This is the eighth in the Oslo Detectives series, translated into English by the expert and always readable Don Bartlett and, as with the others, it never fails to both grip and su
It’s easy to see why this joyful novel was such a smash in Arenz’s native Germany. If your mood is low, or you just want to feel more positive about humanity in these grubby, d
Flatland’s exquisitely crafted exposé of family life is acutely perceptive, and while her analysis is forensic it is also empathetic, displaying a deep understanding of the stre
A frequently reiterated question (as this writer can attest) is: ‘When will the Nordic Noir boom be over?’ The answer to that enquiry has to be nuanced – certainly, the kinet
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‘I can’t die.’ The ridiculous words came back to Sam as he walked through the market and became caught in a clutch of mothers and children clustered around a stall selling ch
In recent years Henning Juul has been to hell but not back. The crime journalist has nearly died in a fire deliberately started in his own apartment. His six-year-old son Jonas los
‘Chastity Riley’ is not the first name you’d expect for the protagonist of a German crime novel. In fact, you’d rarely expect to read any German Krimis with female leads an
Ari Thór Arason is back in this sixth novel in the Dark Iceland series; back in his old job in Siglufjörður in the far north, having failed to get promotion to inspector; back w
Orenda books would seem to have bagged yet another winner in another Icelander, Lilja Sigurðardóttir: this is her first novel of a new Reykjavík Noir series and it’s a refresh
