Scandinavian crime fiction

Dark As My Heart by Antti Tuomainen

23 October, 2015

Translated by Lola Rogers — This is the second novel Finnish author and poet Antti Tuomainen has seen translated into English. His first was the hauntingly ambiguous mystery The Healer, in which a man went searching for his missing wife in a near-future Helsinki on the verge of…

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First look: Midnight Sun by Jo Nesbo

By crimefictionlover

15 October, 2015

Remember, remember the fifth of November. But you can forget Guy Fawks and fireworks because Norwegian author Jo Nesbo will illuminating the pitch black sky with his new noir novel Midnight Sun. A copy has just landed here at Crime Fiction Lover HQ and we…

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The Hanging Girl by Jussi Adler-Olsen

By crimefictionlover

13 October, 2015

Translated by William Frost — Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen is now one of the country’s top literary exports. The jacket of The Hanging Girl – the sixth Department Q novel, featuring Carl Mørck – proclaims sales of 12.5 million copies. The author’s creation of a separate department…

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The Father by Anton Svensson

By Jeremy Megraw

11 October, 2015

The success of Scandinavian television crime shows like Wallander, The Killing, and The Bridge has emboldened some of the region’s seasoned creators to try their hand in the crime fiction market. An interesting new feature we’re seeing in this trend is the emergence of some…

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The Defenceless

By DavidPrestidge

6 October, 2015

Kati Hiekkapelto’s cop Anna Fekete first featured in The Hummingird (2014) and she returns in another crime thriller which exposes the raw underbelly of Finland’s normally calm and thoughtful society. Police officer Fekete and her older colleague Esko have to fight hard to stay on…

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Oblivion

By DavidPrestidge

6 October, 2015

As titles go, Arnaldur Indridason’s Oblivion is pretty downbeat, but this is an enthralling look at the younger days of the glum Icelandic Detective Erlendur. Fans of the mature Elendur will know that one of his chief fixations is about missing persons, and this is…

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The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz

By crimefictionlover

25 September, 2015

Translated by George Goulding — There has been huge anticipation for this book, which carries on the story begun by Stieg Larsson in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and which continued in The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the…

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Win a signed copy of Oblivion by Arnaldur Indridason

By crimefictionlover

22 August, 2015

Saturday 22 August 2015 — Today only you can win a signed copy of Oblivion by Arnaldur Indridason on our Facebook page. The draw ends at midnight Pacific time (US & Canada). This is a brilliant opportunity to own a Nordic noir collectible. Not only that,…

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Dark As My Heart by Antti Tuomainen

First look: Midnight Sun by Jo Nesbo

The Hanging Girl by Jussi Adler-Olsen

The Father by Anton Svensson

The Defenceless

Oblivion

The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz

Win a signed copy of Oblivion by Arnaldur Indridason

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