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Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbo

2 April, 2015

Translated by Neil Smith — Ever since the ambiguous ending of Police in 2013, Jo Nesbo’s fans have been waiting. Waiting, and wondering if there will be another Harry Hole thriller. The wait continues but in the meantime the Norwegian author, and flag bearer for Scandinavian…

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First look: Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbo

By crimefictionlover

14 February, 2015

Back in 2013, we reported that Norwegian author Jo Nesbo was working on a new novel called Blood on Snow under the pseudonym Tom Johansen. Well, turns out he’s chosen to release the book under his own name after all, and a copy has arrived…

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The Caveman by Jørn Lier Horst

By Jeremy Megraw

13 February, 2015

Translated by Anne Bruce — It’s Christmas time and the Norwegian coastal town of Larvik is covered in a blanket of snow. A few doors down from where Chief Inspector William Wisting lives, Viggo Hansen is found dead in his home. He’s been there for four months without anybody noticing….

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Iceland Noir: Nordic prespectives, in translation

By crimefictionlover

21 November, 2014

Though it was 9am, the sun still hadn’t risen as Iceland Noir began this morning at the Nordic House in Reykjavik. Organised by the authors Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Quentin Bates, Ragnar Jonasson and Lilja Sigurdardottir, this year’s event has grown to a three-day affair – if…

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NTN: Forty Days Without Shadow by Olivier Truc

By MarinaSofia

13 November, 2014

Translated by Louise Rogers Lalaurie — New Talent November isn’t just about books penned in English, we’re interested in translations too. In the case of Olivier Truc – a French journalist living in Stockholm – it is all the more remarkable that the translation of…

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The Hunting Dogs

By crimefictionlover

30 June, 2014

“Where have you been all my life?” asked our reviewer Jeremy Megraw when he discovered this Glass Key winning novel by Jorn Lier Horst. The Norwegian detective William Wisting is shocked when he hears that his own department is implicated in a corruption scandal. His…

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The Hunting Dogs by Jorn Lier Horst

By Jeremy Megraw

21 June, 2014

The Norwegian detective William Wisting is an upright, honest, and morally unambiguous good cop with an impeccable career seeking truth and justice. So it comes as a backhanded slap when his own department is accused of corruption, and worse, of planting evidence. The news comes…

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The Murder of Harriet Krohn by Karin Fossum

By crimefictionlover

4 June, 2014

Translated by James Anderson — “This Inspector Sejer, the policeman who’s leading the Hamsund murder case, hasn’t had a single unsolved murder in his whole career. And he’s over fifty. How about that?” The words, uttered by a daughter who is oblivious to his crimes,…

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Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbo

First look: Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbo

The Caveman by Jørn Lier Horst

Iceland Noir: Nordic prespectives, in translation

NTN: Forty Days Without Shadow by Olivier Truc

The Hunting Dogs

The Hunting Dogs by Jorn Lier Horst

The Murder of Harriet Krohn by Karin Fossum

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