English Translations of Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries & Thrillers discussion

Just so no one misunderstands me....I love Jussi Adler Olsen and his Dept. Q Novels. I enjoy his interaction with Assad. I like the way every novel brings out a little more of Assad's background. I think he should have spent that time to write another Dept Q novel instead Alphabet House.

I also lost interest from Journal 64 Q4. aka. The Purity of Vengeance aka Guilt iBook pre-ordered Feb 13, 2014. Read.
The Marco Effect......Marco Effetken Q5. 2012 due 9 September 2014 10.99 iBook ....NO
Buried #5!!!! Feb 26/15 Amazon NO

The Alphabet House 2013! September 2014 .............Standalone and old 1997 ...WWII issues. NO.

Why, IMHO his situations became too unrealistic and too sensational! Plus am put off with the writers ego....social media.

Just finished reading The Caveman . It was a most satisfying book. Lots of cities and towns are mentioned and I found myself running to google map. Often looking at the images The snow is depicted beautifully, e.g. snowflakes covered the windscreen, snow dotted his hair, Two horses standing heads into each other and two eels coiled around each other at bottom of the well. Here some of his best writing came into play e.g a farm crane was put in the well which hoisted a sleeping bay up from the well. The trussed up bag rocked from side to side seeping the water before it was laid on a tauplain and reveal the girls body It was then placed into a white body bag. However, the next body a stretcher had to be lower As it was more decomposed . Wistling had to be there to write about this. Also his translator Congradulations Mr Horst you have given me a vivid picture of Norway.

Helen wrote: "Just finished reading The Caveman . It was a most satisfying book. Lots of cities and towns are mentioned and I found myself running to google map. Often looking at the images The snow is depicted..."

Can relate to you. I have always gone to the google map, in most stories so that I can understand the layout. It's important to me.

That is a great idea. Never thought of it.

Sometimes when I'm reading a book about a particular country, Sweden, Norway, etc., I'll pick up a travel book from the library. A lot of times they'll have pictures of the places mentioned in the book. Gives you a real sense of place.

Finished The Hummingbird by Kati Hiekkapelto. Thought I a fantastic first book. Anna is a real noir individual for becoming a detective in Finland. I recommend this book for the realistic treatment it entails.

I do not think that I can get that book in Australia. If I visit a country and buy it at a bookstore does that constitute smuggling?. That is what I was told about one book.

Helen wrote: "I do not think that I can get that book in Australia. If I visit a country and buy it at a bookstore does that constitute smuggling?. That is what I was told about one book."
Hi Helen - no it's not illegal as an individual.! If however, you bought a pile to re-sell in your store or on-line - then that's Parallel Importing which is illegal. I'm also in Oz and buy a lot of books overseas when travelling. Plus buy them on-line and have them shipped here..

Thank you Angela. But how do they know?. I wanted to buy a couple of books at a bookseller online in London. I was told that they could not sell them to me. The publisher had designated certain areas. I have also found the opposite. Books sold in Australia which cannot be sold in New Zealand.

If I really want a book bad I will contact someone in England that will sell the book to me usually a used book dealer. I did this with all Stieg Larsson's books and had them a year before they were sold in the U.S.. You can use your Kindle or e-book to get some books sooner from venders.

Good idea. I shall try it. I am after a couple of books. They have not been released on kindle. The books were released in 2012. However, they are out of print. They are being re-released at the end of the year. When I hat last hunted one down via the internet I was told cannot sell it to Australia, even if it was in print. But a used bookseller that is another story. I am reading Andrew Taylor's "The Silent Boy" at present. Enjoying it. Loved The Anatomy of Ghosts his previous book.

This is all about copyright and licensing. I sell music which is somewhat similar, although generally not as restrictive. There is some music (almost always arrangements) I cannot get because while it can be sold in Europe the publisher doesn't have the rights for it in the US. One issue is that Amazon has undercut me badly on one piece I used to import through a third party. It is interesting that they would respect copyrights for books they sell themselves but not for this piece of music or for the many books sold through third parties on their website.

Thanks for the explanation.

Never had any problem with Book Depository or Abe. However do tend to buy my books from a store when overseas and have never been refused.
Helen BTW I made Amazon unsubscribe me from the Australian website they had auto pushed me to as the choice was too limited.

I often buy my books when visiting Canada. They seem to get them sooner than the USA. Speaking about the Nordic Noir and UK books.

Bobbi wrote: "I often buy my books when visiting Canada. They seem to get them sooner than the USA. Speaking about the Nordic Noir and UK books."

I have noticed this when looking for books on WorldCat. They will be in libraries in Canada but not in the US. I expect this is about licensing again.

I finished Three Dog Night by Elsebeth Egholm. I liked it so much I read it in one sitting, which is rare for me. The kindle is really nice now that I have one.

Just checked the description of the book on Amazon, sounds interesting. I just finished Reykjavik Nights. Good read of the early Erlendur.

ODG!!!!!!!!! I have always bought books when traveling and no one has ever questioned me. But, not multiple copies.

Kenneth wrote: "I finished Three Dog Night by Elsebeth Egholm. I liked it so much I read it in one sitting, which is rare for me. The kindle is really nice now that I have one." Great Kenneth. I finished reading this last week. I enjoyed it. My favourite character was the red headed diver Ker, I also liked Peter and the cop. I went on to read Dead Souls which was good but a little choppy. I think it was published out of order. A little like Theorin. Don't you agree. After reading the books, the ice, snow and wind, I wanted to go and put on my woolies.

Just finished Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson. Loved it. My first of his.... Now what to read next?

I cant get it yet.

Just starting "When the Snow Fell" by Henning Mankell Would love to hear comments.

Just ordered it from my library so I'll let you know. thanks for mentioning this book that I'm not familiar with although I've read quite a few Mankells.

Was it printed under another name? Doesn't sound familiar to me either.

"When the snow Fell" is Henning Mankell's Young Adults series. about a young boy named Joel and his father. I believe there are 5 books in this series.

Bobbi wrote: ""When the snow Fell" is Henning Mankell's Young Adults series. about a young boy named Joel and his father. I believe there are 5 books in this series."

I read the first three years ago and quite enjoyed them!

I read Dreamless by Jørgen Brekke. It's a book that turns out very noir with the characters even though it seems to turn out good.

I'm reading Buried by Jussi Adler Olsen.
It's not quite grabbed me like the others in the series, although I'm about half way and it is getting better. Carl and Assad have just caught Rose and Gordon doing you know what!

The Bone Tree seriesPenn Cage #5, The Natchez Burning Trilogy #2 settingNatchez, Mississippi (United States), Greg Iles.....and murder and mayhem doesn't get more gritty than this!!!

Waiting in line is the new David Hewson novel, VOS #2 set in Amsterdam, The Wrong Girl.

I'm ashamed to say that I have not been reading Nordic books.

Got on a Agatha kick and now Ruth Rendell but have a Henning Mankell waiting in the wings. "The Fifth Woman"

Also I do love the Joel books written by Mankell.
Would love to hear comments on them?

I'm back to Nordic with: Where Monsters Dwell.

Thanks Susan, I will look for that title.

A really different Nordic is Wolf Winter, not everyones cup of tea but I liked it.

Will Try that title too.

Try as I might I cannot get into Jo Nesbo books. They are everywhere and the library has a good selection.

I liked the early ones the best. We all have such different tastes, and that's a good thing.

Sharon wrote: "Waiting in line is the new David Hewson novel, VOS #2 set in Amsterdam, The Wrong Girl."

That's what I'll be doing "waiting in line" to see where it is. Read "House of Dolls" and all of the Killing I, II and III. That was a short time, it's on its way.

I enjoyed the first few Joel books. Can imagine young fellas enjoying the series. Interesting how many crime writers do also write a series of kids books. Like all Mankel with exception of the African books.

Just started the 2nd in the Thora Gudmundsdottir series 'My Soul to Take'; not 100% sure (yet) if I'm really feeling this character as much as some of my other favorite authors (Nesbo, Mankell, Nesser, Adler-Olsen, etc.) Sometimes her writing strikes me as more 'soap opera-ish' than other Nordic style writers. To be fair though, I am only in the first 50 pages of this one so far, so I may recant!

Got back into reading Asa Larsson. What a great writer! Why havn't we heard so much about her. Loved Until Thy Wrath Be Past when I read it two years ago and now loving The Black Path.

Helen wrote: "Got back into reading Asa Larsson. What a great writer! Why havn't we heard so much about her. Loved Until Thy Wrath Be Past when I read it two years ago and now loving The Black Path."

Agree, surprises me as I found her books amazing and read them in a row. Keen for more.
Åsa Larsson
Rebecka Martinsson novels
2003 - Solstorm; English translation: Sun Storm (USA), The Savage Altar (UK), 2006
2004 - Det blod som spillts; English translation: The Blood Spilt, 2007
2006 - Svart stig; English translation: The Black Path, 2008
2008 - Till dess din vrede upphör; English translation: Until Thy Wrath be Past, 2011
2011 - Till offer åt Molok; English translation: The Second Deadly Sin, 2014

Helen wrote: "Got back into reading Asa Larsson."

I have read the five books that have been translated into English. Are there any more?

Bobbi wrote: "I have started reading ( half way through ) John Brekke's Where Monsters Dwell. Very well written. I will certainly read his next book."

I enjoyed him as well Bobbi; I've just put his 2nd book on hold at my library. (Luckily they've got a great selection of Scandi fiction!) Looks like he's only written two that are translated to English; hopefully more are to come.

Loved "Where Monsters Dwell"

Just got Snowblind and We Shall Inherit the Wind today.

Just going to start Blood Spilt by Asa Larsson. Hope it is great as I have not read many of her books.

Love to hear comments

I've read all five of Asa Larsson's books and enjoyed them ... until I got to THE SECOND DEADLY SIN. I'm surprised those who have read it haven't commented on the ending. I think what Larsson did was unforgivable. It was the author's choice to direct the circumstances as she did. Not sure I will bother to read more of her books with so many others on my TBR stack. I recall listening to a panel at Bouchercon and that was a subject discussed, briefly; it was considered taboo.

Oh, The Second Deadly Sin is my absolute favourite among Åsa Larsson's books! Simply brilliant!