Tag: Scandi noir
+ crime fiction, Danish Noir, Denmark, fiction, journalist, murder, police drama, review, Scandi noir
Back From The Dead by Heidi Amsinck (A Jensen Thriller #3)
A Missing person … a headless corpse … Jensen is on the case. June, and as Copenhagen swelters under record temperatures, a headless corpse surfaces in the murky harbour, landing a new case on the desk of DI Henrik Jungersen, just as his holiday is about to start. #BackFromTheDead @HeidiAmsinck1 @MuswellPress #RandomThingsTours @annecater @RandomTTours #blogtour #ScandiNoir Elsewhere in the city, Syrian refugee Aziz Almasi, driver to Esben … Read More Back From The Dead by Heidi Amsinck (A Jensen Thriller #3)
+ cover reveal, crime fiction, Detective novel, fiction, Iceland noir, murder, police drama, police procedural, Scandi noir, secrets, thriller
Boys Who Hurt by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir translated by Victoria Cribb Cover Reveal
Fresh from maternity leave, Detective Elma finds herself confronted with a complex case, when a man is found murdered in a holiday cottage in the depths of the Icelandic countryside – the victim of a frenzied knife attack, with a shocking message scrawled on the wall above him. At home with their baby daughter, Sævar is finding it hard to let go of work, … Read More Boys Who Hurt by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir translated by Victoria Cribb Cover Reveal
+ crime fiction, fiction, folklore, gothic, gothic horror, Gothic mystery, loss, murder, murder mystery, mystery, mythology, obsession, review, Scandi noir, Sweden
Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson translated by David Warriner
Art expert Emma Lindhal is anxious when she’s asked to appraise the antiques in the infamous manor house of one of Sweden’s wealthiest families, on the island of Storholmen, where a young woman was murdered nine years earlier, her killer never found. As she goes about her painstaking work and one shocking discovery yields clues that lead to another, Emma becomes determined to uncover … Read More Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson translated by David Warriner
+ abuse, child abuse, crime fiction, fiction, friendship, Iceland noir, lies, murder, nineties, police drama, political thriller, politics, religion, revenge, review, Scandi noir, secrets, thriller
Dead Sweet by Katrín Júlíusdóttir translated by Quentin Bates
When Óttar Karlsson, a wealthy and respected government official and businessman, is found murdered, after failing to turn up at his own surprise birthday party, the police are at a loss. It isn’t until young police officer Sigurdís finds a well-hidden safe in his impersonal luxury apartment that clues start emerging. #DeadSweet @katrinjul @OrendaBooks #RandomThingsTours @annecater @RandomTTours #blogtour #Iceland @icelandicnoir As Óttar’s shady business dealings become clear, a … Read More Dead Sweet by Katrín Júlíusdóttir translated by Quentin Bates
+ alcoholism, crime fiction, family, family drama, fiction, grief, Iceland noir, jealousy, lies, loss, marriage, murder, Nordic noir, review, secrets, thriller
You Can’t See Me by Eva Björg Ægisdótti (Forbidden Iceland #4) translated by Victoria Cribb
The wealthy, powerful Snæberg clan has gathered for a family reunion at a futuristic hotel set amongst the dark lava flows of Iceland’s remote Snæfellsnes peninsula. Petra Snæberg, a successful interior designer, is anxious about the event, and her troubled teenage daughter, Lea, whose social media presence has attracted the wrong kind of followers. Ageing carpenter Tryggvi is an outsider, only tolerated because he’s … Read More You Can’t See Me by Eva Björg Ægisdótti (Forbidden Iceland #4) translated by Victoria Cribb
+ crime fiction, fiction, Iceland noir, kidnapping, lies, murder, mystery, police drama, review, Scandi noir, secrets, thriller
Red As Blood (An Áróra Investigation Book 2#) by Lilja Sigurðardóttir translated by Quentin Bates
When entrepreneur Flosi arrives home for dinner one night, he discovers that his house has been ransacked, and his wife Gudrun missing. A letter on the kitchen table confirms that she has been kidnapped. If Flosi doesn’t agree to pay an enormous ransom, Gudrun will be killed. Forbidden from contracting the police, he gets in touch with Áróra, who specialises in finding hidden assets, … Read More Red As Blood (An Áróra Investigation Book 2#) by Lilja Sigurðardóttir translated by Quentin Bates
+ crime fiction, Detective novel, family, fiction, Iceland noir, lies, marriage, murder, Nordic noir, police drama, police procedural, Psychological fiction, review, Scandi noir, secrets, thriller, twins
Night Shadows (Forbidden Iceland #3) by Eva Bjorg AEgisdottir translated by Victoria Cribb
The small community of Akranes is devastated when a young man dies in a mysterious house fire, and when Detective Elma and her colleagues from West Iceland CID discover the fire was arson, they become embroiled in an increasingly perplexing case involving multiple suspects. What’s more, the dead man’s final online search raises fears that they could be investigating not one murder, but two. … Read More Night Shadows (Forbidden Iceland #3) by Eva Bjorg AEgisdottir translated by Victoria Cribb
+ brothers, child abduction, child abuse, childhood, crime fiction, Detective novel, fiction, loss, mental illness, murder, narcissist, obsession, police drama, psychiatric hospital, psychopath, rape, revenge, review, Scandi noir, serial killer, split personality, Sweden, thriller
The Mirror Man by Lars Kepler
IF YOU SEE HIS REFLECTION IT’S ALREADY TOO LATE . . . Seventeen-year-old Jenny is abducted in broad daylight and taken to a dilapidated, isolated house where she is chained and caged along with several other girls. Their captor is unpredictable, and as wily as he is cruel: he foils every one of their desperate attempts to escape . . . and once caught … Read More The Mirror Man by Lars Kepler