davidr Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Having read the Millenium Trilogy (Girl with Dragon Tatoo etc) and enjoyed them very much, not just for the story but also for their descriptions of Swedish life I am interested in reading other Scandanavian thrillers/crime books. Does anyone recommend anything, other than Mankell's Wallander? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Miss Smilla feeling for Snow is one and its very good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skírnir Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Hmm, Arnaldur Indri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooshie Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 It does look very peaceful, though... I'm half way through Shadow by Karin Alvtegen, which I am enjoying; I think she has another few books out too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Readwine Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 I recently read The Princess of Burundi by Kjell Eriksson and The Man from Beijing by Mankell (not part of the Wallander series). I particularly did not care for either of these books, but you might check out Mankell's stand alone novels or Eriksson's other books. Also, check out this website: http://www.scandinavianbooks.com/crime-book-1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 I saw some of Camilla L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidr Posted May 21, 2010 Author Share Posted May 21, 2010 Thanks to those who have contributed. I have heard of most of those suggested and have just read The Waters Edge by Karen Fossum which was ok. It's quite short and written from several characters' point of view which seem to make it quite jerky. Not sure I will bother with any more of hers for a while. I like the look of Camilla Lackberg's books in the UK. The covers are very cool but the Ice Princess doen't have very good reviews on other sites I visited but The Preacher does better. I have just bought The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo, a Norweigian crime writer. I will report back when I've read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceinwenn Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 You could always have a look here. That's where I've been looking for books lately. Have yet to buy any, buy am seriously considering a couple different authors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Thanks to those who have contributed. I have heard of most of those suggested and have just read The Waters Edge by Karen Fossum which was ok. It's quite short and written from several characters' point of view which seem to make it quite jerky. Not sure I will bother with any more of hers for a while. I like the look of Camilla Lackberg's books in the UK. The covers are very cool but the Ice Princess doen't have very good reviews on other sites I visited but The Preacher does better. I have just bought The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo, a Norweigian crime writer. I will report back when I've read it. I've only read one of Karen Fossum's books, and I found the same thing, it felt a bit unfinished and jerky. Jo Nesbo's The Redbreast is terrific, I have two more of his, unread as of yet, but they're definite TBRs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arewenearlythere Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Having read the Millenium Trilogy (Girl with Dragon Tatoo etc) and enjoyed them very much, not just for the story but also for their descriptions of Swedish life I am interested in reading other Scandanavian thrillers/crime books. Does anyone recommend anything, other than Mankell's Wallander? Let the Right One In (L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emelee Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Here you can find some of Scandinavia's crime writers. Too bad I don't know any Finnish ones that have been published in English, for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arewenearlythere Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Wow thanks for the recommendations! I am going to look into these authors over the coming weeks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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