Category Archives: Norway

In The Darkness by Karin Fossum

Posted on August 9, 2012 by

In the Darkness by Karin Fossum translated by James Anderson Harvill Secker/Vintage, 2012 first published in Norway in 1995 Inspector Konrad Sejer #1 Reviewed at Petrona, August 2012.

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The Blind Goddess by Anne Holt

Posted on August 1, 2012 by

Holt, Anne – ‘The Blind Goddess’ (translated by Tom Geddes)  Trade Paperback: 352 pages (July 2012) Publisher: Atlantic Books ISBN: 1848876076 THE BLIND GODDESS is the first in an eight-book series about Oslo detective inspector Hanne Wilhelmsen, originally published in 1993 … Continue reading →

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Pierced by Thomas Enger

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

Pierced by Thomas Enger translated by Charlotte Barslund Faber&Faber, 2012 Henning Juul #2 Reviewed at Petrona, July 2012.

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Phantom by Jo Nesbo

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

Phantom by Jo Nesbo translated by Don Bartlett Harvill Secker, 2012 Harry Hole #9 Reviewed at Petrona, April 2012.

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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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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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Lethal Investments by K O Dahl

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Lethal Investments by K O Dahl translated by Don Bartlett Faber&Faber 2011 (first published in Norway 1993). Reviewed at Petrona, November 2011.

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Headhunters by Jo Nesbo

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

Headhunters by Jo Nesbø translated by Don Bartlett Harvill Secker, 2011, first published in Norway 2008 Reviewed at Petrona, October 2011.

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Burned by Thomas Enger

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

Burned by Thomas Enger translated from Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund Faber&Faber, 2011 Reviewed at Petrona, September 2011.

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Dregs by Jørn Lier Horst

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

Dregs Jørn Lier Horst Translated by Anne Bruce (from Norwegian) Sandstone Press, 2011 Review posted at Petrona, September 2011.

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