Scandinavian crime fiction

Top Ten: Crime Writers (Part Two)

3 May 2013 by Louise Leave a Comment

One of my most consistently popular articles is my Top Ten Crime Writers feature. It is my second most viewed post beaten only by the In Praise of Trailers article. In that I listed 10 crime writers I love..

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Nights of Awe

22 February 2012 by Louise Leave a Comment

At the beginning of this year I had never read any Finnish literature, it’s nearly the end of February and I’ve now read two great Finnish books. The first was the great little novella, The Brothers….

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Bitter Lemon Press, crime fiction, Days of Awe, Harri Nykanen, Israel, Jo Nesbo, Judaism, Kristian London, Mossad, murder, Nights of Awe, Scandinavian crime fiction, Stieg Larsson, Yom Kippur