Best Swedish Crime Novels - April 2024

The Girl Who Lived: A Thrilling Suspense Novel

Ten years ago, four people were brutally murdered—one girl lived.No one believes her story. The police think she's crazy. Her therapist thinks she's suicidal. Everyone else thinks she's a dangerous drunk. They're all right—but did she see the killer?Best Mystery-Thriller eBook of the Year — Independent Publisher Book Awards 2018Winner Best Thriller — National Indie Excellence Awards 2018Winner Best Thriller — Silver Falchion Award 2018Finalist eBook Fiction — Indie Book Awards 2018Silver Medal Suspense — Reader’s Favorite Book Awards 2018Voted Most Loved Cover — NetGall... [Read More]

• ASIN: B076FNQWTF
• ASIN: B076FNQWTF
• Manufacturer: Greyson Media

A Nearly Normal Family: A Novel

"...A compulsively readable tour de force." —The Wall Street JournalNew York Times Book Review recommends M.T. Edvardsson’s A Nearly Normal Family and lauds it as a “page-turner” that forces the reader to confront “the compromises we make with ourselves to be the people we believe our beloveds expect.” (NYTimes Book Review Summer Reading Issue)M.T. Edvardsson’s A Nearly Normal Family is a gripping legal thriller that forces the reader to consider: How far would you go to protect the ones you love? In this twisted narrative of love and murder, a horrific crime makes a seemingly no... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07J4RDJTJ
• ASIN: B07J4RDJTJ
• Manufacturer: Celadon Books

Beartown: A Novel

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY: LibraryReads • BookBrowse • Goodreads “You’ll love this engrossing novel.” —People The bestselling author of A Man Called Ove returns with a dazzling, profound novel about a small town with a big dream—and the price required to make it come true.People say Beartown is finished. A tiny community nestled deep in the forest, it is slowly losing ground to the ever-encroaching trees. But down by the lake stands an old ice rink, built generations ago by the working men who founded this town. And in that ice rink is the reason people in Beart... [Read More]

• ASIN: 150116077X
• ASIN: 150116077X
• ISBN: 150116077X
• Brand: Washington Square Press
• Manufacturer: Washington Square Press

The Wolf and the Watchman: A Novel

“It’s early to be pegging the year’s best books, but The Wolf and the Watchman, Niklas Natt och Dag’s stunning debut, is sure to be one of them.” —The Washington Post “What's better than an ornate period piece with style to spare? One that includes a murder mystery. Oh, and boy is it a riveting mystery....A bit of Patrick Süskind’s Perfume and a bit of Sherlock Holmes, this wolf has some bite to it.” —NPR “Reads like a season of ‘True Detective’...anchored by a powerful sense of place and a memorable cast of characters....You won’t soon forget it.” —USA TODAY N... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07GNT9TWM
• ASIN: B07GNT9TWM
• Manufacturer: Atria Books

The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander novel, continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Claire Foy. Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return in this ripped-from-the-headlines, high-octane follow-up to Stieg Larsson's The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. One of the Best Books of the Year NPR * USA Today * O, The Oprah Magazine * Esquire   A genius hacker who has always been an outsider. A journalist with a penchant for danger. She is Lisbeth Salander, the girl with the dragon tattoo. He is Mikael Blomkvist, crusading editor of Millennium. One night, Blomkvist receives a call from a source who claims to have been given information... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00TCI0P3I
• ASIN: B00TCI0P3I
• Manufacturer: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye: A Lisbeth Salander novel, continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series (Millennium Series Book 5)

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER Lisbeth Salander is back with a vengeance. The series that began with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo continues as brilliant hacker Lisbeth Salander teams up with journalist Mikael Blomkvist to uncover the secrets of her childhood and to take revenge. Lisbeth Salander—obstinate outsider, volatile seeker of justice for herself and others—seizes on a chance to unearth her mysterious past once and for all. And she will let nothing stop her—not the Islamists she enrages by rescuing a young woman from their brutality; not the prison gang leader who pa... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01MR8VA0P
• ASIN: B01MR8VA0P
• Manufacturer: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium Series)

Murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue combine into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel, the first in Stieg Larsson's thrilling Millenium series featuring Lisbeth Salander.Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unf... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307949486
• ASIN: 0307949486
• ISBN: 9780307949486
• Brand: PowerbookMedic
• Manufacturer: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium Series)

• ASIN: 0307742539
• ASIN: 0307742539
• ISBN: 0307742539
• Brand: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
• Manufacturer: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

The Bat: The First Inspector Harry Hole Novel (Harry Hole Series)

The electrifying first installment of the Harry Hole series. Look out for the latest Harry Hole novel, The Thirst, available now. Inspector Harry Hole of the Oslo Crime Squad is dispatched to Sydney to observe a murder case.  Harry is free to offer assistance, but he has firm instructions to stay out of trouble. The victim is a twenty-three year old Norwegian woman who is a minor celebrity back home. Never one to sit on the sidelines, Harry befriends one of the lead detectives, and one of the witnesses, as he is drawn deeper into the case.  Together, they discover that this is only the late... [Read More]

• ASIN: 034580709X
• ASIN: 034580709X
• ISBN: 034580709X
• Brand: Vintage
• Manufacturer: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium Series)

Part blistering espionage thriller, part riveting police procedural, and part piercing exposé on social injustice, this second book in the Millennium series is a masterful, endlessly satisfying novel.  Mikael Blomkvist, crusading publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation. On the eve of its publication, the two reporters responsible for the article are murdered, and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to his friend, the troubled genius hacker Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist, convinced of Salander’s in... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307949508
• ASIN: 0307949508
• ISBN: 0307949508
• Brand: Vintage
• Manufacturer: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel

Quirky and utterly captivating, A Wild Sheep Chase is Murakami at his astounding best.An advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend and casually appropriates the image for an advertisement. What he doesn’t realize is that included in the scene is a mutant sheep with a star on its back, and in using this photo he has unwittingly captured the attention of a man who offers a menacing ultimatum: find the sheep or face dire consequences. Thus begins a surreal and elaborate quest that takes readers from Tokyo to the remote mountains of northern Japan, where the unnamed protagonist has... [Read More]

• ASIN: 037571894X
• ASIN: 037571894X
• ISBN: 037571894X
• Brand: Vintage
• Manufacturer: Vintage

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

The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules: A Novel (League of Pensioners)

#1 International BestsellerThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel meets The Italian Job in internationally-bestselling author Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg’s witty and insightful comedy of errors about a group of delinquent seniors whose desire for a better quality of life leads them to rob and ransom priceless artwork.Martha Andersson may be seventy-nine-years-old and live in a retirement home, but that doesn’t mean she’s ready to stop enjoying life. So when the new management of Diamond House starts cutting corners to save money, Martha and her four closest friends—Brains, The Rake, Christina ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062447971
• ASIN: 0062447971
• ISBN: 0062447971
• Brand: Harper Paperbacks
• Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks

Eighteen Below: A Fabian Risk Novel (Fabian Risk Series)

The third book in the internationally bestselling Fabian Risk series, a terrifying story of stolen identity and serial murder.ON A HOT SUMMER'S DAY The police chase a speeding car through the streets of Helsingborg. When they reach the bridge, the driver keeps going straight into the cold, dark waters of the Öresund strait.A TRAGIC ACCIDENT The body recovered from the wreck is that of Peter Brise, one of the city's richest tech entrepreneurs. Fabian Risk and his team are confident this is suicide. Young, rich, successful―Brise just didn't know how to ask for help.TURNS EVERTHING A LITTLE BI... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250103223
• ASIN: 1250103223
• ISBN: 1250103223
• Manufacturer: Minotaur Books

Police: A Harry Hole Novel (Harry Hole series Book 10)

• ASIN: B00DPTK4D6
• ASIN: B00DPTK4D6
• Manufacturer: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Love You Gone: A Gripping Psychological Crime Novel with an Incredible Twist (Paperback)

'I couldn't put it down... jaw dropping... fantastic... If you're a fan of Gone Girl, you're seriously going to enjoy this!' Netgalley reviewer, 5 stars 'Hello? Police? My husband and our children... they're gone.' When

• UPC: 518802211

Blood Sins : A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel

A "New York Times"-bestselling author delivers once again with this chilling novel in which the Special Crimes Unit sends a Haven operative undercover to catch a charismatic killer, who promises his victims heaven in exchange

• UPC: 11019822
• Rating: 3.2

Stealing Shadows : A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel

While recovering from her last traumatic attempt to help the police catch a killer, psychic Cassie Neill's mind is filled with the thoughts of a pscyhopath, but as she struggles to place a name or

• UPC: 789555
• Rating: 4.0

Out of the Shadows : A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel

Sheriff Miranda Knight is reunited with FBI profiler Noah Bishop when her small town of Gladstone, Tennessee is torn apart by the kidnapping, torture, and murder of several teenagers, and Miranda is forced to use

• UPC: 815005
• Rating: 3.571

Crime Scene : A Novel

"A corpse lying at the bottom of the stairs. A beautiful but troubled young woman. A brutal, decades-old murder. And the man charged with making sense of it all. Clay Edison is a former star

• UPC: 55699278
• Rating: 3.25

Whisper of Evil : A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel

As a series of grisly murders terrorizes the small, backwoods town of Silence, Nell Gallagher, a young woman with special psychic gifts, holds the power to unravel the mystery, uncover the dark secrets that could

• UPC: 1800138
• Rating: 3.833

Chill of Fear : A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel

In the bestselling second installment of Hooper's Fear trilogy, FBI agent Quentin Hayes has been haunted by an unsolved murder that took place at a secluded Victorian-era resort in Tennessee. Now he returns to the

• UPC: 4327527
• Rating: 4.75

Hiding in the Shadows : A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel

When Faith Parker awakens from a coma, she has no memory of her life--or of her friend Dinah, who has vanished without a trace. Death is stalking both women and one of them will not

• UPC: 25652341
• Rating: 4.167

The Department of Sensitive Crimes : A Detective Varg Novel

In the Swedish criminal justice system, certain cases are considered especially strange and difficult, in Malmö, the dedicated detectives who investigate these crimes are members of an elite squad known as the Sensitive Crimes Division.

• UPC: 757130824
• Rating: 3.0

Sleeping with Fear : A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel

In the thrilling, "New York Times" bestselling conclusion to Hoopers spellbinding Fear trilogy, Special Agent Riley Crane of the FBIs Special Crimes Unit wakes up alone in a beach cottage covered in blood, unable to

• UPC: 5278522
• Rating: 2.5

The Silenced Winner Best Swedish Crime Novel 2015 3304

• UPC: 273794757139
• Category: Belletristik
• Price: 11 EUR