Scandinavian Crime Fiction, 2008 & 2009

January:

• Stieg Larsson: The Girl Who Played with Fire. Second book in the Millennium trilogy. Reviewed.

February:

• Karin Alvtegen: Shadow. A story of dark family secrets. Reviewed
• Camilla Lackberg: The Stonecutter, the third book about Patrik Hedstrom and Erica Falck from Fjallbacka (book review)(and The Preacher released as paperback in the UK)

March:

• Jo Nesbo: The Redeemer, a new book in the series about Detective Harry Hole. Reviewed

April:

• Hakan Nesser: Woman with a Birthmark. Another book in the series about Inspector Van Veeteren - Review
• Yrsa Sigurdardottir: My Soul to Take, the second book with the Icelandic lawyer Thora Gudmundsdottir - Review

June:

• Dahl, K O: The Last Fix, a new book with dectives Gunnarstranda and Frolich from Oslo. - Review
• Egeland, Tom: The Guardians of the Covenant. About Archaeologist Bjorn Belto who finds ancient Viking parchments. Review
• Jarkko Sipila: Against the Wall. A Helsinki Homicide novel featuring Detective Lieutenant Kari Takamaki and undercover agent Suhonen. Review.

  July:

• Leif Davisen: The Woman from Bratislava. Starring Teddy Pedersen, a middle-aged, Danish university lecturer (Review)
• Karin Fossum: The Water's Edge. Another book in Karin Fossum's series about Inspector Konrad Sejer. Review.
• Johan Theorin: The Darkest Room. Another crime story from Oland. Review.

August:

• Camilla Lackberg: The Stonecutter, a new book from Fjallbacka, featuring Patrik Hedstrom and Erica Falck, the third in the series. Review.
• Inger Frimansson: Island of the Naked Women- psychological thriller (Review)

September:

• Arnaldur Indridason: Hypothermia, a new Reykjavik-thriller with Sigurdur and Erlendur. Review.
• Gunnar Staalesen: The Consorts of Death, another Varg Veum from Bergen in Norway. Review.
• Death Angels, by Ake Edwardson, a new book in the series about Chief Inspector Erik Winter. Review.

October:

• Tove Jansson: The True Deceiver. Review.
• Stieg Larsson: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, the third and final book in the Millennium Trilogy, featuring Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander (Review)

  December:

• Anne Holt: Death in Oslo, a new novel with former FBI profiler Johanne Vik and her husband, Detective Inspector Adam Stubo (UK release Dec. 10, US release: Unknown). Book review.

January:

• Alvtegen, Karin: Missing. Demonstrates clearly that Alvtegen is one of the best of the Swedish crime writers. (Status: Released.) Review.
• Larsson, Stieg: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. This is the first book in the Millennium Trilogy by this incredibly talented (now dead) writer. (Status: Released) Review
• Sigurdardottir, Yrsa: Last Rituals. Attorney Thora Gudmundsdottir is commissioned to find out the truth. (Status: Released) Review

February:

• Burman, Carina: The Streets of Babylon (released February in the UK, May in the US) (review)
• Holt, Anne: What Never Happens (Status: released)(review)
• Larsson, Asa: The Savage Altar (UK)(published as Sun Storm in the US) (review)

  March:

• Nesbo, Jo: Nemesis. This is the fourth crime novel by Nesbo starring Detective Harry Hole, in Oslo, Norway, to be published in English. (amazon.com gives May as publication date) Review

April:

• Eriksson, Kjell: The Demon of Dakar. Book number 7 starring Detectives Ola Haver and Ann Lindell, from Uppsala in Sweden (review)
• Lackberg, Camilla: The Ice Princess, starring Patrik Hedstrom and Erica Falck, in Fjallbacka in Sweden (review)
• Mankell, Henning: The Eye of the Leopard (review)

May:

• Dahl, K O: The Man in the Window. Book number three about Gunnarstranda and Frolich, from the Oslo Police (amazon.com gives March 18, 2008 as release date)(review)

June:

• Fossum, Karin: Broken, a wonderful novel, borderline between crime and general fiction. (review)
• Nesser, Hakan: Mind's Eye. The fourth Inspector Van Veeteren novel to be released in English. Review

July:

• Larsson, Asa: The Black Path, the third book starring Rebecka Martinssons, a Swedish lawyer. Review.
• Roslund & Hellstrom: The Vault. Review.

August:

• Johan Theorin: Echoes from the Dead (review)

  September:

• Henning Mankell: The Pyramid (The Wallander Stories) (Review)
• Arnaldur Indridason: Arctic Chill (More Erlendur!) (Review)

  November:

• Mari Jungstedt: The Inner Circle (More Inspector Anders Knutas) (book review)
• Kjaerstad, Jan: The Discoverer (The Jonas Wergeland Trilogy, final book) Review.