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By DeathBecomesHer

6 July, 2018

Written by Malin Persson Giolito, translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles — Colorado, Las Vegas, Florida – mass shootings are seen as an American phenomenon, but eight years ago Norway witnessed one of the worst such events and it is a Scandinavian book that is one of…

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Dark Pines by Will Dean

By crimefictionlover

28 June, 2018

Tuva Moodyson hates the woods. And that’s too bad for her, because she lives in Gavrik, surrounded by the Utgard Forest – several hundred square kilometres of boggy muskeg and pines. But it’s not that. It’s more to do with the fact that her father…

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The Bridge IIII: Every Saga has its end

By crimefictionlover

24 April, 2018

Saga Norén has become one of the iconic characters of Scandi noir TV, alongside Kurt Wallander and Sarah Lund. The meticulous Swedish detective with a forthright way about her will begin her final case on British screens as BBC Two airs The Bridge IIII. The…

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Head to northern Sweden with Rebecka Martinsson and Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

26 January, 2018

Do you miss Wallander? While there will never be an exact substitute, Rebecka Martinsson: Arctic Murders does offer the opportunity to escape to a mysterious landscape of dark forests, mirror-surfaced lakes and creepy bogland where isolation creeps up on you like a killer in the…

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Before We Die - new Swedish crime show on Channel 4

By crimefictionlover

22 December, 2017

On 16 January Scandinavian crime fiction will return to Channel 4 with Before We Die. Set in Stockholm and starring Marie Richardson and Adam Pålsson, the show is about an uncompromising woman cop who is being lined up for early retirement when her colleague and…

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NTN: The Dying Game

By Catherine Turnbull

4 November, 2017

Written by Asa Avdic, translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles — Fresh blood is spilt here in a debut novella penned by a Swedish broadcast journalist, which claims to please the fans of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. That is what…

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Video: Arne Dahl talks about Watching You

By crimefictionlover

8 July, 2017

The Killing. Hinterland. The Bridge. Trapped. Most crime shows have a slightly foreboding title. But when the Swedes decided to base a TB series on Arne Dahl’s Intercrime novels, they simply named it after the author. Maybe you watched it on BBCFour? Perhaps you’ve read…

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First look: Henning Mankell's final novel

By crimefictionlover

4 July, 2017

When Henning Mankell passed away in October 2015, we knew that he had already wrapped up his detective character Wallander‘s story. What we didn’t know at the time was that he had written another standalone crime novel. Now that book, After the Fire, has been…

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Quicksand

Dark Pines by Will Dean

The Bridge IIII: Every Saga has its end

Head to northern Sweden with Rebecka Martinsson and Walter Presents

Before We Die - new Swedish crime show on Channel 4

NTN: The Dying Game

Video: Arne Dahl talks about Watching You

First look: Henning Mankell's final novel

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