Category Archives: Sweden

Night Rounds by Helene Tursten

Posted on May 27, 2012 by

Night Rounds by Helene Tursten translated by Laura A. Wideburg Soho Crime, 2012 (first published 1999) Irene Huss #2 Reviewed at Petrona, May 2012.

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Murder on the 31st Floor by Per Wahloo

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

Wahloo, Per - ‘Murder on the Thirty-First Floor’ (translated by Sarah Death) Paperback: 224 pages (Dec. 2011) Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0099554763 Written in 1964, only 16 years after publication of Orwell’s 1984, MURDER ON THE THIRTY-FIRST FLOOR has much in common … Continue reading →

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Last Will by Liza Marklund

Posted on May 12, 2012 by

Last Will by Liza Marklund translated by Neil Smith Emily Bestler books/Atria/Simon&Schuster 2012 First published in Sweden 2006, as Nobels testamente Annika Bengtzon #6 Reviewed at Petrona,  May 2012.

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Hour of the Wolf by Hakan Nesser

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

Nesser, Hakan – ‘Hour of the Wolf’ (translated by Laurie Thompson) Hardback: 256 pages (Apr. 2012) Publisher: Mantle ISBN: 0230745741 The seventh (of ten) in this police-procedural series set in a fictional country not unlike Holland is a superb example … Continue reading →

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Dark Angel by Mari Jungstedt

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Jungstedt, Mari – ‘Dark Angel’ (translated by Tiina Nunnally) Trade Paperback: 288 pages (Mar. 2012) Publisher: Doubleday ISBN: 0385617097 This Gotland-set series has really hit its stride; the sixth outing for Inspector Anders Knutas and his colleagues is a riveting … Continue reading →

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Death in a Cold Climate by Barry Forshaw

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

Forshaw, Barry – ‘Death in a Cold Climate’ Trade paperback: 224 pages (Jan. 2012) Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan ISBN: 0230361447 DEATH IN A COLD CLIMATE is the perfect book for those who have sampled and enjoyed a little Scandinavian crime in … Continue reading →

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Unwanted by Kristina Ohlsson

Posted on January 1, 2012 by

Unwanted by Kristina Ohlsson translated by Sarah Death Simon and Schuster 2011 (first published in Sweden, 2009). Reviewed at Petrona, December 2011.

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Cell 8 by Roslund and Hellstrom

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

Roslund and Hellstrom – ‘Cell 8′ (translated by Kari Dickson) Hardback: 384 pages (Sep. 2011) Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc ISBN: 184916147X CELL 8 is part of the series about Swedish cop Ewert Grens and his colleagues, falling chronologically after BOX … Continue reading →

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Scandinavian Crime Fiction eds Andrew Nestingen & Paula Arvas

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

Scandinavian Crime Fiction eds Andrew Nestingen & Paula Arvas University of Wales Press, 2011. Reviewed at Petrona, November 2011.

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The Hand That Trembles by Kjell Eriksson

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

The Hand That Trembles by Kjell Eriksson translated by Ebba Segerberg Allison & Busby 2011, first published in Sweden 2007. Reviewed at Petrona, November 2011.

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