Sun Storm

I needed to find a first-in-a-series book to read and had a hankering to read a crime novel. Having not previously read a Scandinavian crime book, I thought this was as good a time as any to give one a try. The thought of some astonishing landscape thrown into the mix appealed to me as well. I grabb......more

Απο την αρχη της ιστορίας αντιλαμβάνεσαι το ρόλο των εκκλησιαστικών θεσμών της κοινότητας αλλα ειναι αδιανόητο ποσο βαθειά χωμένοι και παγιδευμένοι μεσα σε μια ιστορια του παρελθόντος που επανέρχεται στο προσκήνιο με αφορμή έναν φόνο ειναι όλοι τελικά οι εξέχοντες κάτοικοι της κωμόπολης και ειδικά ο......more

I've been on a Scandinavian writers' kick since I read and fell hard for 'Out Stealing Horses,' by Per Petterson last August. After reading all three of Petterson's books, (reviewing so far only the first,) I turned to the genre which Nordic writers seem to dominate these days---the suspense novel.......more

This is the first in a series by the Swedish Noir writer Asa Larsson. It has good things to recommend it. I enjoyed the tax forensics, the story of evangelism in a small Swedish town (didn’t know such a thing existed there) and the general winter landscape. I also learned that gherkin sandwiches are......more

Un famoso predicador de una "nueva" y exitosa religión es hayado brutalmente asesinado en una alejada iglesia de Kiruna, Suecia. Su hermana Sanna encuentra el cadáver y se convierte en la única posible sospechosa. Rápidamente llama a Rebekah, una antigua amiga que huyó de la ciudad y de su unión con......more