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Blackwater - Kerstin Ekman
ISBN: 0099521210
A psychological thriller where events unravel through past and present, making it compelling reading. Set in the north of Sweden, the somewhat oppressive natural environment is used as an excellent backdrop to create the dark and gloomy atmosphere.
- Brent Libraries
Bomber - Liza Marklund
ISBN: 0743440846
A bomb has blown someone to pieces and destroyed Stockholm's new Olympic arena only months before the games putting the city in fear and providing journalist Annika Bengtzon with her biggest and maybe last story.
- Harrow Libraries
Detective Insp Huss - Helene Tursten
ISBN: 1569473706
This thoroughly engaging read is the first in a highly promising series of novels to feature the strong willed and enigmatic Inspector Irene Huss, a feminist investigator base in Goteborg and created by Sweden's answer to P.D. James. Fans of Henning Mankell will enjoy the narrative style and the description of a police force working at full stretch, combined with an exploration of the darker sides of Swedish society and its inherent tensions.
The plot revolves around Huss and the Violent Crimes Unit as they investigate the apparent suicide of a finance mogul. It doesn't take the team long to figure out that they're dealing with a murder case and we're carried away into the dark and nebulous criminal underworld. As with all good crime novels the chief protagonist and the supporting cast of characters are all splendidly drawn and will linger in the memory long after the book has been read.
-Newham Libraries
Laughing policeman - May Sjowall & Per Wahloo
ISBN: 0752847724
A splendid example of 1960s Eurocrime, probably the inspiration for Kurt Wallender.
- Newham Libraries
Missing - Karin Alvtegen
ISBN: 1841954985
In The Grand Hotel, a homeless woman charms a businessman into paying for dinner and a room. When his body is discovered the following morning she becomes the prime suspect. When a second person is killed in similar circumstances, Sybilla, becomes the most wanted person in Sweden. Missing is a totally compelling read and at its core the book explores the terrifying isolation of a woman who has rejected the values of her background and the intimacy of her family.
- Brent Libraries.
A compelling crime novel which is also an insight into loneliness and isolation.
- Newham Libraries
Return of the Dancing Master - Henning Mankell
ISBN: 0099455463
A retired policeman meets a grisly end in a remote district permeated by a network of evil. A dark, unpredictable and gutsy suspense from Scandinavia's best crime writer.
- Lewisham Libraries
Billed as the 'Nordic king of European thrillers', this well-established author introduces us to a new hero in a typically morbid story. Set in cold, dark, northern Sweden, the tale of conspiracy explores the neo-Nazi movement and draws the reader in to a world full of chaos and evil.
- Bromley Libraries
"Cold, wet, dismal Sweden...Sound dull? It's not! These are superb crime thrillers, simply the best around". This one doesn't feature the moody insomniac Kurt Wallander ....but try this one first and you'll be hooked - I guarantee it.
- Bexley Libraries
Sidetracked - Henning Mankell
ISBN: 99446987
Policeman Kurt Wallander is confronted with the suspicious suicide of a young girl who has doused herself in petrol and burned herself to death. He must also try to solve a series of shocking, seemingly motiveless murders.
- Harrow Libraries
