Books and beyond

Well, it’s March, typically the month Colorado gets most of its snow. The Colorado Weather Book reminds us that “intense spring storms can drop as much as 5 inches of snow an hour,” wow!  So, let’s brace ourselves for more fluffy snow and read some eerie, winter themed thrillers. Nordic crime fiction novels usually take place in some of the coldest places on earth but after the success of Stieg Larsson’s trilogy, they have definitely been “hot.” Here is a list of some crime fiction novels that take place in Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and even, brrrrrrrrrrrr, Greenland. With the growing appeal of Nordic crime fiction, maybe you will learn to eat open-faced fish paste sandwiches on rye bread, liver paste, fermented shark meat and sheep’s brain. Yikes!  Death in a cold climate isn’t the only scary thing these novels have to offer!
 

Denmark:
-Adler-Olsen, Jussi
The Keeper of Lost Causes

Iceland & Greenland:
-Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
The day is Dark (set mostly in Greenland)

My Soul to Take 

Last Rituals

-Arnaldur Indriðason
Jar City 

Voices 

The Draining Lake 

Sweden:
-Lackberg, Camilla
The Ice Princess

The Preacher

The Stonecutter