The remarkable success Sébastien Japrisot achieved with his highly engaging crime novels in his native France (where he was called…
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How easy is it to reinvigorate a shopworn formula? One way is to shoot each familiar effect full of adrenalin.…
First of all: don’t trust the name. Fred Vargas, one of the most acclaimed of all current European crime writers,…
Those who read Scandinavian crime fiction have not been surprised at the revelations of violent neo-Nazi movements in the Nordic…
Åsa Larsson is a markedly different writer from her fellow Swede Camilla Läckberg (discussed elsewhere on this site), with her…
The series of Detective Kurt Wallander books by the late Henning Mankell are notable for a variety of elements, apart…
The Norwegian writer Kjell Ola Dahl deserves attention – as strong novels such as The Last Fix (2000) have amply…
Those who enjoyed the compelling and astringent Mercy will be pleased to know that we are back in the lively…
The once-invisible, pseudonymous couple who together comprise ‘Lars Kepler’ are no longer a mystery. After the immense success of their…
An inexplicable pattern of vandalism is happening across the German city of Hamburg. Every night, vehicles are being torched. Is…
When I met the Swedish master Henning Mankell shortly before his death, the subject of his mortality came up, as…
In Ormberg, Hanne Lagerlind-Schön practises as a psychological profiler and has proved adept at disinterring cold cases. Her most profound…
