Scandinavian crime fiction

Arctic Circle season 4 comes to Channel 4

30 January, 2026

Is the quiet town of Ivalo about to become the site of Finland’s worst mass murder. There’s a sign in the heavens that says it is. Read on as we bed you in for season four of Arctic Circle, arriving on Channel 4 in the…

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The Living and the Dead by Christoffer Carlsson

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

22 December, 2025

Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles — Fans of Nordic noir will be on the look out for The Living and the Dead by Swedish criminologist and author Christoffer Carlsson. Following on from Under the Storm and Blaze me a sun, it won Best Swedish Crime Novel…

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The Writing in the Water by John Ajvide Lindqvist

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

18 December, 2025

Translated by Michael Meigs — Most people associate Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist with horror, but he’s finally taken a leap into the world of crime fiction. Our only question is: why didn’t he do it sooner? The writing in the Water is the first…

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The Quiet Mother by Arnaldur Indridason

By Vicki Weisfeld

9 December, 2025

Translated by Philip Roughton — The topography, geography and meteorology of Iceland are never far out of mind in Arnaldur Indridason’s crime stories. His most recent to be published in English, The Quiet Mother, is a police procedural. It’s the third novel featuring Indridason’s detective,…

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The Shadow of the Northern Lights by Satu Rämö

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

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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Beck's back with two special cases for 2025

By crimefictionlover

11 August, 2025

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…

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Murder Tide by Stella Blómkvist

By Paul Burke

1 August, 2025

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…

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Broken by Jón Atli Jónasson

By crimefictionlover

16 July, 2025

Translated by Quentin Bates — When the Reykjavik police decide to move in on an organised crime gang, all available officers are sequestered to take part in the raid. All except two, that is. Not Rado. He’s in a tricky position. His background is Serbian,…

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Arctic Circle season 4 comes to Channel 4

The Living and the Dead by Christoffer Carlsson

The Writing in the Water by John Ajvide Lindqvist

The Quiet Mother by Arnaldur Indridason

The Shadow of the Northern Lights by Satu Rämö

Beck's back with two special cases for 2025

Murder Tide by Stella Blómkvist

Broken by Jón Atli Jónasson

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