Scandinavian crime fiction

Swedish crime drama Snow Angels comes to Walter Presents

2 March, 2022

One of the main reasons people love Scandinavian crime fiction is that it often takes on some of the toughest social issues, throwing complex ethical conundrums for the police investigators involved. The Swedish programme Snow Angels goes even further. It gets right inside the lives…

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The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen

By crimefictionlover

11 January, 2022

Finnish author Antti Tuomainen has been a favourite at Crime Fiction Lover ever since his first novel, The Healer, was first translated into English. Since then, he’s come a long way and his crime writing has grown lighter, funnier and quite a bit weirder –…

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Cry Wolf by Hans Rosenfeldt

By crimefictionlover

2 January, 2022

Translated by Elizabeth Clark Wessel — Oh boy. The new year has barely started and already it seems like I’ve found my top book of 2022. Hans Rosenfeldt is an author putting the ‘noir’ into Nordic noir with a novel that features fallible characters who…

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The Commandments by Óskar Gudmundsson

By crimefictionlover

9 November, 2021

Translated by Quentin Bates — You’ll be able to guess from the cover of this debut novel by Icelandic author Óskar Gudmundsson that it has a religious theme. More specifically, it’s about historic abuse in the church – a topic that has come to light…

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The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen

By crimefictionlover

22 October, 2021

Translated by David Hackston — The Man Who Died, Palm Beach Finland, Little Siberia… Antti Tuomainen’s books have quirky titles and the slightly surreal sense of humour that they suggest continues inside each of them. Now we have The Rabbit Factor, with its lurid orange…

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The Doctor will see you now... Madeleine Eskedahl

By DeathBecomesHer

28 September, 2021

Dr Jacky Collins has spread her net wide for her latest interview subject, chatting to New Zealand author Madeleine Eskedahl about her debut crime novel Blood on Vines, published in March 2021. Madeleine’s surname might make you think of Nordic noir and you’d not be…

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Norwegian crime show Witch Hunt comes to Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

23 September, 2021

This October, Channel 4 and Walter Presents will be welcoming you to settle in and enjoy the intrigue offered by Witch Hunt, an award-winning corporate crime drama from Norway. The programme originally aired in its homeland last year, but from the revised time of midnight…

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Cold as Hell by Lilja Sigardardóttir

By Paul Burke

16 September, 2021

Translated by Quentin Bates — Multi-award winning Icelandic author and playwright Lilja Sigardardóttir really grabbed our attention with her Reykjavik Noir trilogy. Snare, Trap and Cage are perfectly encapsulated noir stories about ordinary people caught up in the underbelly of Icelandic society. Yet when you…

Crime Fiction Lover

Swedish crime drama Snow Angels comes to Walter Presents

The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen

Cry Wolf by Hans Rosenfeldt

The Commandments by Óskar Gudmundsson

The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen

The Doctor will see you now... Madeleine Eskedahl

Norwegian crime show Witch Hunt comes to Walter Presents

Cold as Hell by Lilja Sigardardóttir

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