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The Shadow of the Northern Lights by Satu Rämö

1 December, 2025

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…

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Small Fires by Ronnie Turner

By crimefictionlover

21 February, 2025

Folk horror. Gothic thriller. Crime novel, a bit, maybe. You can’t readily pigeonhole Small Fires, but what you can say is that this is a remarkable work of the imagination. Just as the likes of William Blake and JRR Tolkien envisaged strange, distant realms and…

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Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

12 December, 2023

Translated by David Warriner — An infamous manor house on a small Swedish island. A wealthy family with secrets. A string of unexplained deaths. In the first of a new series, French crime author Johana Gustawsson, who has Nordic roots, combines elements of the traditional…

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Hokuloa Road by Elizabeth Hand

By crimefictionlover

19 July, 2022

Maine-based author Elizabeth Hand writes widely across the crime fiction and dark fantasy genres. With her crime novels we’ve grown used to cold climate settings, and the Cass Neary series has taken readers from New England to Iceland, across the UK and over to Sweden….

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A guide to Christopher Fowler's Bryant & May novels

By DavidPrestidge

9 December, 2015

Arthur Bryant and John May are elderly London detectives who work for The Peculiar Crimes Unit – a branch of London’s Metropolitan Police. The creation of English crime author Christopher Fowler, they tackle cases that are too obscure, quirky and downright complex for regular Scotland Yard…

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Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand

By Andre

11 September, 2015

Having received 5-star reviews on CFL for her crime novels featuring rock photographer and noir anti-hero Cass Neary, a new release from US author Elizabeth Hand is always worth investigating. Wylding Hall also features photography as part of its plot, while music is integral to…

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Iceland Noir: Journey to the glacier with Yrsa Sigurdardottir

By crimefictionlover

24 November, 2014

Unlike some literary conferences, Iceland Noir (21-23 Nov 2014) went to pains to go beyond the panel discussions, interviews and networking sessions the publishing world is used to. Yes, there were fine dinners, and there was a chilly crime walk with author readings in the…

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Last Winter We Parted by Fuminori Nakamura

By nagaisayonara

17 October, 2014

Translated by Allison Markin Powell – The question of how art inspires and corrupts is something that drives the work of Japanese crime superstar Fuminori Nakamura, and the art is of the unconventional kind. In his first novel to be translated into English, The Thief,…

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The Shadow of the Northern Lights by Satu Rämö

Small Fires by Ronnie Turner

Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson

Hokuloa Road by Elizabeth Hand

A guide to Christopher Fowler's Bryant & May novels

Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand

Iceland Noir: Journey to the glacier with Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Last Winter We Parted by Fuminori Nakamura

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