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CIS: Barry Forshaw's top 10 Nordic classics

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Barry Forshaw is the UK’s leading expert on crime fiction. His books include Nordic Noir, British Crime Film and Death in a Cold Climate: A Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction. Other work includes British Gothic Cinema, the award-winning British Crime Writing, The Rough Guide to…
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Interview: Jo Nesbo

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Yesterday saw the release of Jo Nesbo’s new novel, Police. With over 20 million books sold, the Norwegian author has become the most sought-after name in Scandinavian crime fiction and Police has been anxiously awaited by fans. The book is the ninth in the Harry…
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Police by Jo Nesbo

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Translated by Don Bartlett — The staggering ending to Phantom left us all in disbelief. Could Harry Hole really be dead? In the ninth Harry Hole novel to be translated from Norwegian into English we find out. It opens with a patient lying in a…
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Norwegian by Night by Derek B Miller

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Nominated for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger, this debut novel about an 82-year-old ex-marine from New York on the run with a six-year-old boy in Oslo has become a deserving international hit. There’s even a movie adaptation in the works. Miller’s book certainly…
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Babylon by Camilla Ceder

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Readers and publishers alike are eager to discover the ‘next big thing’ in Scandinavian crime fiction. Will this story of love, jealousy and the trade in stolen cultural artefacts be what they’re looking for? Two lovers are shot dead in a flat in Gothenburg, Sweden….
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Police at CFL HQ!

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An early copy of the highly anticipated Harry Hole thriller Police, by Jo Nesbo, has just landed at Crime Fiction Lover headquarters. What an exciting surprise! Sent over by Random House, we’ve actually got a copy from the company’s American imprint, Knopf. This bodes well…
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The Devil's Sanctuary by Marie Hermanson

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Translated by Neil Smith — It’s a title that might have graced one of Dennis Wheatley’s satanic potboilers – but don’t let that put you off. The Devil’s Sanctuary is, in fact, the first offering in translation from bestselling Swedish author Marie Hermanson. It’s published by…
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