Camilla Läckberg
"With each year that passes, the old Viking idea of jumping off a cliff to one’s death looks better and better."
Q&A With The Scandinavian Crime Novelist Kristina Ohlsson
Kristina Ohlsson, the Swedish author of the new novel Unwanted, is a counterterrorism officer in Europe and has worked as a security police analyst for the National Swedish Police Board.…
Swedish Crime: “Red Wolf” By Lisa Marklund
Lisa Marklund, The Queen of Scandinavian Crime as Henning Mankell puts it, is the Swedish journalist and creator of a very popular series featuring the fictional character Annika Bengtzon, a…
Have You Seen The Swedish “Wallander”?
Although many of the folks who saw "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" featuring Daniel Craig liked the movie; they liked the original Swedish version as much if not more.…
Between Summers Longing & Winters End By Leif Persson
For those of you who are looking for new sensational authors from Scandinavia: Leif Persson is a Swedish criminologist and novelist who was a professor in criminology at the Swedish…
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke By Maj Sjowall And Per Wahlöö
Swedish Crime Fiction would not have been what it is today without Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. A common-law wife and husband team of detective writers from Sweden, they conceived and…
“Woman With Birthmark” By Håkan Nesser
Woman with Birthmark (or in Swedish "Kvinna med födelsemärke") is a 1996 novel by Håkan Nesser, which won the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award in the same year. The English…
“Shadow In The Water” By Inger Frimansson
Inger Frimansson is one of the most popular novelists and crime writers in Sweden. Having previously worked for 30 years as a journalist, her first novel The Double Bed (Dubbelsängen) was published…
Scandinavian Crime: Mind’s Eye By Håkan Nesser
Håkan Nesser, is now firmly established as one of the world's bestselling crime novelists especially for his successful Van Veeteren mysteries. So in this review, we are going to look…
The Swedish Duo Roslund & Hellström: How They Met
Mystery Tribune has always covered the new releases and crime authors from Scandinavia. However, no such coverage is complete without including the successful Swedish duo Roslund and Hellström. Anders Roslund…
Review Of The Darkest Room By Johan Theorin
Johan Theorin is a journalist and author, born in 1963 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Throughout his life, Johan Theorin has been a regular visitor to the island of Öland in the…
Recent Comments