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Book Review: The Butterfly House by Katrine Engberg

By Doreen Sheridan

January 11, 2021

The Butterfly House by Katrine Engberg is the second book in the Korner and Werner series, set in Denmark, where Detectives Jeppe Kørner and Anette Werner race to solve a series of sordid murders linked to some of the most vulnerable patients in a Danish hospital. Killers lurk within Denmark’s health system in this second…

Book Review: The Tenant by Katrine Engberg

By Holly Elizabeth Rice

January 13, 2020

The Tenant is an electrifying debut of literary suspense from international bestselling author Katrine Engberg that introduces two police detectives struggling to solve a shocking murder and stop a killer hell-bent on revenge. Originally published in Denmark in 2016, Katrine Engberg’s debut, The Tenant, marked the beginning of what would become the internationally acclaimed and…

Murder, Mystery, and Scandinavia: The Perfect Combination

By Kristen Houghton

December 8, 2016

If you like the setting of your murder mysteries to take place in a cold, snowy climate, you’re not alone. The newest and bloodiest murder mysteries now seem to take place in Scandinavia. There’s something about murder, mystery, and the bitter cold that seem to go together, and it seems that readers have been entertained…

Summer TV: A Digital Tour of Europe

By Cathi Stoler

July 2, 2015

I hate watching reruns of mystery and crime TV shows I’ve already seen—it’s not much fun to tune in when you already know who did it. And, while the networks offer plenty of summer replacements, this season, none captured my attention as much as the shows I enjoy the most. So, while I’ve been longing…

Sweden’s Bridge is Best

By Karin Salvalaggio

April 13, 2014

The reputation of Scandinavian thrillers has really taken off in recent years. Stieg Larson was the first author to gain international fame, but other writers such as Jo Nesbø, Henning Mankell, and Camilla Läckberg are equally well regarded. At the moment, there’s also a great deal of Scandinavian crime drama available on television and given…

The Seventh Child by Erik Valeur

Fresh Meat: The Seventh Child by Erik Valeur

By Jenny Maloney

April 1, 2014

The Seventh Child by Erik Valeur, translated from Danish by K.E. Semmel, involves a journalist provoked to identify missing orphans who may be abandoned children of the elite, connected to an unsolved murder on September 11th (available April 1, 2014). On the early morning of September 11, 2001, a woman is found dead on a…

Bakers Rise Up Against Danish Cinnamon Regulation!

By Crime HQ

December 23, 2013

When you can't even enjoy half a kanelsnegle because of government oppression, what has this world come to? According to a story in the Guardian: …cinnamon has enjoyed a reputation for being something of a super spice with claims that it could help to lower blood sugar, fight bacteria, reduce inflammation and help to treat…

Death of a Nightingale by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis

Fresh Meat: Death of a Nightingale by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis

By Jordan Foster

November 5, 2013

Death of a Nightingale by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis is the third crime novel featuring Danish nurse Nina Borg (available November 5, 2013). Sometimes it’s hard to tell a story. You have to think of a character. No, make that an interesting character (or at least a character who’s boring in an interesting way).…

The Hanging by Lotte & Soren Hammer

The Hanging: New Excerpt

By Lotte Hammer

June 10, 2013

The Hanging by Lotte & Soren Hammer is the U.S. debut of this Danish brother/sister writing team. (available June 11, 2013). One morning before school, two children find the naked bodies of five men hanging from the gym ceiling. The case leads detective Konrad Simonsen and his murder squad to the school janitor, who may know…

Invisible Murder

Fresh Meat: Invisible Murder by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis

By Doreen Sheridan

September 24, 2012

Invisible Murder by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis is the second Nina Borg nordic mystery set in Denmark (available October 2, 2012). When I saw that this book had finally come on the market, I leapt at the chance to read it. I loved the first novel in the Nina Borg series, The Boy In…

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