Category Archives: Sweden

Review: SHAME by Karin Alvtegen

Posted on September 27, 2017 by bernadetteinoz

SHAME has languished unread on my shelves since I found a second hand copy in Australia’s only bookshop specialising in crime fiction 8 years ago. I can’t explain the languishing as I have loved both of the other books by … Continue reading →

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Review: THE DYING DETECTIVE by Leif G.W. Persson

Posted on January 25, 2017 by bernadetteinoz

Although billed as a standalone novel, with legendary policeman Lars Martin Johansson taking centre stage THE DYING DETECTIVE is not entirely new territory for Persson’s fans. He’s had at least a minor role in all three of the author’s books I’ve previously … Continue reading →

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Review: SPRING TIDE by Cilla and Rolf Borjlind

Posted on January 17, 2015 by bernadetteinoz

I am generally a little wary of books written by people more used to producing television scripts as the two media require very different skills but I was tempted by this book’s appearance on Raven Crime Read’s list of top … Continue reading →

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Review: LINDA, AS IN THE LINDA MURDER by Leif G.W. Persson

Posted on April 26, 2014 by bernadetteinoz

A trainee policewoman in her twenties is brutally murdered in the early hours of a weekend morning in the southern Swedish town of Växjö. Her name is Linda Wallin and the investigation into her death is described in lengthy detail … Continue reading →

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Review: THE LOST BOY by Camilla Lackberg

Posted on February 11, 2014 by bernadetteinoz

In western Sweden’s version of Cabot Cove there is, in the seventh instalment of Lackberg’s series, a nasty death, a historic mystery (of sorts) and a whole load of domesticity. I actually enjoyed this one a little more than its … Continue reading →

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Review: THE SECOND DEADLY SIN by Åsa Larsson

Posted on January 19, 2014 by bernadetteinoz

When I realised I’d have to return to my hectic job after a relaxing three-week holiday and endure a whole week of 40°C+ temperatures I knew my choice of reading would likely be the key to my mental survival. I’d … Continue reading →

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Review: LIFETIME by Liza Marklund

Posted on June 19, 2013 by bernadetteinoz

Spoiler warning: The action in LIFETIME starts immediately after the events depicted in LAST WILL and there are lots of connections here to events from the earlier novel so this review will undoubtedly act as a spoiler for the previous … Continue reading →

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Review: ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER LIFE by Leif G.W. Persson

Posted on April 25, 2013 by bernadetteinoz

I don’t want to spoil any of the elements that made this book remarkable for me so all I’ll be sparse with my summary of the plot, which spans a 25 year period. In 1975 a group of radicals take … Continue reading →

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Review: SUMMERTIME DEATH by Mons Kallentoft

Posted on March 8, 2013 by bernadetteinoz

After being underwhelmed by the first book in this series I wasn’t exactly excited to read this successor. However as I’d bought it on special before reading the first I figured I’d at least have a go. It is the … Continue reading →

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Review: BETRAYAL by Karin Alvtegen

Posted on December 23, 2012 by bernadetteinoz

At the outset of this novel Eva and Henrik are a happily married couple, enjoying their home, their toddler son Axel, the life they have built together. Or at least that is how things appear. But underneath this surface civility … Continue reading →

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