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Crime Roundup
Posted On: October 12, 2011Posted In: Genre Round-ups
Publisher: The Bookdagger Crew
In case you missed it, check out a round up of some of this month’s featured books!
Read More...A Lethal Investment in an extract
Posted On: September 26, 2011Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Faber
Get a taster of the new Scandinavian mystery by K. O. Dahl, Lethal Investment, a murder mystery the scene set with a woman’s leg sticking out of an apartment doorway.
Read More...Watch the trailer for Mercy and enter the competition to win one of five copies! [closed]
Posted On: May 24, 2011Posted In: Competitions, Video
Publisher: Penguin Books
You’ve read the interviews with author Jussi Adler-Olsen, now watch the teaser trailer for Mercy for your chance to win a copy of the book!
Read More...Jussi Adler-Olsen interviewed – part three
Posted On: May 23, 2011Posted In: Audio, Interviews
Publisher: Penguin Books
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Scandinavia’s new bestselling crime writing phenomenon, speaks about his extensive research and travels.
If you liked The Killing, you’ll love this Danish crime fiction novel… and watch for a competition to win copies of Mercy tomorrow!
Read More...Jussi Adler-Olsen interviewed – part two
Posted On: May 20, 2011Posted In: Interviews, Video
Publisher: Penguin Books
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Scandinavia’s new bestselling crime writing phenomenon, reveals how he came to be published and gives his views on the Scandinavian fiction trend.
Read More...Jussi Adler-Olsen interviewed – part one
Posted On: May 19, 2011Posted In: Interviews, Video
Publisher: Penguin Books
Jussi Adler-Olsen discusses the characters in his internationally acclaimed bestseller, Mercy.
Read More...Read an extract from The Inspector and Silence
Posted On: January 26, 2011Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: The Bookdagger Crew
Download the first three chapters of Håkan Nesser’s The Inspector and Silence mystery which is published later this year.
The author is talking at UCL’s first Nordic Noir book club meeting on February 3rd.
Read More...Nordic Noir: Shadows in the Snow
Posted On: January 24, 2011Posted In: Articles
Publisher: The Bookdagger Crew
On February 3rd, the University College London’s Scandinavian Studies course launches its very own book club, Nordic Noir.
The first meeting will take shape as an investigation into Swedish crime fiction with speakers including best-selling author Håkan Nesse. Come and join the discussion.
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