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Killer’s Island by Anna Jansson - book review | Nordic Bookblog

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Drömmen förde dej vilse. Is the first book in Swedish crime fiction author Anna Jansson’s series featuring the female detective Maria Wern that has been translated into English. This is somewhat odd for a couple of reasons. The first is that. Is the 11th book in this series, which makes it an unusual starting point. The second is that this series is already familiar to a relatively large number of lovers of crime fiction: The TV series featuring Maria Wern. So Anna Jansson is no ordinary debutant. A boy ...

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Bloodthirsty femmes: The Women of Scandinavian Crime Fiction | Nordic Bookblog

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Bloodthirsty femmes: The Women of Scandinavian Crime Fiction. They spend their time pondering crime and criminals, and often their thoughts are occupied with murder: how to commit it and make it virtually impossible to find the killer, among other things. Every year this group of famous ladies kills. Fortunately they limit themselves to doing it between the pages of crime fiction books. But who are they, how do they write, and what do they have in common, the women of this exclusive group? In this and a ...

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Swedish Stieg Larsson biography published - Eva Gabrielseon, Sweden, | Nordic Bookblog

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Swedish Stieg Larsson biography published. Before his death from a sudden heart attack in 2004, Stieg Larsson. Was known for his workaholic lifestyle. He ran the anti-racist magazine Expo and wrote freelance articles aimed at exposing Swedish neo-Nazis by night, and worked at the TT news agency as a graphic artist and journalist by day. The biography is written by a colleague of Stieg Larsson at the TT news agency. According to the Swedish newspaper The Local. And Stieg Larsson’s former boss at TT,...

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Two soldiers, by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström | Nordic Bookblog

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Two soldiers, by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström. In previous books Roslund and Hellström have dealt with trafficking, the problems involved in using police informers, and similar issues. This book, set in Sweden, also deals with a very tough, very important social issue, namely the dynamics of youth gangs. Are about to become Ghetto Soldiers. So, ironically, the list the police use to keep track of and prioritize their work with the gangs actually motivates violence, as the gangs compete for position...

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The Gingerbread House, Carin Gerhardsen - book review | Nordic Bookblog

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The Gingerbread House, Carin Gerhardsen. Is the first book in English by the Swedish author Carin Gerhardsen. She has a background in mathematics and has worked as a computer scientist. This novel is the first in her. Which is very popular in Scandinavia and features Detective Inspector Conny Sjöberg and his group in the Stockholm police. So far five novels have been published in this series in Sweden. Links to books by Carin Gerhardsen. The Killer’s Art, by Mari Jungstedt. Sail of Stone, by Ake Edwardson.

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The Killer's Art, by Mari Jungstedt, book review, Swedish crime fiction, Inspector Anders Knutas, | Nordic Bookblog

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The Killer’s Art, by Mari Jungstedt. Swedish crime fiction writer. Keeps getting better and better. This is her fourth book translated into English, after. A Killer’s Art. Is now also available in the US). The translation by Tiina Nunnally is excellent. A Killer’s Art. We touch base, of course, with the private lives of both Knutas and Johan Berg as well. And especially with the somewhat complicated relationship between Berg and his beloved Emma, which at least for a while in this book seems to chang...

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Stieg Larsson, My Friend, by Kurdo Baksi - biography, review | Nordic Bookblog

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Stieg Larsson, My Friend, by Kurdo Baksi – biography. Stieg Larsson is a hot name. It has become an international brand. His books, the Millennium trilogy. Have been – and in some cases still are – on the bestseller lists in all corners of the world. The three movies. The reason, of course,. The Girl With the Dragoon Tattoo. Or one of the other books in the Millennium series. Kurdo Baksi, the author of. Olaf Palme Peace Prize. Stieg Larsson, My Friend. The biography tells us about a young man who decided...

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Nordic Noir, by Barry Forshaw - book review | Nordic Bookblog

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Nordic Noir, by Barry Forshaw. The Pocket Essential Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction, Film and TV. So it is pretty wide –. In all media. It is an interesting book for people who love Scandinavian crime fiction or who wants to get an overview of what is going on in there. I consider it a useful handbook. It is divided into eight chapters: 1. Beginning: Sjöwall & Wahlöö’s Martin Beck Series. 2 Sweden’s Trojan Horse: Kurt Wallander. 3 Lisbeth Salander’s Legacy. 6 Dark Nights in Iceland. Despite oddities,...

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The Human Part by Kari Hotakainen - book review | Nordic Bookblog

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The Human Part by Kari Hotakainen. Is a marvelous and fascinating tale by prize-winning Finnish author Kari Hotakainen. It starts, interestingly, with a scolding of authors. Authors are people who make a living by producing lies, says Salme Malmikunnas, the main protagonist in this wonderful novel. But then he tells lies when he writes, so why would he be truthful when he speaks to Salme and makes promises to her? Later, in 2002, he was awarded this prize for. For the same book. He has also received ...