Best Nordic Crime Novels - April 2024

PENITENT: a Scottish murder mystery with a devilish twist (Detective Inspector Munro murder mysteries Book 9)

When the known stalker of a young woman is arrested for her murder, it should be an open-and-shut case for DI Charlie West.A woman is found bludgeoned to death in a swimming pool. A pensioner who disappeared many moons ago turns up out of the blue. A cockeyed boxer has more success outside the ring than in it.What connects these events may or may not be the clue DI Charlie West is looking for to solve the latest murder on her patch. With her mentor James Munro recovering from heart bypass surgery, she will have to rely on her own wits and those of her trusted team to progress the investigation... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07SJGM2G1
• ASIN: B07SJGM2G1
• Manufacturer: THE BOOK FOLKS best-selling crime fiction publishers

The Dark Vineyard: A Novel of the French Countryside (Bruno Chief Of Police Book 2)

• ASIN: B0036S4D10
• ASIN: B0036S4D10
• Manufacturer: Vintage

All That's Dead: The new Logan McRae crime thriller from the No.1 bestselling author (Logan McRae, Book 12)

There’s a darkness in the heart of Scotland…The stunning new Logan McRae thriller from No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller Stuart MacBride.Scream all you want, no one can hear…Inspector Logan McRae is looking forward to a nice simple case – something to ease him back into work after a year off on the sick. But the powers-that-be have other ideas…The high-profile anti-independence campaigner, Professor Wilson, has gone missing, leaving nothing but bloodstains behind. There’s a war brewing between the factions for and against Scottish Nationalism. Infighting in the police ranks. And it’s... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07KL16XMW
• ASIN: B07KL16XMW
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins

The Man Who Smiled (The Kurt Wallander Mysteries Book 4)

The #1 international-bestselling tale of greed, violence, and corporate power from the master of Scandinavian noir: “One of his best” (The Times, London).   After killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Kurt Wallander finds himself deep in a personal and professional crisis; during more than a year of sick leave, he turns to drink and vice to quiet his lingering demons. Once he pulls himself together, he vows to quit the Ystad police force for good—just before a friend who had asked Wallander to look into the death of his father winds up dead himself, shot three times.   Far from ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00457X8DK
• ASIN: B00457X8DK
• Manufacturer: The New Press

1500 Eternal Masterpieces of Fairy Tales: Cinderella, Rapunzel, The Spleeping Beauty, The Ugly Ducking, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin ... Lamp, The Happy Prince, Blue Beard...

Here you will find more than 1500 fairy tales, such as "Aladdin", "Sinbad the Sailor", "The Ugly Ducking", "Little Tin Soldier", "The Little Match Girl", "Blue Beard", "Beauty and the Beast", "Puss in Boots", "The Happy Prince", "The Little Mermaid", "Cinderella", "Rapunzel", and "The Sleeping Beauty".

• ASIN: B07QGFCJQD
• ASIN: B07QGFCJQD
• Manufacturer: Athenaeum Classics

The Darkness: A Thriller (The Hulda Series Book 1)

Spanning the icy streets of Reykjavik, the Icelandic highlands and cold, isolated fjords, The Darkness is an atmospheric thriller from Ragnar Jonasson, one of the most exciting names in Nordic Noir.The body of a young Russian woman washes up on an Icelandic shore. After a cursory investigation, the death is declared a suicide and the case is quietly closed.Over a year later Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir of the Reykjavík police is forced into early retirement at 64. She dreads the loneliness, and the memories of her dark past that threaten to come back to haunt her. But before she ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B079DVL6D3
• ASIN: B079DVL6D3
• Manufacturer: Minotaur Books

In Harm's Way (Sandhamn Murders Book 6)

A woman’s dangerous career comes to a chilling end in this spellbinding thriller by Viveca Sten, bestselling author of In the Heat of the Moment…The body of world-famous journalist Jeanette Thiels is discovered the day after Christmas, frozen in a snow-covered garden just steps from her hotel on Sandhamn Island. Detective Thomas Andreasson finds it highly unlikely that it was some bizarre accident. After all, the relentless war-zone correspondent was no stranger to conflict and controversy—both professional and, of late, very personal. Who would want to see her dead is another story. Enl... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07DQH8TZW
• ASIN: B07DQH8TZW
• Manufacturer: Amazon Crossing

Beowulf (Signet Classics)

Before there was Game of Thrones, there was Beowulf...   SONG OF BATTLE AND KINGS   Beowulf is one of the earliest extant poems in a modern European language, composed in England before the Norman Conquest. As a social document this great epic poem is invaluable—reflecting a feudal world of heroes and monsters, blood and victory, life and death. As a work of art, it is unique. Beowulf rings with beauty, power, and artistry that have kept it alive for a thousand years. The noble simplicity of Beowulf's anonymous Anglo-Saxon singer is recaptured in this vivid translation by Burton Raffel.  ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0451530969
• ASIN: 0451530969
• ISBN: 9780451530967
• Brand: Raffel, Burton (TRN)
• Manufacturer: Signet

Valhalla Rising (Dirk Pitt Adventure Book 16)

• ASIN: B000OVLKX6
• ASIN: B000OVLKX6
• Manufacturer: G.P. Putnam's Sons

The Redbreast: A Harry Hole Novel (Harry Hole Series)

Jo Nesbo’s The Snowman is soon to be a major motion picture, starring Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, and J.K. Simmons.“An elegant and complex thriller….Harrowingly beautiful.”—New York Times Book Review“A hugely impressive achievement—ambitious in scope, and skilled in execution.”—Los Angeles Times“The Redbreast certainly ranks with the best of current American crime fiction.”—Washington PostNo disrespect meant to Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson, but Jo Nesbø, the New York Times bestselling author of The Snowman, is the most exciting Scandinavian thriller writ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062068423
• ASIN: 0062068423
• ISBN: 9780062068422
• Brand: Harper
• Manufacturer: Harper

The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder, and an Unlikely Investigator

A chilling true crime story of poisonous family secrets, love gone wrong, and a cold case that refused to stay buried…In late summer of 2012, millionaire landowner Göran Lundblad went missing from his farm in Sweden. When a search yielded nothing, and all physical evidence had seemingly disappeared, authorities had little to go on—except a disturbing phone call five weeks later from Göran’s daughter Maria. She was sure that her sister, Sara, was somehow involved. At the heart of the alleged crime: Sara’s greed, her father’s land holdings, and his bitter feud with Sara’s idler boy... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07B3XN5C5
• ASIN: B07B3XN5C5
• Manufacturer: Amazon Crossing

The Leopard: A Harry Hole Novel (8) (Harry Hole series)

• ASIN: B005KB0U04
• ASIN: B005KB0U04
• Manufacturer: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

The Scarred Woman (A Department Q Novel Book 7)

The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Causes delivers his most captivating and suspenseful Department Q novel yet—perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson.   Detective Carl Mørck of Department Q, Copenhagen's cold cases division, meets his toughest challenge yet when the dark, troubled past of one of his own team members collides with a sinister unsolved murder. In a Copenhagen park the body of an elderly woman is discovered. The case bears a striking resemblance to another unsolved homicide investigation from over a decade ago, but the connection b... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01MYDC3SA
• ASIN: B01MYDC3SA
• Manufacturer: Dutton

The Keeper of Lost Causes: The First Department Q Novel (Department Q Series Book 1)

Get to know the detective in charge of Copenhagen's coldest cases in the first electrifying Department Q mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen.Carl Mørck used to be one of Denmark’s best homicide detectives. Then a hail of bullets destroyed the lives of two fellow cops, and Carl—who didn’t draw his weapon—blames himself. So a promotion is the last thing he expects. But Department Q is a department of one, and Carl’s got only a stack of cold cases for company. His colleagues snicker, but Carl may have the last laugh, because one file keeps nagging at him: ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0052RDIUA
• ASIN: B0052RDIUA
• Manufacturer: Dutton

PERDITION: A Scottish murder mystery with a shocking twist (Detective Inspector Munro murder mysteries Book 7)

A drug-induced suicide, misadventure, or a cleverly calculated murder? London detective Charlotte West takes on Scotland. An employee of an investment bank is found dead in his car by a freshwater loch in Ayrshire, Scotland, but there are few signs of foul play. Indeed, that the man had enough opioid painkillers in him to fell a shire horse, might easily be put down to over-exuberant self-indulgence.But newly promoted and in charge of the investigation, DI Charlie West wants to probe further. And when the victim’s links to a minor crime involving a dead goat and an assault on an associate co... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07DZL5R6V
• ASIN: B07DZL5R6V
• Manufacturer: The Book Folks best-selling British murder mystery crime fiction publishers

The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 8 - eBook

The must-have annual anthology for every crime fiction fan - the year's top new British short stories selected by leading crime critic Maxim Jakubowski.This great annual covers the full range of mystery fiction, from noir

• UPC: 789038058
• Rating: 3.5

The Mammoth Book Best International Crime - eBook

Leading anthologist Maxim Jakubowski presents the very best in crime writing from around the world - 40 short stories from an all-star line-up of international writers.They cover the full spectrum of crime fiction, from noir

• UPC: 317126132
• Rating: 5.0

Bloody Scotland : New Fiction from Scotland's Best Crime Writers

Twelve of Scotland's most famous crime authors evoke the sinister side of the country's architecture in stories that are by turns calculating, chilling, and

• UPC: 295463383
• Rating: 5.0

Bloody Scotland: New Fiction from Scotland's Best Crime Writers - eBook

Twelve of Scotland’s most famous crime authors evoke the sinister side of the country’s architecture in stories that are by turns calculating, chilling, and redemptive.Scotland has often been depicted as a land of haunting, misty

• UPC: 929869163
• Rating: 5.0

The Couple Next Door : A Novel

"First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2016"--Title page

• UPC: 55548603
• Rating: 3.882

The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps : The Best Crime Stories from the Pulps During Their Golden Age--The '20s, '30s & '40s

Here are 45 of the best stories and the major writers who ever appeared in celebrated pulps like "Black Mask, Dime Detective," and "Detective Fiction Weekly." These are the classic tales that created the genre

• UPC: 5620628
• Rating: 3.5

Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 11 - eBook

This superb annual anthology of the year?s most outstanding short crime fiction published in the UK is now well into its second decade. Jakubowski has succeeded, once again, in unearthing the best short crime stories

• UPC: 893888313

The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 7 - eBook

The must-have annual anthology for every crime fiction fan - the year's top new British short stories selected by leading crime critic Maxim Jakubowski.This great annual covers the full range of mystery fiction, from noir

• UPC: 775138182

The Best of American True Crime - eBook

The Best of American True Crime 16 of The Best Murder Stories, of the high profile 'Titans, of America: 1. Michael Alig: The Life and Death of the Party 2. Michael Rockefeller 3. The Gruesome

• UPC: 264367522

Windward : Best New England Crime Stories 2016

Windward, the fourteenth Best New England Crime Stories anthology, continues the tradition of presenting the best mystery and crime fiction from both acclaimed, seasoned authors and exciting new voices. We've gathered thirty-two original tales ranging

• UPC: 303382595