English Translations of Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries & Thrillers discussion

Sharon wrote: "The Girl in the Woods. #10. Camilla Läckberg. Feb 2018. iBook. 17.99!!!!!! 1/20 6.49 finally!

Quite ambitious.... There are in my opinion three + storylines running in this book and three major ti..."

has it been translated in English?
I have read the first 7 (not liking 7 much). I have 8 which is buried Angel, but didn't know the rest has been translated.

What I like about this series is the multiple time line to all stories which make it intriguing , but it seems she has overdone it with this one!

For those that enjoyed Wisting so much on tv....just downloaded is a new book written by two very good authors. Mine just downloaded so will start it next.....Have read all Thomas Enger books so keen to read this.

Death Deserved. Thomas Enger, Jørn Lier Horst, Anne Bruce, preordered iBook . January 2020

And another due September 2020 Nullpunkt...search ENGLISH.....

Sherri wrote: "Sharon wrote: "The Girl in the Woods. #10. Camilla Läckberg. Feb 2018. iBook. 17.99!!!!!! 1/20 6.49 finally!

Quite ambitious.... There are in my opinion three + storylines running in this book and..."

IT WAS A VERY GOOD READ...COMPLICATED BUT VERY WELL DONE AND EVERYTHING JOINED UP NICELY...
WHAT I HAVE SO FAR ON HER IN ENGLISH, excuse my notes:

Camilla Läckberg - Sweden √
Isprinsessan (Patrik Hedstrom, #1) The Ice Princess..2002/08. √
Predikanten (Patrik Hedström, #2) The Preacher....2004/09 √
Stenhuggaren (Patrik Hedstrom, #3). The Stone Cutter...2005/10 NO
The Stranger aka The Gallows Bird. #4). 2006/13. Kindle. 4/13. YES
The Hidden Child #5). 2007/11. Kindle 5/13. FILM 2014 War Child amazing! YES
The Drowning. #6). 2008/12. Kindle 5/13. YES
The Lost Boy. #7). 2009/13. (aka The Lighthouse Guardian/Keeper). Kindle 5/13. YES √
Änglamakerskan (The Angel Maker), #8 2011/. Buried Angels April 10,2014. Pre ordered iBook 3/14 16.99!! YES √
The Ice Child. #9. April 1, 2016 .....pre ordered iBook. YES √ 5/5!!!!!
The Girl in the Woods. #10. Feb 2018. Ibook 17.99!!!!!! 1/20 6.49 ✅
The Gilded Cage by Camilla Läckberg, June 2020. English. ****pre ordered iBook.
NOTE ALSO LISTED ON SOME SOURCES AS THE GOLDEN CAGE!?


The Scent of Almonds and other stories. Pre ordered iBook 26/2/2015. √. Includes ss The Widow's Cafe.

To be trans/pub/English.
*****
Smaker från Fjällbacka Flavours from Fjällbacka
Fest, mat och kärlek Feast, Food & Love
2011 Super Charlie Super Charlie Childrens books....NO
The Lion Tamer....2016 is kids book???



Television adaptations
Filming of the new TV series Fjällbacka Murders began in August 2011 based on the characters from Läckberg's novels, but the stories will be new, with actors Claudia Galli and Richard Ulfsäter playing Erica and Patrik. 'My books are my children & I want to hand them over to somebody who will look after them,' Camilla is quoted as saying.
Läckberg and her friend and fellow author Denise Rudberg have hosted the literature series Läckberg & Rudberg on SVT.

Sad news for fans, I know I have enjoyed reading many of her books now and then over the decades...
A message from Carolyn K. Reidy, President & CEO of Simon & Schuster:

It is with great sadness that I write to inform you that Mary Higgins Clark died earlier today in Naples, Florida, at the age of 92. The cause was complications of old age.

It is impossible to overestimate the importance of Mary’s contribution to our success, and her role in the modern history of Simon & Schuster. Beginning in 1975 with the publication of WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN, each of her 56 books has been a bestseller. There are more than 100 million copies of her books in print in the United States; they are international bestsellers and have been translated into every major and many less well-known languages.

But these storied publishing accomplishments tell only a small part of the larger story that is Mary Higgins Clark. She was, simply, a remarkable woman who overcame an early life of hardship and challenges, never doubting her ability as a natural-born storyteller (and she was one for the ages), and who persevered through trial and rejection until she at last achieved her Holy Grail of being a published author.

Those of us who are fortunate to have worked with Mary—and at Simon & Schuster, that is multitudes—know her as a person of tremendous loyalty and dedication: In this day and age it is exceedingly rare for an author, especially one as prized as Mary, to remain with a single publisher for an entire forty-five-year career.

She was similarly devoted to her readers, until very recently going out of her way to meet them while on tour for every one of her books, and drawing tremendous energy and satisfaction from her interactions with them, even though she long ago could have pulled back from that part of being an author. She was, too, a generous member of the literary community, especially toward new authors, and was well known beyond the publishing world for her support of innumerable philanthropic and civic causes.

Of course, no one here has been associated with Mary longer than Michael Korda, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Simon & Schuster, who says:

“Mary and I have been dear friends, and worked together since 1975, during which time we never had a cross word between us, which surely sets something of a record for author-editor relationships.

“She was unique. Nobody ever bonded more completely with her readers than Mary did; she understood them as if they were members of her own family. She was always absolutely sure of what they wanted to read—and, perhaps more important, what they didn’t want to read—and yet she managed to surprise them with every book. She was the Queen of Suspense, it wasn’t just a phrase; she always set out to end each chapter on a note of suspense, so you just had to keep reading. It was at once a gift, but also the result of hard work, because nobody worked harder than Mary did on her books to deliver for her readers. She was also, unfailingly, cheerful under pressure, generous, good humored and warm-hearted, the least ‘temperamental’ of bestselling authors, and the most fun to be around. I feel privileged to have enjoyed forty-five years of her friendship, and saddened that I will no longer be able to pick up the phone and hear her say, ‘Michael, I think I’ve figured out how to make this story work.’ She was a joy to work with, and to know.”

Yes, she was deservedly known as the Queen of Suspense, but in our building we have long and fondly thought of her as the First Lady of Simon & Schuster. Today we did not just lose an author, but a true and well-loved member of the Simon & Schuster family. I will miss her tremendously, both on a personal and professional level, but we all can be grateful and proud for having had the privilege of being her publisher these many years, and thankful for all she has meant to her millions of readers and for her kindness and service to many generations of authors.

Please join me in offering heartfelt condolences to Mary’s children and extended family.

Just finished Victim 2117: A Department Q Novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen and I'm still in a glow from reading it. Do you ever feel that way? You can't read anything else yet.

He's got it coming by Alexandra Winter was published 14 February, 2020. Norway.

When Daniella can’t kill to avenge her husband’s death, love is the best revenge.
Police told Daniella that her husband’s car crash two years ago was straightforward—an accident with no witnesses.
They were wrong.
A man named Henrik Larsen saw the crash, but instead of calling an ambulance, left him to die.
Using her hacking skills, Daniella plots her revenge. She gains insight into Henrik’s entire personal life so killing him will be easy. But when that plan falls apart, she’s ready to sacrifice her body and sanity to make the man she hates fall in love with her. She’ll give him exactly what he gave her—an unhealable broken heart.
But everything is not as it seems, and what Daniella learns changes her life.

Side note.....This is Alexandra's second book and she hopes that you will read it and give her some feedback. Her books are all set in Norway so they have that going for them. Amazon has it for $4.99.

A side note.....for every person that is a member there is a book.

The Rock Blaster, George Goulding & Henning Mankell
Looking forward to this as he has been my favorite writer for a lot of years before his death. This book is newly published in English......CANNOT FIND A LISTING ON GOODREADS FOR THIS NEW BOOK....... ???


Before this I have returned to another good writer Joanne Harris and just finished Five Quarters of the Orange.....Excellent.

Just finished the excellent first book in the Scandi-crime series featuring Swedish detective Fabian Risk:-

Victim Without a Face by Stefan Ahnhem

5 star read for me - my review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

just finished and : Death Deserved

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Nadine wrote: "just finished and : Death Deserved

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

I like both writers and thought this was an interesting first joint effort....

Anyone else getting Goodreads emails with notes from ....****the author, shared 11 notes and 10 comments from the ...name of book....... WHAT THE.......is that about? Why would indeed anyone care? Three this morning and a few yesterday. New .... Also had a newsletter from Goodreads that was listing off categories of books I never read....it was obviously so general that not one item was of interest .......... New for me these emails and not welcome.

We had the book Sister by Kjell Ola Dahl published on 29 February 2020. Norway. It is now out in paperback 1 October 2020.

Suspended from duty, Detective Frølich is working as a private investigator, when his girlfriend’s colleague asks for his help with a female asylum seeker, who the authorities are about to deport. She claims to have a sister in Norway, and fears that returning to her home country will mean instant death. Frølich quickly discovers the whereabouts of the young woman’s sister, but things become increasingly complex when she denies having a sibling, and Frølich is threatened off the case by the police. As the body count rises, it becomes clear that the answers lie in an old investigation, and the mysterious sister, who is now on the run. A dark, chilling and up-to-the-minute Nordic Noir thriller, Sister is also a tense and well-plotted murder mystery with a moving tragedy at its heart, cementing Kjell Ola Dahl as one of the greatest crime writers of our generation.

Ken wrote: "We had the book Sister by Kjell Ola Dahl published on 29 February 2020. Norway. It is now out in pape..."

Enjoy this series but frustrated it jumps from book 6 to 9! Translation others not to be found..... 4.99 on iBook.

Downloaded but stuck finishing a series before I can start.....

I know that the masthead that I have chosen is now defunct due to Maj Sjöwall's death at 84 years young. But it was previously due to Per Wahlöö death after their 10th Beck Mystery "The Terrorists" was published in 1975. They were never married but put everything I know into what makes an interesting read. Due to this I think it makes the most sense to recognize two of the most influential people that have made Scandinavia and Nordic Mysteries what they are today.

Ken wrote: "I know that the masthead that I have chosen is now defunct due to Maj Sjöwall's death at 84 years young. But it was previously due to Per Wahlöö death after their 10th Beck Mystery "The Terrorists"..."

Absolutely.

Anders Roslund √. Sweden
Börge Hellström for team Roslund & Hellström.
Ewert Grens - Piet Hoffmann Trilogy (Grens & Sundqvist)
Former petty criminal Piet Hoffmann and DCI Ewert Grens.
1. Three Seconds, Roslund & Hellström. 2009/2009 ✅ read.
2 .Three Minutes, Roslund & Hellström 2016/2017. iBook ✅
3. Three Hours, Roslund & Hellström 2018/2019. iBook

Think too much time between reading 1&2 ...cannot seem to get into the number two book.......

Any of you there have read anything of Inger Wolf - if not - I highly suggest you to start. It is a fantastic danish crime writer :)

Lone wrote: "Any of you there have read anything of Inger Wolf - if not - I highly suggest you to start. It is a fantastic danish crime writer :)"

Haven’t personally but see seven in her Daniel Trokic series.... all sound good and several languages. See Ken has read a few. Good tip. Thanks.

In my opinion a very good article. Patricia Highsmith.
https://crimereads.com/patricia-highs...

I'm reading "Frost and Ashes", by Inger Wolf right now what a long shot.

Ken wrote: "I'm reading "Frost and Ashes", by Unger Wolf right now what a long shot."

Look forward to your review.
My searches so far show.....

Daniel Trokic Series
7 primary works • 7 total works. Goodreads author...

Dark September. #1. 2006 English 2017.
Frost & Ashes #2. 2008/2018
Songbird #3. 2009/
Hvepsereden (Daniel Trokic #4) no English! 2011
Evil Water. #5. 2012
Under A Black Sky. #6. 2013.
Det perfekte sted at dø. #7. 2014. no English!

Not a Scand mystery but dark & filled with murder & death nonetheless.....

Finished From Sea to Stormy Sea: 17 Paintings by Great American Artists and the Stories They Inspired ed by Lawrence Block

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

If like me you really enjoy watching and especially reading series, you will enjoy this article....

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/bo...

I just went on NetGalley today and now they have audiobooks you can listen to.

Sherri wrote: "Sharon wrote: "The Girl in the Woods. #10. Camilla Läckberg. Feb 2018. iBook. 17.99!!!!!! 1/20 6.49 finally!

Quite ambitious.... There are in my opinion three + storylines running in this book and..."

Hey,
Buried angels is one of the best books she has done I think. You should read that one.

Hey All,

I recently read The Gilded Cage by Camilla Lackberg. A radical departure from all of her other novels, but really well written and a great story/mystery. Worth every penny.

Recommended.
Death Deserved is next up after a non crime novel.

VelvetFog wrote: "Hey All,

I recently read The Gilded Cage by Camilla Lackberg. A radical departure from all of her other novels, but really well written and a great story/mystery. Worth every penny.

Recommended.
..."

Read them all as they come out in English translation.... Perhaps time for you to try reading digital... in my experience the books are easier to locate, access and in many cases very economical. If you require some tips or lists try various ways of searching on GRs. Lots here. Or ask. Enjoy.

Death Deserved, Blix & Ramm #1, Thomas Enger, Jørn Lier Horst, Anne Bruce, preordered iBook . 15 January 2020

Smoke Screen, Blix & Ramm #2 , Thomas Engel and Jørn Lier Horst. Nullpunt....iBook, pre ordered 18/ 12/ 2020.

Just sharing an observation...📝anyone who knows me well, knows I follow writers, series! 📚The difference having just finished #16 in a character driven series last night and after lunch starting #16 of another series! Cannot put this one down but struggled and skipped some heavy descriptive passages in the last one! What a huge difference in skill with a storyline and character flow! Amazing....📚

Sharon, great characters make all the difference. Now my curiosity is aroused. Which two series are these?

Icewineanne wrote: "Sharon, great characters make all the difference. Now my curiosity is aroused. Which two series are these?"

Find Them Dead, Roy Grace #. Peter James. Out 9/7/20. iBook.
All The Devils Are Here. Gamache #16. Louise Penny. 1/9/2020 iBook.

Also really enjoy Penny’s series Sharon.
And the first book in Peter James series was excellent but the second one was a bit of a letdown for me so I put off reading the next one, Not Dead Enough. But as I own a copy, I’ll get to it one day 😉

Icewineanne wrote: "Also really enjoy Penny’s series Sharon.
And the first book in Peter James series was excellent but the second one was a bit of a letdown for me so I put off reading the next one, Not Dead Enough...."

Read them all and many of PJ’s stand alone books too but have been up and down the last few years. This book was a great deal of court room description of a trial with jury and very little Roy Grace et al. If a person knew little about court activity it would perhaps read better and he does great research for his various themes but just long for me! Louise Penny just flows as many of the other writer’s character driven series do. Looking forward to the new Rebus due within a month. Have left a few of my writers the last few years and don’t do it easily but happens !!

Sharon wrote: "Icewineanne wrote: "Sharon, great characters make all the difference. Now my curiosity is aroused. Which two series are these?"

Find Them Dead, Roy Grace #. Peter James. Out 9/7/20. iBook.
All The..."
I've been reading the Gamache series since last summer - on #15 Better Man now and the next one should arrive soon! I'll check out the Grace series next. Thanks!

A suggestion for newer members of English Translations of Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries & Thrillers. I became interested in this because I have 45-65% blood relations that are Swedish. I've read most of the U.S. authors in Mysteries and Thrillers, so I started to read translations of the Scandinavian authors first with Peter Høeg who wrote Smilla's Sense of Snow , and then saw the movie. I was hooked. Then I read an article of a new Swedish author called Stieg Larsson , who passed away in 2004, so I got Amazon U.K. and bought all his books. They are The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , The Girl Who Played with Fire , and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest . I watched all these as movies, do the Swedish ones they follow the book. This was a year before it was published in the U.S.. I almost lost them because I let other people read them. If you start out with these books you will probably end up like me, hooked. Good reading.

I also started with Stieg Larsson's trilogy, and got hooked on this genre.

Switching around a bit lately but happy to start Robert Harris’ V2. Interesting as Nazi Germany's V2 rockets were fired at London from Occupied Holland and the construction of them is interesting as living here we have seen many signs of the areas close to where we live and in Belgium over the years.....

I’m reading and trying to read.... Jo Nesbo’s new The Kingdom.
Anyone have any comments? I don’t know if it’s this second wave of pandemic with the stress, but I cannot get into it......

Finished 2020 with only =46 books read. I blame Covid-19 as my focus and concentration was so affected by three lockdowns and such a lot of restrictions that it was just hard to get into, even favorite authors!!
But ended 2020 with some good reading that I can recommend:
42. The Wild Silence, Rayner Winn, iBook, 29/11/2020 3/5 ✅
43. Cook, eat, repeat. Nigella Lawson. HB. Amazon D. 3/12/2020. 5/5 ✅
44. Troubled Blood, Cormoran Strike #5, Robert Galbraith. iBook 17/12/2020. 5/5 ✅
45. Winterkill, #6 Dark Iceland Final. Ragnar Jónasson. iBook. 22/12/2020. 3/5. ✅
46. The Secret Life of Mr Roos, Barbarotti #3. Håkan Nesser. iBook. 28/12/2020. 5/5 ✅

And started this year with a very good read:
1. Smoke Screen, Blix & Ramm #2 , Thomas Engel & Jørn Lier Horst. Megan Turney, translator. iBook, 3/1/2021. 5/5 ✔️

Now, moving over to something a bit different and catching up on Mary Lawson books, reading Road Ends from 2013.

The Woman Before Wallis (Bryn Turnbull)

The Distant Echo by Val McDermid

Always partial to Val McDermid’s writing. And when the 6th book (Still Life) in the Karen Pirie series was released in October to excellent reviews, I thought it’s about time to read this series from the beginning. Was super surprised at only 8 pages in, to discover that I had already read this one over a decade ago. Although I don’t remember the ending clearly, with each new chapter I start to recall what comes next.
I’ve never been a fan of re-reads & usually don’t, but this book still grabs me. The sign of an excellent writer!

Sharon wrote: "Finished 2020 with only =46 books read. I blame Covid-19 as my focus and concentration was so affected by three lockdowns and such a lot of restrictions that it was just hard to get into, even favo..."

Sharon, Mary Lawson is one of my favourite authors, too. Did you know that she has another book coming out in March? A Town Called Solace.

Icewineanne wrote: " The Distant Echo by Val McDermid

Always partial to Val McDermid’s writing. And when the 6th book (Still Life) in ..."

That happens all the time. It's always interesting to see new data with each book and try to remember the ending.

Tone wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Finished 2020 with only =46 books read. I blame Covid-19 as my focus and concentration was so affected by three lockdowns and such a lot of restrictions that it was just hard to get ..."

Yes, cannot wait.
Mary Lawson. Canada 🇨🇦 🍁
recommended by Anne Tyler & Graham Norton.
Crow Lake. 2002 √ PB. 5/5
The Other Side of the Bridge. 2006. ✅ PB. 5/5.
Road Ends. 2013. iBook 2020 ✔️
A Town Called Solace. iBook pre order 28 February 2021.
Before The Snow. Mary Lawson 🍁 Due March 2021. Look for!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_...

Sharon wrote: "Tone wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Finished 2020 with only =46 books read. I blame Covid-19 as my focus and concentration was so affected by three lockdowns and such a lot of restrictions that it was just..."

I believe that Before the Snow must have changed title to A Town Called Solace at some point, as the synopsis is the same for both of them.

I've been wanting to read Will Dean's book Black River but it's never been on NetGalley or Edelweiss+, so I had to buy, 2nd hand, the book because it was never in e-book form. I will have my review in a few days.

Sharon wrote: "Tone wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Finished 2020 with only =46 books read. I blame Covid-19 as my focus and concentration was so affected by three lockdowns and such a lot of restrictions that it was just..."

Crow Lake was excellent. I read this over a decade ago. Intended to read some of her other books but never did. You’ve inspired me to seek them out. Thanks for the nudge Sharon!

Ken wrote: "I've been wanting to read Will Dean's book Black River but it's never been on NetGalley or Edelweiss+, so I had to buy, 2nd hand, t..."

Looking forward to your review Ken.
I’ve heard so many good things about this series. Purchased a remainder copy of Dark Pines that’s winking at me from my night table.

Icewineanne wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Tone wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Finished 2020 with only =46 books read. I blame Covid-19 as my focus and concentration was so affected by three lockdowns and such a lot of restrictions t..."

Thank goodness I listed to the UK BBC Bookclub show this year in lockdown and heard Graham Norton rave about her books. Reminded me and now following her. But it happens now and then that I lose track of an author. Road Ends (apparently from 2013) was a very good read. I look forward to the next two. She is a very good storyteller. Rural northern Ontario reminded me a lot of my youth in rural Manitoba in the 60s. And enjoy how she tells the past of a family through the present of the characters.... Enjoy.

That’s what I loved about Crow Lake also Sharon! It reminded me of time spent up north at our cottage, literally from April to Nov every year.