Scandinavian crime writers

Yes, the world is enamoured with Scandinavian crime writers. Ever since Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall wrote their series of ten police procedurals from 1965 to 1975, there have been writers from Iceland, Sweden, Norway and Finland writing a range of thrilling psychological stories. To me they have far greater character depth and development than many of the American or even British authors. The best known of these authors is probably Henning Mankell, who has written a series of stories about Inspector Kurt Wallander and his daughter, which has been turned into a television show. However you have probably seen that The girl with the Dragon Tatoo by Stieg Larsson, has been on the best selling list for many months.

If you enjoy finding crime stories that are a bit different, settings in countries unfamilar or that seem to take things a bit slower, perhaps reflecting real life investigations, you should try some of these great authors. They arent always easy to find second hand – at JimmyDs when we get them they go pretty fast! But persevere and they will turn up.

The link below is something I found recently. My personal favourites at the moment are Kjell Eriksson, Henning Mankell and Arnaldur Indridason. Come in and talk to me about your favourites.

Magda

 

http://homepages.gac.edu/~fister/scandcrime/denmark.html

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