Greyzone – high-tech Nordic noir coming to Walter Presents
When Swedish and Danish television producers collaborated to create The Bridge, it took Nordic noir television to another level. Now that programme seems to have…
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After the Death of Ellen Keldberg
Written by Eddie Thomas Petersen, translated by Toby Bainton — British publisher Handheld Press has developed a reputation for putting out carefully selected works in a…
A Willing Executioner
Written by Connell Nisbet — A Nordic-inspired police procedural set in remote Australia; a debut written by an established magazine writer; an ambitious and unsettling work…
Unrest
Written by Jesper Stein, translated by David Young — Detective Alex Steen of the Copenhagen homicide division is a divorcee who still pines for his…
The Bridge IIII: Every Saga has its end
Saga Norén has become one of the iconic characters of Scandi noir TV, alongside Kurt Wallander and Sarah Lund. The meticulous Swedish detective with a…
The Fire Pit
Written by Chris Ould — Book three in this series set in the Faroe Islands sees the British detective Jan Reyna trying to find out more…
Below the Surface – New Danish crime drama on BBC Four
Nine o’clock, Saturday night. That’s when the UK’s legion of crime drama addicts switches over to BBC Four for new, subtitled crime shows from around…
Norskov – the Danish Western comes to Walter Presents
Channel 4’s foreign crime drama service Walter Presents is wooing fans of Nordic noir once again this month with Norskov, the award-winning Danish crime show…
The Scarred Woman
Written by Jussi Adler-Olsen, translated by William Frost — Rigmor Zimmermann is dead. Bludgeoned. Her body has been found in the King’s Gardens in Copenhagen…
Interview: Jussi Adler-Olsen
The Department Q series by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen is one of the best going. This division of the Copenhagen police force deals with the…
A guide to Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Department Q series
When it comes to Nordic noir, you’re unlikely to find a series quite like Department Q. Conceived by Danish writer Jussi Adler-Olsen, these books are…
The Susan Effect
Written by Peter Hoeg, translated by Martin Aitken — Susan Svendsen and her family are away in India. Not together, mind you. Her husband, Laban,…
What My Body Remebers
Elsa Nygaard’s earliest memory is her mother’s murder, and the killer was Elsa’s father. She is now a single mother and ward of the state…
First look: The Susan Effect by Peter Hoeg
Long-term fans of Scandinavian crime fiction will know the name Peter Hoeg. He’s not a prolific author, but he wrote one of the defining books…
What My Body Remembers
Written by Agnete Friis, translated by Lindy Falk van Rooyen — Ella Nygaard’s earliest memory is becoming an orphan when her father murdered her mother. However,…
If you want tense, go to Odense
Even hardened veterans of Scandinavian crime fiction may not know much about the city of Odense. Located in the middle of the Danish island of Funen,…