Category: Scandinavian noir
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October is a Great Month for Nordic Noir
Often I will put books on hold with the library and they all tend to come in at once – or in a very short time period. This is what is happening right now. I’ve had many items on hold for months which have started to arrive. First I got Phantom by Jo Nesbø. I…
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The Keeper of Lost Causes
By Jussi Adler-Olsen; translated by Lisa Hartford Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Dutton, 2011 Genres: Mystery, police procedural, Scandinavian noir, suspense, thriller, crime thriller Series: Department Q; 1 ISBN: 9780525952480 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 396 Setting: Copenhagen, Denmark Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Carl Mørck used to be one of Copenhagen’s best homicide…
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
By Stieg Larsson, translated by Reg Keeland Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Knopf, c2007, 2010 Genre: Suspense, thriller, mystery Series: Millennium trilogy; 3 ISBN: 9780307269997 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 563 (plus 2 pages of notes) Setting: Stockholm and Göteborg, Sweden Time period: Contemporary – around 2005 Plot summary: Even as Lisbeth Salander…
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
By Stieg Larsson; translated by Reg Keelan Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Vintage Books, c2008, 2009 Genre: Thriller, mystery, suspense Series: Millennium trilogy; 1 ISBN: 9780307473479 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 644 Setting: Stockholm, Hedestad & Hedeby Island, Sweden Time period: around 2003-2004 Plot summary: When Mikael Blomkvist, a financial journalist, is recently…
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The Girl who Played with Fire
By Stieg Larsson (Translated from Swedish by Reg Keeland) Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009 Genres: Thriller, mystery, suspense Series: Millennium trilogy; 2 ISBN: 9780307269980 Intended audience: adult Number of pages: 503 Settings: Stockholm, Sweden and Grenada Time period: around 2004 – 2005 Plot summary: Lisbeth Salander is an extremely introverted…
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