Nordic Noir

Nordic noir is a subgenre of crime fiction set in Scandinavian countries.
Updated September 19, 2022
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The girl with the dragon tattoo
Larsson, Stieg
Paper Book
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME * #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The thrilling first book in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series featuring Lisbeth Salander: "Combine the chilly Swedish backdrop and moody psychodrama of a Bergman...
The keeper of lost causes
Adler-Olsen, Jussi.
Paper Book
Get to know the detective in charge of Copenhagen's coldest cases in the first electrifying Department Q mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jussi Adler-Olsen. Carl Mørck used to be one of Denmark's best homicide detectives. Then a hail of bullets destroyed...
The hypnotist
Kepler, Lars
Paper Book
#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * The first of the Killer Instinct series featuring Detective Joona Linna: a triple murder, the one surviving witness--a boy with no memory of what happened--and the hypnotist hired to help uncover the truth. "Full of surprises and more than enough...
The crow girl
Sund, Erik Axl
Paper Book
The International Sensation It begins in a Stockholm city park where the abused body of a young boy is discovered. Detective Superintendent Jeanette Kihlberg heads the investigation, battling an apathetic prosecutor and a bureaucratic police force unwilling to devote resources to...
The lost village : a novel
Sten, Camilla
Paper Book
*BEST MYSTERY/THRILLER FOR THE YEAR* for NPR "Come for the mounting horror and scares, but stay for a devastating examination of the nature of family secrets." - New York Times book review "[A] scary, highly entertaining debut...that pays homage to...
The legacy
Yrsa Sigura̧rdt̤tir
Paper Book
The first in a stunning new series from the author of The Silence of the Sea, winner of the 2015 Petrona Award for best Scandinavian Crime Novel. The Legacy is the first installment in a fantastic new series featuring the psychologist Freyja and the police...

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