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Category Archives: Norway
The Blind Goddess by Anne Holt
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
Posted in 4 star, Books, Crime fiction, Debut, Eurocrime, Europe, Legal, Norway, Police procedural, Political, Series, Social comment, Translated
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Pierced by Thomas Enger
Pierced by Thomas Enger translated by Charlotte Barslund Faber&Faber, 2012 Henning Juul #2 Reviewed at Petrona, July 2012.
Posted in 4 star, Books, Crime fiction, Europe, Journalism, Norway, Series, Social comment, Suspense, Thriller, Translated
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Phantom by Jo Nesbo
Phantom by Jo Nesbo translated by Don Bartlett Harvill Secker, 2012 Harry Hole #9 Reviewed at Petrona, April 2012.
Posted in 4 star, Books, Crime fiction, Eurocrime, Europe, Norway, Series, Social comment, Thriller, Translated
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Death in a Cold Climate by Barry Forshaw
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
Posted in 3 star, Books, Crime fiction, Denmark, England, Eurocrime, Europe, Finland, Iceland, Non-fiction, Norway, Sweden
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Scandinavian Crime Fiction eds Andrew Nestingen & Paula Arvas
Scandinavian Crime Fiction eds Andrew Nestingen & Paula Arvas University of Wales Press, 2011. Reviewed at Petrona, November 2011.
Posted in Academia, Books, Crime fiction, Denmark, Europe, Finland, Iceland, Non-fiction, Norway, Sweden, Wales
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Lethal Investments by K O Dahl
Lethal Investments by K O Dahl translated by Don Bartlett Faber&Faber 2011 (first published in Norway 1993). Reviewed at Petrona, November 2011.
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Debut, Europe, Norway, Police procedural, Series, Social comment, Translated
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Headhunters by Jo Nesbo
Headhunters by Jo Nesbø translated by Don Bartlett Harvill Secker, 2011, first published in Norway 2008 Reviewed at Petrona, October 2011.
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Europe, Noir, Norway, Thriller, Translated
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Burned by Thomas Enger
Burned by Thomas Enger translated from Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund Faber&Faber, 2011 Reviewed at Petrona, September 2011.
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Debut, Europe, Journalism, Norway, Police procedural, Series, Social comment, Translated
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Dregs by Jørn Lier Horst
Dregs Jørn Lier Horst Translated by Anne Bruce (from Norwegian) Sandstone Press, 2011 Review posted at Petrona, September 2011.
Posted in Books, Crime fiction, Europe, Mystery, Norway, Police procedural, Series, Translated
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In The Darkness by Karin Fossum
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.