Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith - former USSR
Havana Bay by Martin Cruz Smith - Cuba
Wolves Eat Dogs Martin Cruz Smith - partially in Russia, but mostly in the 30 km exclusion zone around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster (how does that one grab you?!?!)
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg - Denmark and Greenland
The Quiet American by Graham Greene - Vietnam in 1952
The Comedians by Graham Greene - Haiti in 1965
Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith - France, Italy, and Germany (if I remember correctly)
Theft by Peter Carey - mostly Australia, but a bit in New York
The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carré - espionage, not mystery, set in the Middle East
Angels of Russia by Patricia le Roy - espionage, not mystery, set in the former USSR and in France
March Violets by Philip Kerr - Germany in 1936
That's a start. I'll write more if I can think of any.
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