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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Part 2)
The second review I wrote on Stig Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was for The L Magazine. The full text is below, or you can read it on their website, here. *** Although Swedish author… more →
The Afterword
The Booming Moomins
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wrote 1 month ago: They’re round, white and soft. Almost like hippopotamus’s, Moomins are the main characters of the co … more →
*Incredible Illustrations* - Kay Rasmus Nielsen.
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wrote 3 months ago: So, it’s been a while since my last Incredible Illustrations feature, a fact for which I can o … more →
The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler - Don't bother!!
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wrote 3 months ago: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Oh dear, not another book which I didn’t like. I’m always a little app … more →
Jonas Jonasson – The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
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wrote 3 months ago: Being a trusting consumer, when Amazon for the fifth time recommended a book with the entertaining t … more →
I Die but the Memory lives on By Henning Mankell - Book review and Memory Book project
wrote 4 months ago: I Die but the Memory lives on By Henning Mankell The World Aids Crisis and the Memory Book Project H … more →
Tove Jansson
wrote 4 months ago: An excellent documentary about Tove Jansson. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01pgrk2/Moominlan … more →
New Fiction Book - A Scandinavian Mystery from Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen
wrote 5 months ago: Reblogged from djskrimiblog: My shaky hand pushed the button a few hours ago, and look - my brand n … more →
Book Review- Swedish crime fiction: Hakan Nesser, "The Return"
wrote 5 months ago: The Return: Written 1995 but translated by Laurie Thompson in 2007. Swedish Author Hakan Nesser has … more →
Suggested Summer Reads - Icelandic authors
wrote 5 months ago: Summer in Australia, means that many of us can use the excuse of the heat, to relax inside our air-c … more →
Scandinavian Thriller Book Review - The Drowning - Camilla Lackberg
wrote 7 months ago: A new author is lauded by the residents of not only Fjallbacka, but also Sweden. “Why did he w … more →
Book Review -Smilla’s Feeling for Snow by Peter Høeg (from Danmark - translated to English)
wrote 8 months ago: Were you aware that the Eskimos or Inuit people of Greenland have many different words to describe s … more →
Violades & Appledown
wrote 8 months ago: And here, … more →
Book Review - Henning Mankell THE FIFTH WOMAN
wrote 8 months ago: Published in 2009, and ably translated by Steven T. Murray, this is part of the Kurt Wallander serie … more →
BOOK REVIEW “UNSPOKEN” by Mari Jungstedt
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wrote 8 months ago: “Unspoken” opens with the expectation of a crime about to be committed and when the deceased body is … more →
BOOK REVIEW: Johan Theorin THE DARKEST ROOM
wrote 10 months ago: Imagine a bitterly cold Swedish winter, on the bleak treeless coastal island, in an old manor house … more →
Book Review - Håkan Nesser: THE MIND'S EYE
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wrote 11 months ago: “Van Veeteren was generally able to decide if he was looking the culprit in the eye in ninetee … more →
Book review - The REDEEMER by Jo Nesbø, Crime fiction pick of the month
wrote 11 months ago: Book Review – The Redeemer Jo Nesbø # 4 in the Harry Hole Series, The Little Redeemer is the c … more →
{Review} The Royal Guest – Henrik Pontoppidan
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wrote 1 year ago: When I think of Scandinavian Literature, I think of iconic children’s stories and crime novels that … more →
Review: THE BOY IN THE SUITCASE by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis
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wrote 1 year ago: Review: THE BOY IN THE SUITCASE by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis. I have just finished reading A B … more →
