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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The shadow murders
Adler-Olsen, Jussi.
Paper Book
In the exhilarating penultimate thriller of the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling Department Q series, the team must hunt for a nefarious criminal who has slipped under the radar for decades. On her sixtieth birthday, a woman takes her own life. When the...
The shadow district
Arnaldur Indria̧son
Paper Book
OLD CRIMES, NEW CONSEQUENCES THE PAST In wartime Reykjavik, a young woman is found strangled behind the National Theatre, a rough and dangerous area of the city known as 'the shadow district'. An Icelandic detective and a member of the American military police are on the...
Voices
Arnaldur Indria̧son
Paper Book
A REYKJAVIK MURDER MYSTERY. It is a few days before Christmas and a Reykjavik doorman and occasional Santa Claus, Gudlauger, has been found stabbed to death in his hotel room in a sexually compromising position. It soon becomes apparent that both staff and guests have something to hide,...
The girl by the bridge
Arnaldur Indridason.
Paper Book
Over 18 million copies sold worldwide. The bestselling Icelandic author of all time. 'One of the greats of modern crime fiction' Sunday Times __________________________________________ When a young woman known for drug smuggling goes missing, her...
The darkness knows
Arnaldur Indri©ʻason
Paper Book
'Arnaldur Indridason is the grand old man of Icelandic noir' The Times The victim- a businessman missing for thirty years. The case- impossible to solve. Until now. A frozen body is discovered in the icy depths of Langj kull...
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...
Blind goddess
Holt, Anne
Paper Book
The first book in Edgar-nominated Anne Holt's international bestselling mystery series featuring detective Hanne Wilhelmsen, last seen in 1222. A small-time drug dealer is found battered to death on the outskirts of the Norwegian capital, Oslo. A young Dutchman, walking...
In dust and ashes
Holt, Anne
Paper Book
The final nail-biting installment in the ten-part, award-winning Hanne Wilhelmsen series--bestselling in Norway and throughout Europe--from Scandinavia's most celebrated female crime writer, Anne Holt. In 2001, three-year-old Dina is killed in a tragic car accident. Not long...
The lion's mouth a Hanne Wilhelmsen novel
Holt, Anne
Paper Book
An International Bestselling AuthorAn Edgar Award-nominated SeriesA Hanne Wilhelmsen NovelLess than six months in office, the Norwegian Prime Minister is found shot in the head. But was it assassination or personal revenge? Filled with lies, deception, and the truth about government, The Lion's...
Outside
Ragnar Jn̤asson
Paper Book
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 . . . ...
The island : a thriller
Ragnar Jn̤asson
Paper Book
The newest superstar on the Icelandic crime fiction scene has arrived with a superb followup to The Darkness. Shortlisted for the Crime Novel of the Year Award in Iceland Third Place, Novel of the Year Award 2016 in Iceland, selected by booksellers One of the...
Lazarus
Kepler, Lars
Paper Book
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 15 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE The seventh gripping thriller in Lars Kepler's bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Sweden's most notorious serial killer, Jurek Walter, was shot and killed years ago. The police moved on and...
The mirror man
Kepler, Lars
Paper Book
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 15 MILLION COPIES OF THE SERIES SOLD WORLDWIDE   The eighth gripping thriller in Lars Kepler's bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Sixteen-year-old Jenny is abducted in broad daylight and taken to a dilapidated, isolated house...
Trapped
Lackberg, Camilla.
Paper Book
An incredible new thriller you won't want to put down! A shocking murder... It's a case unlike anything detective Mina Dabiri has seen before. A woman trapped inside a magician's box, with swords pierced through. But this time, it's not a magic trick. It's murder. A...
A death in Denmark
Malladi, Amulya
Paper Book
"Philip Marlowe meets Nordic Noir." --Iben Albinus, internationally bestselling and award-winning author of Damaskus Meet Gabriel Præst, an ex-Copenhagen cop (who dresses with panache), jazz aficionado, and relentless pursuer of truth as he explores Denmark's Nazi...
Blood on snow
Nesb,̜ Jo
Paper Book
From the internationally acclaimed author of the Harry Hole novels--a new, electrifying stand-alone thriller set in Oslo in the 1970s: the story of an unusually complicated contract killer--the perfectly sympathetic antihero--that is, as well, an edgy, almost lyrical meditation on death and love....
Killing Moon : A Novel
Nesbo, Jo.
Paper Book
GLOBE AND MAIL and NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller! Harry Hole is an all-time great character...a 100% buy-today-read-tonight delight!"--Lee Child, author of the #1 bestselling Jack Reacher series "Nesbo is back on gruesome form"--Financial Times In...
Police
Nesbo, Jo
Paper Book
The thrilling follow-up to Jo Nesbo's #1 bestseller Phantom. Several police officers are found murdered at the scene of an old and unsolved murder case that they were involved in investigating. The killings are extremely brutal and bestial. The police have no leads. What's more,...
The girl who died
Ragnar Jn̤asson
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.....
The mist
Ragnar Jn̤asson
Paper Book
The final nail-biting installment in Ragnar Jonasson's critically-acclaimed Hidden Iceland series, The Mist, from the newest superstar on the Icelandic crime fiction scene. 1987. An isolated farm house in the east of Iceland. The snowstorm should have shut...
The doll
Yrsa Sigura̧rdt̤tir.
Paper Book
'I love the Children's House series and Yrsa delivers again with The Doll. Such engaging characters and a compelling, twisted and creepy mystery - I couldn't put it down!' SHARI LAPENA 'Yrsa is a wonderful storyteller. Her stories are atmospheric, mysterious...
The absolution
Yrsa Sigura̧rdt̤tir.
Paper Book
The new novel from the internationally bestselling, prizewinning, queen of Icelandic crime. The police find out about the crime the way everyone does: on Snapchat. The video shows the terrified victim begging for forgiveness. When her body is found, it is marked with a number...

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