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Nordic Noir

September 15, 2020

The Ice Beneath Her

At the end of July, The New York Times Book Review featured a guide to Nordic noir. Categorized by country (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden), I was familiar with a few of the authors, but happily there were many unfamiliar names as well. Keeping in mind that dark is the hallmark of the ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books-Fiction, Books-Mystery & Suspense Tagged With: Nordic crime fiction, Nordic Noir, Police procedural, Scandinavian crime fiction, Scandinavian Noir

Ordeal by Jorn Lier Horst

August 11, 2020

Modern day Norway Taxi driver Jens Hummel has been missing for six months, and Chief Inspector William Wisting and his colleagues in the Larvik Criminal Investigation Unit are no closer to finding him. Just as they are about to give up, a promising lead materializes, which suggests a link to ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books-Fiction, Books-Mystery & Suspense Tagged With: Larvik, Nordic crime fiction, Nordic Noir, Norway, Police procedural, Scandinavian crime fiction, Scandinavian Noir, William Wisting

Fractured and Undone by Karin Slaughter [Will Trent Books #2 &#3]

July 23, 2020

Fractured

Will Trent is a 6’ 3” GBI (Georgia Bureau of Investigation) agent with extraordinary investigative skills and limited social skills, both of which can be traced back to his childhood in a state-run orphanage. (His orphan nickname was Trash, because he was abandoned in a trash can.) His terrifying ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books-Fiction, Books-Mystery & Suspense Tagged With: GBI, Police procedural, serial killers, Will Trent

The Body in the Castle Well (Book 12) and The Shooting at Château Rock (Book 15) by Martin Walker

July 21, 2020

THe Body in the Castle Well

Must Read for Francophiles Reading Martin Walker’s novels set in the Périgord region of France IS almost as good as being there. Although nominally murder mysteries, the protagonist, Bruno Courrèges, Chief of Police of the fictional village of St. Denis, spends more time cooking mouthwatering ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books-Fiction, Books-Mystery & Suspense Tagged With: Bruno Courrèges, cozy mystery, France, Mystery novel, Périgord region, Police procedural

Hunting Game by Helene Tursten

July 7, 2020

Hunting Game

It’s moose hunting season in Sweden, and twenty-eight-year-old Embla Nyström, a Detective Inspector in the Västra Götaland County Bureau of Investigation’s mobile unit (VGM) is looking forward to the annual hunt with family and friends. Because the hunting rights have been in the same families for ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books-Fiction, Books-Mystery & Suspense Tagged With: Irene Huss, Nordic crime fiction, Nordic Noir, Police procedural, Scandinavian crime fiction, Scandinavian Noir, Sweden

Mysteries: Bad, Better, Best

November 21, 2017

Murderous Mistral

Why do I keep reading Linda Fairstein? I say this every time, yet every time a new Alexander Cooper crime novel is released, I get sucked in. Maybe it is the history buff in me that appreciates the NYC landmarks and historical trivia that Fairstein peppers throughout her stories. But this time, ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books-Fiction, Books-Mystery & Suspense Tagged With: British Mystery, Louise Penny, Mystery novel, Oxford, Police procedural

Mysteries from Paretsky, Clark and Black

August 2, 2017

Fallout

Sara Paretsky, Marcia Clark, Benjamin Black In Fallout, Sara Paretsky relocates her Chicago based detective, V.I. Warshawski, to Kansas, where the fish out of water V.I. gets caught up in a convoluted and not entirely plausible plot involving old nukes. I raced through Moral Defense, another in ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books-Fiction, Books-Mystery & Suspense, Uncategorized Tagged With: Detective Story, Mystery novel, Police procedural

The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen

December 22, 2014

The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen I’m always on the lookout for a new mystery series, so I was thrilled when my cousin Harriet suggested the Department Q series by Jussi Adler-Olsen. The first novel in the series, The Keeper of Lost Causes, introduces veteran Homicide Detective ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books-Fiction, Books-Mystery & Suspense Tagged With: Nordic crime fiction, Nordic Noir, Police procedural, Scandinavian crime fiction, Scandinavian Noir

International Crime Fiction

November 19, 2013

Invisible Murder by Lene Kaaberbol & Agnete Friis

Books by Nina Borg, Helene Tursten and the writing team of  Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis When in Boston last month, I attended the Boston Book Festival where I happily discovered the booth of SOHO Crime, a twenty-year-old publisher that specializes in international crime fiction. I ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books-Fiction, Books-Mystery & Suspense Tagged With: Mystery novel, Nordic crime fiction, Nordic Noir, Police procedural, Scandinavian crime fiction, Scandinavian Noir

Death Angel by Linda Fairstein

September 19, 2013

Death Angel by Linda Fairstein

Death Angel by Linda Fairstein I don’t know why I continue to read the novels by former Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein since I am always mildly disappointed. Habit? Familiarity?  The NYC setting? (always a plus for me!) Whatever the reason, I did purchase Fairstein's latest mystery, ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books-Fiction, Books-Mystery & Suspense Tagged With: Linda Fairstein, Mystery novel, Police procedural

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