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the "why" of Scandinavian crime fiction1 comment

Barbara wrote 1 month ago: Spiked has a thoughtful piece on Stieg Larsson, Sweden, and why Swedish crime fiction has so much to … more →

Tags: issues, Sweden, translation, Don Bartlett, Inger Frimansson, kindle, millennium trilogy, Norway, Stieg Larsson

reviews and views2 comments

Barbara wrote 1 month ago: Still catching up . . . Marilyn Stasio reviews Box 21 by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom and find … more →

Tags: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, crime fiction elsewhere, Reviews, issues, Stieg Larsson, the redeemer, millennium trilogy

post-vacation review round-up2 comments

Barbara wrote 4 months ago: Martin Edwards has a lovely quote from Hakan Nesser on the essence of crime fiction, at his blog, Do … more →

Tags: Iceland, interviews, Norway, Sweden, translation, Åke Edwardsson, Camilla Läckberg, Hakan Nesser, Inger Frimansson

be reassured - utopia repels invaders! (not)9 comments

Barbara wrote 5 months ago: Slate has an article by Nathanial Rich titled “Scandinavian Crime Wave: Why the Most Peaceful … more →

Tags: Stuff, Articles, issues, karin fossum, Camilla Läckberg

good company in the pyscho database

Barbara wrote 5 months ago: Peter rounds up recent news about Scandinavian crime fiction from Scandinavian sources, including th … more →

Tags: Iceland, Sweden, Norway, interviews, Reviews, Hakan Nesser, Harry Hole, the girl with the dragon tattoo, Henning Mankell

The Redeemer1 comment

profmike wrote 5 months ago: The Redeemer is the latest novel from Norwegian crime fiction writer Jo Nesbo featuring Oslo detecti … more →

Tags: Crime Fiction, Scandanavian crime fiction, Detective Novel, Harry Hole, the redeemer, Norwegian Literature

random round-up3 comments

Barbara wrote 5 months ago: Peter beat me to reviewing a new English translation of Jarkko Sipila’s Against the Wall, just … more →

Tags: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Reviews, translation, Hakan Nesser, Stieg Larsson, Sidetracked

links from friends1 comment

Barbara wrote 5 months ago: I know I rely entirely too much on the FriendFeed Crime and Mystery Fiction room for the tidbits I h … more →

Tags: Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Harry Hole, Henning Mankell, k. o. dahl, karin alvtegen, Liza Marklund

link up

Barbara wrote 6 months ago: Glenn Harper finds life imitating art when a news story (scroll to the bottom) highlights those who … more →

Tags: interviews, Norway, Reviews, Sweden, Beatte Lonn, Hakan Nesser, karin fossum, maj sjöwall, Mari Jungsted

Waiting on Wednesday #33 comments

Trisha wrote 7 months ago: Here’s a not-so-brief summary of how I discovered today’s Waiting on Wednesday book: I r … more →

Tags: Memes, Not Yet Published, doctor proctor's fart powder, waiting on wednesday

review round-up and misanthropy to look forward to1 comment

Barbara wrote 8 months ago: Uriah (aka Norm) reviews Jo Nesbo’s Redeemer – “absolutely superb crime fiction … more →

Tags: Sweden, Norway, New Books, interviews, Reviews, Harry Hole, the girl with the dragon tattoo, Stieg Larsson, the redeemer

Redeemer reviewed1 comment

Barbara wrote 9 months ago: Marcel Berlins says good things about Jo Nesbo’s The Redeemer in The Times. “The Norwegi … more →

Tags: Norway, the redeemer

Two more finished!

romdjoll wrote 10 months ago: Er, from the to-be-read pile, that is.They have now migrated to the “have been read, but have … more →

Tags: Good Reads, Bones, Jonathan Kellerman, The Devil's Star

Best of 2008

romdjoll wrote 11 months ago: Okay, seeing as it’s the last day of the year, I decided to have some fun thinking about all t … more →

Tags: Good Reads, 2008, Books, Tana French, The Likeness, The Girl Who Stopped Swimming, Joshilyn Jackson, Alex Barclay, Blood Runs Cold

More than Mankell1 comment

Barbara wrote 1 year ago: The UK is revelling in Wallander, thanks to the BBC version of the series launching with Sideswiped. … more →

Tags: New Books, Articles, Steig Larsson, karin fossum, Kurt Wallander, Boyd Tonkin, Mari Jungstedt, Arnaldure Indridason, Matti Joensuu

Bits and Pieces2 comments

Barbara wrote 1 year ago: Profmike reads Jo Nesbo’s Nemesis and pronounces it well worth the read. “What Jo Nesbo … more →

Tags: Norway, Reviews, Echoes from the Dead, Arnaldur Indridason, the draining lake, Icelandic crime fiction, Nemesis, Norwegian Crime Fiction, Johan Theorin

Nemesis3 comments

profmike wrote 1 year ago: It seems odd nowadays to think of Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse as having broken the mould of … more →

Tags: Books, Reading, Add new tag, Nemesis, Harry Hole, Oslo, Don Bartlett, Norwegian Crime Fiction, literture

Nesbo speaks1 comment

Barbara wrote 1 year ago: I’ve signed up for a mysterious little Internets-thingy called FriendFeed that makes RSS feed … more →

Tags: Sweden, Norway, interviews, Reviews, Harry Hole, Åsa Larsson, The Black Path, Norwegian Crime Fiction, Crime fiction blogs

Nesbo's Nemesis 2 comments

Barbara wrote 1 year ago: If you haven’t read Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole series, what on earth are you waiting for? You … more →

Tags: Norway, New Books, Nemesis, Nowegian crime fiction, Harry Hole


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