Category Archives: Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo

Review: The Man on the Balcony by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo

Posted on September 6, 2012 by bernadetteinoz

The third of ten novels in a well-planned series THE MAN ON THE BALCONY takes place in 1967 at the tail end of the Swedish summer. In quick succession the bodies of two young girls are found in Stockholm parks … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo, Sweden | 7 Comments

Books of the Month – October 2011

Posted on November 3, 2011 by bernadetteinoz

I didn’t manage a lot of reviewing in October but was lucky enough to have a couple of 5-star reads which means Book of the month is a difficult choice so I’m not going to make it. Tom Franklin‘s Crooked Letter, Crooked … Continue reading →

Posted in Alice LaPlante, Arnaldur Indriðason, Barry Maitland (Aus), books of the month, Camilla Lackberg, Carolyn Morwood (Aus), Dan Waddell, Daphne Du Maurier, Denise Mina, John Lawton, Jussi Adler-Olsen, list, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo, Nicole Watson (Aus), Ruth Rendell, S J Bolton, Tom Franklin, Yrsa Sigurdardottir | 9 Comments

Maximum reading: minimum reviewing

Posted on October 30, 2011 by bernadetteinoz

The main prompt for me to start this blog was to write down my thoughts about the books I read so that my future self would be a little less ignorant about my reading than I had been in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Arnaldur Indriðason, Camilla Lackberg, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo, mini review, S J Bolton, Yrsa Sigurdardottir | 21 Comments

Crime Fiction Alphabet: Z is for Zeitgeist

Posted on July 11, 2011 by bernadetteinoz

Crime fiction writers are able, should they be so inclined, to explore the social and political settings in which their stories take place, often in a way that contemporary journalism or other writing cannot. In this way it is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Alan Carter (Aus), Alan Glynn, Crime Fiction Alphabet, Dashiell Hammett, list, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo, memes and challenges | 12 Comments

Books of the Month – August 2010

Posted on September 1, 2010 by bernadetteinoz

That Was Then August was a hectic month involving the country’s most bizarre election (which had me watching far more TV than I normally would) and an invasion from overseas (i.e. family came to visit). Both of these activities left … Continue reading →

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Review: Roseanna by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo

Posted on August 15, 2010 by bernadetteinoz

I bought this book a couple of years ago when I first started getting interested in translated crime fiction (for the record my first one was a Larsson but Asa rather than Stieg). I rescued the book from my TBR … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo, Sweden | 14 Comments