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Category: Crime BooksBy Peter on Jan 25, 2008 in Crime Books, Swedish crime book | 0 Comments
Missing grabs the reader from the first page, and doesn’t let go until the gruesome end. This fabulous thriller won Best Scandinavian Crime Novel (previous winners include Peter Hoeg’s Miss Smilla and Henning Mankell’s Faceless Killers) and Silverpocket Awards in 2002. With Missing Karin Alvtegen has enjoyed massive success all over Europe.
Sibylla Forstenström is the [...]
By Peter on Jan 16, 2008 in Crime Books, Excellent book, Stieg Larsson, Swedish crime book, bestseller | 1 Comment
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is the first book in a trilogy written by Stieg Larsson, often referred to as the Millennium trilogy (see also our book review of The Girl Who Played With Fire at ScandinavianBooks). The books in the Millennium trilogy have sold extremely well in Sweden, Denmark and Norway, and been [...]
By Peter on Jan 14, 2008 in Crime Books, Swedish crime book, The World of Books | 0 Comments
The following list is from EuroCrime - a nice blog on European Crime fiction, as well as TV and film:
Rounding the Mark - Andrea Camilleri
The Scent of the Night - Andrea Camilleri
The Serbian Dane - Leif Davidsen
The Princess of Burundi - Kjell Eriksson
Calling Out for You! - Karin Fossum
The Chinaman - Friedrich Glauser
The Exception - [...]
By Peter on Jan 10, 2008 in Crime Books, Swedish crime book, The World of Books | 0 Comments
The Swedes are invading the marked for crime and mystery in the UK and USA, and elsewhere in Europe as well. Sweden has a large - and even fast growing -number of excellent crime writers, and many of them have been translated into English during the last decade or so. Norwegian and Danish crime is [...]
By Peter on Jan 6, 2008 in John Grisham, The World of Books | 0 Comments
John Grisham is a terrific and productive writer. Right now he is on top of the bestseller lists with his Playing for Pizza. And this month his new legal thriller, The Appeal, is going to be released.
By Peter on Dec 12, 2007 in Crime Books, Karin Fossum, Norwegian Writer | 0 Comments
(Norwegian title: Svarte sekunder.)
In 2002 Karin Fossum published her sixth Sejer novel in Norwegian. This book, Black Seconds, is now released in English. So far Karin Fossum’s books have been extremely well received. And with Black Seconds, which is among her best books - well written, highly exciting, and with all the depth one expects from [...]
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