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Ake Edwardson – almost but . . .
Peter of Scandinavian Books reviews Ake Edwardson’s Sun and Shadow - part of a procedural series set in Gotland. It involves a staged murder scene, and as Peter describes it, “Erik Winter … more →
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Mankell, Chronicler of the Winds
wrote 1 week ago: Cover of Chronicler of the Winds I first encountered Henning Mankell through his Inspector Kurt Wall … more →
Book Review: The Preacher
wrote 3 weeks ago: The Preacher by Camilla Lackberg The blurb: In the fishing community of Fjallbacka, life is remote, … more →
The Ice Princess
wrote 3 weeks ago: The term “Swedish crime fiction” probably brings images of a certain girl with a tattoo to mind. Sti … more →
The First Nordic Noir Novel...from 1905?
wrote 1 month ago: In my earlier posts on the Origins of Nordic Noir, I wrote about the moment when Swedes first became … more →
Review: Roseanna by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
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wrote 2 months ago: A recent review by José Ignacio at The Game’s Afoot blog of ‘Cop Killer’, the nint … more →
Crime Scene: HANS KOPPEL She’s Never Coming Back
wrote 3 months ago: The first crime novel from ‘an established Swedish author’ writing under a pseudonym – another name … more →
What I'm Reading: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Series...
wrote 7 months ago: The First in the Sensationally Successful Swedish Crime Trilogy The Girl… series by Stieg Lars … more →
22: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
wrote 7 months ago: As of June 2011, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo had sold over 15 million copies worldwide. This is … more →
The Fifth Woman
wrote 9 months ago: Title: The Fifth Woman Author (in Swedish): Henning Mankell Translator (to English): Steven Murray O … more →
Who is Lars Kepler?
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wrote 11 months ago: With Stieg Larsson continuing his reign on the best-seller lists in all formats – e-books, hardcover … more →
The Swedes Do It Again
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wrote 11 months ago: The Booklover’s Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ I just finished reading The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler. It is … more →
Nordic crime readers' choice: what's your favourite? (14 June)
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wrote 1 year ago: The Nordic Noir Book Club is delighted to announce the next event in the series, which will take pla … more →
Alvtegen and Nesser in London on June 19
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wrote 1 year ago: On Sunday 19 June I will be chairing a discussion with Swedish crime writers Karin Alvtegen and Håka … more →
Podcasts from Previous Events
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wrote 1 year ago: I have now posted podcasts from the first meetings in the Nordic Noir Book Club on the website and t … more →
2011/21 The Killer's Art
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wrote 1 year ago: The Killer’s Art bring us up to date with Mari Jungstedt’s Inspector Knutas novel … more →
Solidarity And Larsson
wrote 1 year ago: Reflections on Water Reg Keeland, who goes by the pen name of Steven T. Murray, has a blog th … more →
Who will be the next internationally succesful Scandinavian Crime Writer?
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wrote 1 year ago: I have been asked by the LIV Magazine if I could pick three Scandinavian crime authors – one to watc … more →
2011/12 The Shadow Woman
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wrote 1 year ago: The Shadow Woman, published last year, is Ake Edwardson’s second novel in his series o … more →
Nesser's images of the North?
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wrote 1 year ago: So, I thought it was time that we started a discussion about Håkan Nesser’s crime fiction here … more →
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