Scandinavian mysteries and crime

Do you love crime, mystery and thrillers set in the cold climes of Scandinavia?   Here are some authors that should keep you going.

Adler-Olsen, Jussi.

Alvtegen, Karin.

Anders, Roslund & Hellstrom,Borge

Baantjer, A. C.

Bates, Quentin.  Quentin grew up in England but his books set in Iceland.

Blaedel, Sara.

Davidsen, Leif.

Edwardson, Ake.

Ekman, Kerstin.

Eriksson, Kjell.

Fossum, Karin.

Hjorth and Rosenfeldt

Holt, Anne.

Indriðason,Arnaldur.

Joensuu, Matti.

Jungstedt, Mari.

Kaaberbol, Lene.

Kallentoft, Mons.

Kepler, Lars 
Kjaerstad, Jan.

Läckberg,Camilla.

Lahlum,Hans Olav - There is only 1 book on our catalogue at the moment. But there will be more to come from this new author.

Lapidus,Jens.

Larsson, Asa.

Larsson, Stieg.

Lindqvist, John Ajvide - Technically these are horror but are fantastic if you like something cold and creepy.

Mankell, Henning.

Marklund, Liza

Nesbø,Jo

Nesser, Håkan

Ohlsson,Kristina - This is a new author with only a couple of books but she will be one to watch in the next few years.

Persson,Leif G. W.

Ridpath,Michael

Sewell, Kitty

Sigurðardóttir,Yrsa

Sjöwall, Maj. & Wahlöö,Per

Staalesen, Gunnar

Theorin, Johan

Tursten, Helene

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Jo Nesbo

On a cold, rainyMelbourne evening two intrepid Boroondara librarians made their way to the Collins Street Baptist Church to see Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbo in conversation with bookseller Mary Dalmau (from Readers Feast bookshop).

Jo is the author of the Harry Hole crime novels, seven of which have been translated into english.

They are:

Redbreast

Nemesis

The Devil's Star

The Redeemer

The Snowman

The Leopard

Phantom

A standalone novel Headhunters has already been made into a movie, and The Snowman is being filmed by Martin Scorsese.

The first two Harry Hole novels (The Bat Man, & The cockroaches) will be released in English for the first time later this year.

Nesbo has been to Australia several times and his first novel (The Bat Man) is set in Sydney and was written while he was on a six month sabbatical (in Australia) from his job as a financial analyst.

Find out more about Jo on his website

Have you read any Jo Nesbo books?

Which is your favourite?

Some icy reads to chill you through summer!

Scandanavian crime/mystery author list

Alvtegen, Karin
Dahl, K.O.
Davidsen, Leif
Edwardson, Ake
Ekman, Kerstin
Eriksson, Kjell
Fossum, Karin
Holt, Anne
Indriðason, Arnaldur
Joensuu, Matti-Yrjana
Jungstedt, Mari
Kjærstad , Jan
Läckberg, Camilla
Larsson, Asa
Larsson, Stieg
Mankell , Henning
Marklund, Liza
Nesbsbø, Jo
Nesser, Håkan
Roslund, Anders & Hellstrom, Borge
Sewell, Kitty
Sigurðardóttir, Yrsa
Sjöwall, Maj & Wahlöö, Per
Staalesen, Gunnar
Theorin, Johan
Tursten, Helene

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