Winter of Love: A Scandi Noir Crime Psychological Thriller

by Tom Quiller

The next book in the exciting new series of Scandi Noir thrillers featuring Detective Frida Skardet from the author of the Cold Secrets series, Tom Quiller. Pre-book the second in the NORSE KRIMOLOGI strand now.

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What people are saying about TOM QUILLER and the FRIDA SKARDET novels:

"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolutely fabulous storyline, can't wait for the next book and hope there'll be many more in this series."

"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What a wonderful book. Clever, insightful but sympathetic with a fantastic new protagonist. Can't wait for the next one."

"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A brilliant Nordic crime novel. "

"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Seriously amazing... So many twists and turns; so many gloriously dark situations and characters. Frida Skardet is a great creation."

"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Quiller brings the characters to life brilliantly and the dialogue sings!"

"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Really enjoyed the pace and story telling - Tom can obviously write and I’m looking forward to the next ones.."

"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Every now and again the writing is elevated to near poetry. Love it."

"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Really good, fast paced story line with great characters and plenty to keep me turning the pages."

405 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 24, 2025

Reviews

[Jane Fowler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Like the other reviews; these are enjoyable and engaging reads - only spoiled by page after page of spelling and grammatical errors. There is an entire paragraph lifted from the first book into the second, where they are discussing autopsy photos. Wrong case, wrong crime. I am starting to think this is either self-published or AI writing.

[caroline jones · Rating 3 out of 5]

The proof reader needs sacking.
Good concept but I was more than a little confused at times. If I read it again it might make more sense.

[MRS C ARMSTRONG · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good storyline spoiled by diabolical grammatical and spelling errors

I enjoyed this book when I wasn't seething at the shocking spelling and grammatical errors in this book. Are kindle readers not worthy even though we pay our money too?

Back to the book.....The language was a bit flowery at times, trying to be poetic but not quite succeeding but the story itself was solid and moved along at pace. Frida and her hapless son are now confined within their flat with a new baby and a discontented girlfriend, much of which becomes part of the storyline. I'll admit to being confused at times but got enough to carry on and wait for it to become clear, which it did.

[Joan · Rating 3 out of 5]

First-if you read on a Kindle/E-reader this book is full of grammatical errors. Annoying but still readable.
This one was overly descriptive same as the first. Thought editor might have mentioned it but nope.
You will get multiple description of something-every character seems to have to describe it. Loose writing in chapters-her auburn hair is suddenly fire red, Katrina turns into Catarina, cousin into sister, it was morning and the next sentence is evening.
Over looking, it is a multi layered serial killer situation. All roads leading to one and that is not good.
Frida is again doing the rouge officer thing all rules be damned.
Very very loose on police procedures which is annoying for those who have read other books like this.
As there are 7 books in this series I don't see the writing style or errors being corrected.
Still a quick fast paced read.

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

After finishing the first in this series, I immediately downloaded Winter of Love because of the main character and the rounding out of the secondary characters and their relationships. My first instinct was to mention the problems in both editing and proofreading, but I won't dwell on it as I don't think I saw a single review that doesn't include that frustrating element. I'm left wondering why the problem seems so much worse in this second book than it did in the first one.

[Kristen Barney · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good book…with problems.

I enjoyed this story. I rated it at five stars for the story line, the well developed characters, and the writing. As for the editing- it was not up to par at all. Slightly distracting, but not enough to punish the writer. I will definitely be continuing with this series.

[Heaton Wilson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alright but

Someone needed to proofread this book, and there were so many descriptions using weird metaphors that it made me suspect copious use of AI.
Shame really. It was a good story with some nicely drawn characters.

[Bill Pye · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very engaging

Nothing is simple for Freda. Serial killer with a complicated agenda. Hard to figure it out. Keeps you engaged. Almost kept me up all night. Looking forward to the next one.

[Jill Carlson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Needs a good editor

Good plot and characters. However, the copy editing is poor and makes the book annoying to read. Too many mistakes.

[D'Anne Mosby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kindle Unlimited—Detectice Frida Skardet investigates murders related to a dating app her son is implicated.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book 2 as good as Book 1, I would say, though the attention to wardrobe details is wearing.

Beware: the English Kindle has an annoying number of typos.

[Barry Knight · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent follow up to the first book but…

A decent story and plot, but the author should liberally use spell check. The spelling errors interfered, took away the joy of reading.