English Translations of Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries & Thrillers discussion

For the month of May we start out with five books to read, 1) What My Body Remembers by Agnete Friis will be published on May 2, 2017. 2) The Thirst by Jo Nesbø will be published on May 4, 2017. 3) Certain Signs that You are Dead by Torkil Damhaug will be published on May 8, 2017. 4) Guiltless by Viveca Sten will be published on May 23, 2017. 5) UltiMatum by Anders de la Motte will be published May 30, 2017. As always we will put books on once we know they are published during May. Good reading.

Reading The Thirst but on vacation pauze! Back to books Wednesday
Interesting for those that enjoy the great tv series made from various books. The Sandhamn Murders
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1846197/
We have really enjoyed them. Great cast too! Five seasons.

Wolves in the Dark by Gunnar Staalesen was published this May 9, 2017 instead of November 2017. Norway.

Ken wrote: "Wolves in the Dark by Gunnar Staalesen was published this May 9, 2017 instead of November 2017. Norway."

I find it interesting how long he has been writing the Varg Veum series. The tv films are amazingly good over the years so I have not started reading them. But looking at the list this is impressive!

New author from Greenland(Denmark) has a book that's published (International Polar Institute) May 2, 2017 Ivalu's Color by Nauja Lynge. Greenland.

Ken wrote: "New author from Greenland(Denmark) has a book that's published (International Polar Institute) May 2, 2017 Ivalu's Color by Nauja Lynge. Greenland."
Interesting, I think I have only ever read one book which is placed in Greenland.

Tip from Lone: Inger Wolf author of Under a Black Sky published on May 3, 2017. Thanks Lone. Danish. Special on Amazon for $.99 today.

I'm Going to add a book which was published March 7, 2017 in Sweden called Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolito. It so interesting that few people can put it down. Let's see.

Another book was published April 28, 2017 called The Missing (Oscar Jensen Book 1) by Michael La Croix. Danish.

We found another book April 29, 2017 called Vanished?: A Swedish Crime Novel by Christer Tholin. Sweden.

Books seem to flourish in publishing right before May and in May. We have another English author that has a book going to Norway, it's called The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr published May 2, 2017.

Ken wrote: "Books seem to flourish in publishing right before May and in May. We have another English author that has a book going to Norway, it's called The One Memory of Flora Banks by [autho..."

The setting sounds good but this has had very mixed reviews so i might pass on this. Would love to read your thoughts if you read it Ken.

So far there are 11 books to choose from this month.