Scandi Noir

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

Updated September 13, 2023
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Victim 2117
Adler-Olsen, Jussi
Paper Book
In the heart-pounding next installment of the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling Department Q series, a terrifying international investigation reveals the complex backstory of one of the department's own--the enigmatic Assad. The newspaper refers to the body...
X Ways to Die
Ahnhem, Stefan/ Broome, Agnes (TRN)
Paper Book
A murderous game. The killer makes the rules. Death hangs on the roll of the dice. In murder investigations, it pays to keep things simple: motive, method, opportunity. But the case in front of Detective Fabian Risk is a nightmare. A killer who strikes out of nowhere. No apparent...
Voices
Arnaldur Indriðason
Paper Book
Arnaldur Indridason took the international crime fiction scene by storm after winning England's CWA Gold Dagger Award for Silence of the Grave. Now, with the highly anticipated Voices, this world-class sensation treats American readers to another extraordinary Inspector...
The girl by the bridge
Arnaldur Indria̧son
Paper Book
18 million copies sold worldwide! An elderly couple are worried about their granddaughter. They know she's been smuggling drugs, and now she's gone missing. Looking for help, they turn to Konrad, a former policeman whose reputation precedes him. Always absent...
The darkness knows
Arnaldur Indria̧son
Paper Book
Retired detective Konrad returns to a haunting cold case in The Darkness Knows by Arnaldur Indridason, the "undisputed King of the Icelandic thriller." --The Guardian (UK) A frozen body is discovered in the icy depths of Langjökull glacier, apparently that of a...
The Katharina code
Horst, Jr̜n Lier
Paper Book
Set between the icy streets and dark forests of Norway, a heart-stopping story of one man's obsession with his coldest case, by "one of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today" (The Sunday Times, London). Katharina went missing twenty-four years ago....
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...

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