English Translations of Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries & Thrillers discussion

Sharon wrote: "Just finished Quicksand by Henning Mankell and translated by Laurie Thompson...both now dead. What a complex read...."

There could be others but Laurie Thompson also translated for Asa Larsson and Hakan Nesser. I think it makes a world of difference as to who is the translator. Another translator I watch for is Steven T. Murray.

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Just finished Victim Without a Face, was very much surprised by it because didn't know anything about Stefan Ahnhem. Can't wait to read his other book Ninth Grave /tp: A Fabian Risk Novel

I am reading The Intruder by Hakan Ostlundh, and started Line of Duty, BBC season 3.

Harriet wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Just finished Quicksand by Henning Mankell and translated by Laurie Thompson...both now dead. What a complex read...."

There could be others but Laurie Thompson also translated for ..."

Agree, me too.

Finished The Quisling Orchid by Dominic Ossiah and I'll be thinking about this book for several weeks. I gave it 5 stars. It was about WWII and how the Nazi's treated the Norwegians. It played out how I thought it would until the final chapter. Don't read it till it's over. It has a lot of sex in it and triangles. Dominic really pulls it off, to me. If you like WWII I would recommend this book.

Thought that Game by Anders de la Motte was a well thought out book. HP is the little brother of Rebecca and served 10 years in prison for her. It's the story of HP finding a phone on a train and it asks him if he wanted to play a game. The game gives you points and money for playing it. HP plays it very well until he is kicked out for squealing on the number 1 rule of the game. You don't squeal on the game. He tries to get back in the game and ends up destroying it. We think. Maybe not according to Farook.

Just finished The Living and the Dead in Winsford by Hakan Nesser.
Great book.

Just Finished which I thoroughly enjoyed. I could see a movie all the way through then read that the author has also written film and TV scripts. Makes sense.
Thanks to other GR readers who mentioned this author.

Maureen wrote: "Just finished The Living and the Dead in Winsford by Hakan Nesser.
Great book."

I agree. I thoroughly enjoyed that read.

Maureen wrote: "Just finished The Living and the Dead in Winsford by Hakan Nesser.
Great book."

I just finished The Strangler's Honeymoon. Since you liked ...Winsford" I think I'll take that up next. I also have Summer with Kim Novak and The G File. So I think I have enough to keep me going for awhile. I just love his books! If you've read any of these I would appreciate your
input. Thanks!

Mary wrote: "Maureen wrote: "Just finished The Living and the Dead in Winsford by Hakan Nesser.
Great book."

I just finished The Strangler's Honeymoon. Since you liked ...Winsford" I think I'll take that up ne..."

I have read them all and I also enjoy his writing very much. Some are quite quiet and take time to develop but those are the VV series mostly and one of the pleasures IMHO of reading a series with characters you get to know and follow. HN standalone a have all IMO been excellent reading. His next series set in Italy I have not managed to get any translations of yet but curious......
You have the 9th and 10th of the VV series. The last VV book was long but tidy!
There are 10 Van Veeteren books all in all. Barbarotti not translated yet.
NOTE ordered two DVD box sets from Amazon of the Van Veeteren series and watching slowly and enjoying them...

I loved "The Living and the Dead in Winsford" so much that I have brought "The Summer of Kim Novak' on e bay. I am going to read all his books. he has flown under the radar with me. But not for long.

I haven't read them all and didn't read them in order but every book has been a really good read. I have also bought 2 DVDs of 6 VV films which I've yet to see. I'm looking forward to that. So many good crime series on TV at the moment. As well as Undercover, Marcella, Line of Duty I'm watching Follow the Money, Thicker than Water and Blue Eyes. Is there anything else on British TV that I'm missing?

Just started reading "The Chemistry of Death" by Simon Becket. Really enyoing it so far!

Well I read an ARC copy of The Devil's Cubs by Leena Lehtolainen. And it finishes the other 2 books. Wonder if she'll continue on with the series. She has a half-sister and David has a son. She see's a lynx at the end (a good omen).

Read the ARC of The Girl and the Rat by Jari Järvelä. I gave it 4 stars because it was filled with murders and revenge. It was a thriller. Should be a book 3 when Metro thinks of revenge. It was a pretty fast read.

Kenneth wrote: "Read the ARC of The Girl and the Rat by Jari Järvelä. I gave it 4 stars because it was filled with murders and revenge. It was a thriller. Should be a book 3 when M..."

Lucky you getting ARC copies of books.

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Camilla Lackberg has had her new baby. Her blog is awesome but you need the language!

Agree. I think this sense of a young family comes through in her books. You know she knows what she is talking about. Always thought that Erika was closely linked to herself. Not that convinced she really knows how a real police station is run. Even for Sweden, it sounds a bit too nice, equalitarian and communal! I love reading it, but not really convinced.

Reading Drowned Boy,

Reading an ARC of The Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund it's putting me back working, which I haven't done for over 10 years. But I'll get over it, haven't had a client for ever. We'll see how this plays out. I'm only about 20% into it.

Finished the snow child now. Really enjoyed the book, definitely one of her best. However, did think the ending a bit strange. Basically they got away with it. Also not sure, did the mother know what was going on?

Gisela wrote: "Finished the snow child now. Really enjoyed the book, definitely one of her best. However, did think the ending a bit strange. Basically they got away with it. Also not sure, did the mother know wh..."

Nice thing IMHO about series, character driven, usually issues are addressed in the next read......

Now I'm 52% through The Crow Girl, it's a long book (784 pages). A lot of date changes to keep straight. An interesting characters (split personalities). Why did it have to do with cutters?

Kenneth wrote: "Now I'm 52% through The Crow Girl, it's a long book (784 pages). A lot of date changes to keep straight. An interesting characters (split personalities). Why did it have to do with ..."

Do you like it?

I'm funny about psychology stuff since I did it for so long. I can not lie, it's right on with the cutters. So many issues they put up with. The killing of people is a little hard to get use to though.

Well I finally finished with The Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund. It starts out with some killing, but you aren't sure who killed who even when it states it right in front of you. All throughout the book. You go for a wild ride and it ends up worth it.

I read an ARC of Fatal Headwind by Leena Lehtolainen and it was very interesting. It comes out in July for those of us in the US. It follows Maria Kallio in her job as Commander of the Espoo Violent Crime Unit after being off for a year on maternity leave. It starts out on a trip to and island called Rödskär where we find Maria, Antti and Lida on his family's sailboat. Here they meet all the people that will be interrogated at a later date about Juda Merivaara's death, and unknowing Maria's prior boyfriend's death a year earlier. Lots of the who done it to who. So it's a good read and I highly recommend it.

I'm currently reading Dead Joker by Anne Holt and I just finished Stalker which had a very pregnant Inspector in it, now I'm really confused another pregnant woman. But not the Inspector.

About to start Death Spiral which has another pregnant policewoman! This has had very mixed reviews - hope it's good because I have really enjoyed the previous ones in the series.

reading "the beige man " by Helene Tursten. I love that its all about the crime and not so much drama with the detective.

Just started "Unseen" by Mari Jungstedt, which judging from its first few chapters, promises to be a great new series.

Read the ARC of The Second Winter by Craig Larsen a really good book on WWII in Denmark. It was a good story base on Criag's fathers uncle.

New author for me.

Note that he's a member of the group. Available for questions.

Ken wrote: "Note that he's a member of the group. Available for questions."

Thanks for letting me know, Ken. Really enjoying it so far.

Molly wrote: "I'm on the third book in the Erlendur series by Arnaldur Indridason, "Voices." Maybe it's the subject matter, or I'm reading far too late at night, but the premise of this book seems a little silly..."

Hi Molly, hope you enjoy/ed Faceless Killers on your trip. That was the first of 5 Henning Mankell books I translated, and by far the least gruesome (a plus in my book). Try his African novels, in which he used a completely different style.

Currently reading "Nine" by Stefan Ahnhem which is his second book. Also read his first but this One is even better .

Lekker-Lezen wrote: "Currently reading "Nine" by Stefan Ahnhem which is his second book. Also read his first but this One is even better ."

Hi. Is this a Fabian Risk book? Really enjoyed the first one.

Yes, is a Fabian Risk book

Just finished Crow Girl. Blech. Trashy, poorlyy written, hard to follow, IMHO. Based on junk psychology. Waste of my time. Reads like a tabloid. Seems to me the so called writers churned this out to jump on the Nordic crime train. Stieg Larsson wannabes. Had to read another book right away to rid my mind of Crow Girl.

Good warning. Thanks.

I didn't get past the first chapter. Just shock value.

Exactly. Well put. Just went on and on, hundreds of pages too many, sole purpose of which was more and and more graphic, gratuitous violence.

Reading 'Crow Girl' and plan to finish it. Still I wouldn't recommend it. Need the names of some good books.

I am about 100 pages in Crow Girl and so far I like it. Will post again when I finish it.

My next book, new author for me.

Sandy wrote: "

My next book, new author for me."

She's written two other books in English: Some Kind of Peace and More Bitter Than Death. I like her.

I finished Camilla Grebe's book The Ice Beneath Her: A Novel as an ARC. It was really good because it was told by several people. Emma, Hanne, and Peter, depending on who you believed the story could change from one minute to the next. It was worth reading.