Scandi Noir

Delve into these crime novels set in Scandinavia - psychological thrillers <tick>, murder mysteries <tick>, brooding detectives <tick> <tick>.

Updated August 30, 2023
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X ways to die
Ahnhem, Stefan
Audiobook
Shadow district
Arnaldur Indridason
Paper Book
A deeply compassionate story of old crimes and their consequences, The Shadow District is the first in a thrilling new series by internationally bestselling author Arnaldur Indridason. THE PAST In wartime Reykjavik, Iceland, a young woman is found strangled in...
The butterfly house
Engberg, Katrine
Paper Book
Detectives Jeppe Kørner and Anette Werner race to solve a series of sordid murders linked to some of the most vulnerable patients in a Danish hospital in this sequel to the #1 international bestseller The Tenant that is "brimming with personality, eccentric characters, and plenty of...
Beyond the truth
Holt, Anne
Paper Book
In the seventh installment of the Hanne Wilhelmsen series, the brilliant female detective must untangle the complex and bitter history of one of Oslo's wealthiest families after a celebratory get together at their home ends in a multi-victim homicide. Shortly before Christmas, four...
Outside
Jonasson, Ragnar.
Ebook
With three million copies of his books sold worldwide, "world-class crime writer"(The Sunday Times, UK) Ragnar Jónasson brings us a chilling new standalone thriller with Outside. Four friends. One night. Not everyone will come out alive . . . ...
Lazarus
Kepler, Lars
Paper Book
INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER * "A nonstop roller coaster of suspense, taking us deep into the hearts and minds of perfectly realized characters. And, oh, what a villain! ... The definition of a one-sitting read!" --Jeffery Deaver, New York Times best-selling author of The...
Blood on snow
Nesbo, Jo
Paper Book
From the internationally acclaimed author of the Harry Hole novels--a fast, tight, darkly lyrical stand-alone novel that has at its center the perfectly sympathetic antihero: an Oslo contract killer who draws us into an unexpected meditation on death and love. This is the story of Olav:...
Killing moon
Nesbo, Jo.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * This killer will get inside your head. * Brilliant rogue police investigator Harry Hole is back, this time as an outsider assembling his own team to help find a serial killer who is murdering young women in Oslo in the next novel in the...
Police
Nesb©ı, Jo
Paper Book
Finalist -- GoodReads Choice Award -- Mystery/Thriller Harry Hole returns--or does he?--in a terrifyingly paced, vertiginous new roller coaster of a thriller by the internationally best-selling author of The Snowman and The Redeemer, "the king of Scandinavian crime fiction"...
The girl who died
Ragnar J©đnasson
Paper Book
THE NAIL-BITING NEW STORY FROM THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR "Is this the best crime writer in the world today? If you're looking for a mystery to get lost in during lockdown..." --The Times, UK "A world-class crime writer.....
Knock knock
Roslund, Anders
Paper Book
The #1 international-bestselling thriller that tells the electrifying story of a police inspector and a former criminal informant in a race against time as they attempt to unravel past and present secrets. He thought she was safe. Then the past came knocking. ...
The witch hunter
Seeck, Max
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A shocking murder in an affluent Helsinki suburb has ties to witchcraft and the occult in this thrilling U.S. debut from Finnish author Max Seeck. A bestselling author's wife has been found dead in a gorgeous black...

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