By Peter on Feb 5, 2009 in Arnaldur Indridason, Crime Books, Excellent book, Icelandic writer, bestseller, book review | 0 Comments
The Draining Lake, another great Scandinavian crime book, this time by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indridason, takes place partly in Iceland today, partly in East Germany during the 1960’s.
In the city of Leipzig in East Germany, a group of young, radical Icelanders have gone to study at the University there. We follow some of them, [...]
By Peter on Jan 30, 2008 in Crime Books, Jo Nesbo, Norwegian Writer | 0 Comments
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo won the Glass Key prize for the best Nordic crime novel when it was first published, and was subsequently voted Norway’s best crime novel. Jo Nesbo ( Nesbø in Norwegian) is a young, wonderfully gifted storyteller that increasingly is being noticed among crime book readers in the US and UK. [...]
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 – [...]
