tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post9057630461603473723..comments2024-03-19T10:11:41.294+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Scandinavian crimeMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-22757603905019775622008-02-21T18:58:00.000+00:002008-02-21T18:58:00.000+00:00Max, everyone who has read that book seems impress...Max, everyone who has read that book seems impressed, so I shall have to seek it out.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-69516792970105834612008-02-21T09:54:00.000+00:002008-02-21T09:54:00.000+00:00Stieg Lsrsson's The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo is ...Stieg Lsrsson's The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo is an excellent novelMaxCadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00263983744048876490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-20415400194406002092008-02-12T21:41:00.000+00:002008-02-12T21:41:00.000+00:00and Helene Tursten and K O Dahl :-).and Helene Tursten and K O Dahl :-).Karen (Euro Crime)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03678348280806062648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-42194370887974281572008-02-12T21:15:00.000+00:002008-02-12T21:15:00.000+00:00Thanks very much for these comments. Aaaagh! So ma...Thanks very much for these comments. Aaaagh! So many interesting books to seek out and read, so little time!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-89958590415470741282008-02-12T20:26:00.000+00:002008-02-12T20:26:00.000+00:00I have read some excellent Scandinavians since sta...I have read some excellent Scandinavians since starting blogging and discovering Euro Crime -- before that I was limited to Henning Mankell and Karin Fossum (both excellent).<BR/>I've adored Lisa Marklund, Maj Sjowell/Per Wahloo, Asa Larsson (all Sweden), Indridason whom you mention. Nessar too is pretty good, as is Ake Edwardson (an academic). I have read one book by each of Leif Davidson, Christian Jungerson, Pernille Rygg, Stieg Larsson, Jan Costin Wagner (a Finnish-German) and enjoyed all. Probably more, but memory fails. I have read two Jo Nesbos -- both were similar, quite poor first 100 pages, rather silly rationale for crime, but Harry Hole is a wonderful character and his interactions/circumstances perfectly realised. <BR/>Obviously all these books are very different, idiosyncratic in many cases, but they mostly are top of my list because they are very strong on characterisation, and don't rely on "special effects". Good translations are also key.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-17335255574191369792008-02-12T09:30:00.000+00:002008-02-12T09:30:00.000+00:00Hello MartinI agree with you about MISSING Martin....Hello Martin<BR/><BR/>I agree with you about MISSING Martin.<BR/>The other one I really enjoyed was BETRAYAL <BR/>My summary:<BR/>A psychological thriller where 2 stories converge: Eva discovers her husband is having an affair with her son's day-care teacher. She meets Jonas, a damaged young man keeping vigil in hospital over his girlfriend Anna who has been in a coma for nearly two and a half years. The stories run in parallel for most of the book, the tension mounting all the time, and then converge in a most unforesee-able way, with a chilling ending. Nominated for the Best Nordic Crime Novel in 2004.Kerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.com