Translated by Kristian London — Finnish author Satu Rämö is new on our site, but this is a writer you need to know about, particularly if you love Nordic noir. Her series featuring Icelandic detective Hildur Rúnarsdóttir first arrived in English translation in October 2024…
The Swedish crime drama Beck has returned to the BBC iPlayer and BBC Four, with two feature-length specials for 2025. Continuing the long-running series about homicide cops in Stockholm, the new films see the further development of Martin Beck’s grandson, Wilhelm, from beat cop to…
Translated by Quentin Bates — It’s not for her loveable nature that Stella Blómkvist is the most popular and successful defence lawyer in Iceland, she is a winner, pure and simple, tenacious and formidable. A little and sometimes a lot scary, Stella is exactly who…
