Tag: swedish crime

No 386 Roseanna by Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö, translated by Lois Roth

The series of ten ‘Martin Beck’ police procedurals, which were written in the ‘60s and ‘70s by the Swedish couple Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö are considered classics of the genre, influencing a generation of crime writers across the world. Of their work, Henning Mankell said; They realized that there was a huge, unexplored territory…

Marching Through, No 731 – 729

March Madness has taken hold, so here are the last three books I’ve read in my quest to read 10 books this month. 4 to go, fingers crossed! No 731 Camilla Lackberg The Ice Princess Returning to her hometown after the funeral of her parents, writer Erica Falck finds her childhood community fractured. Her childhood…