Nordic Noir
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Nordic Noir
3M ago
Agnes Ravatn has this way of writing characters who read as unlikeable and seem slightly pitiable through their actions. The Guests main character Karin is jealous, envious and tells lies. She becomes paranoid about the people around her and displays obsessive tendencies. She was not at all endearing to me but I felt compelled to read further ..read more
Nordic Noir
6M ago
The Wolf by is a prequel to three other books* by the Norwegian author Samuel Bjørk. All the books feature detectives Holger Munch and Mia Krüger. Munch is a veteran, chain smoking, middle aged detective (who does have a smile, a rarity in middle aged Nordic detectives) whilst, in this book, Mia is a remarkable ..read more
Nordic Noir
7M ago
Stella Blomkvist is a confident, aggressive lawyer who has to do her own detective work to represent her clients in the best manner possible. Murder at the Residence has more than one gripping plot line and great characters to get to know. The story is set in Iceland and the book is translated by Quentin ..read more
Nordic Noir
7M ago
As a reader I really value a captivating start to a book and The Hideout opens with an awful tragedy which really caught my attention and kept me reading. The story quickly moves on to centre around a young man called Samuel who has lost his way in life. Samuel has become used to committing ..read more
Nordic Noir
8M ago
Nordic Noir
8M ago
“What year was it they came here? Sixty-nine?” “Seventy” says Kloes says. “Same year my youngest boy was born. I remember when they arrived in their Peruvian knitted hats, talking a big game about organic agriculture and living off the land and all kinds of nonsense like that. They were going to share everything, they ..read more
Nordic Noir
8M ago
Beck has a special place in my Nordic Noir experience. The books were some of the first in the genre that I read and I saw one of the original authors Maj Sjowall interviewed at Edinburgh Book Festival 10 years ago. The television show has had some ups and downs but the acting has been ..read more