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Classic Swedish Noir

Martin Beck Book Series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö

October 14, 2021 by xoxoxoe 2 Comments

In 1965 writing partners (and partners in real life) Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö embarked on a quest – to write and publish ten novels in ten years featuring Stockholm’s Martin Beck. The novels, police procedurals, were structured as not only mysteries, but reflections and commentary on modern Swedish society. The duo wore alternating chapters – but since I haven’t read any of their individual works I couldn’t;t guess who wrote which chapter in any given novel. The books are cohesive and follow policeman Martin […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Detective Fiction, Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, Martin Beck, police procedural, Scandi-noir, scandinavian crime fiction, Sweden, Swedish fiction

xoxoxoe's CBR13 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Detective Fiction, Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, Martin Beck, police procedural, Scandi-noir, scandinavian crime fiction, Sweden, Swedish fiction ·
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I laughed, I cried, I will re-read.

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

January 7, 2021 by narfna 10 Comments

“They say that a person’s personality is the sum of their experiences. But that isn’t true, at least not entirely, because if our past was all that defined us, we’d never be able to put up with ourselves. We need to be allowed to convince ourselves that we’re more than the mistakes we made yesterday. That we are all of our next choices, too, all of our tomorrows.” This is my favorite of Backman’s books (that I’ve read) by quite a large margin. I would […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: anxious people, Fiction, Fredrik Backman, Mental Health, mystery, narfna, Swedish, Swedish fiction, translated

narfna's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: anxious people, Fiction, Fredrik Backman, Mental Health, mystery, narfna, Swedish, Swedish fiction, translated ·
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Men who hate women, parts 2 & 3

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

June 12, 2019 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

Last year I read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as part of CBR10 Bingo and loved it. Happily, I finally got back to the library to check out the two follow-up novels, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. For about the first hundred pages of The Girl Who Played with Fire, I was skeptical. The book picks up with Lisbeth Salander hanging out in Grenada where she’s getting a little R&R, studying math equations, getting pissed […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: cbr11, KimMiE", Stieg Larsson, Swedish fiction

KimMiE"'s CBR11 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: cbr11, KimMiE", Stieg Larsson, Swedish fiction ·
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