Category: Scandinavian crime
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Another crimfic blogger mentioned on Twitter that 'BrooksideElaine (yes that is my twitname) wrote about C&T. Well, senior moment, mind went blank and I was reduced to Tweeting back Er what is C&T? Back came the reply 'Crime and Thrillers' OK so slunk into a TweetCorner for a few mins 'sigh' So it is fitting…
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The Troubled Man is the last book by this author featuring Kurt Wallander. Mankell decided enough was enough and there would be no more. I was very saddened to hear of this as I have become very fond of the melancholic, diffident Swedish detective with his angst and worries. I have had the book for…
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The Gallows Bird is the latest in the series about Patrik Hedstrom and his colleagues and have been saving this up for the weekend along with my mini-Easter egg and I enjoyed both, the reading and the eating. A woman is found dead, apparently the victim of a tragic car crash. The car reeks of…
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Weekend over and jet lag seemingly gone, I say seemingly as I keep waking up at 3 am in the morning wide awake, but this will pass. So back to Random Jottings and it is good to be back and my first post is about a writer I have been reading while in Australia. When…
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Take a look at the picture of all these book titles. What do they have in common? First of all, they are all Nordic/Finnish/Icelandic whatever, they are all detective stories and the book jackets are all black and white and monochrome. Why? OK we know that most people who live in the Scandinavian countries are…