English Translations of Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries & Thrillers discussion

So far there are six books scheduled for the publishers in March 2018. They are 1) The Darkness by Ragnar Jónasson to be published March 8, 2018. Iceland. 2) Holy Ceremony by Harri Nykänen to be published March 13, 2018. Finland. 3) The Shadow Killer by Arnaldur Indriðason to be published March 18, 2018. Iceland. 4) The Reykjavik Confessions: The Incredible True Story of Iceland’s Most Notorious Murder Case by Simon Cox to be published in the U.K. only on March 22, 2018. Iceland. 5) The Reckoning by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir to be published in the U.K. only on March 22, 2018. Iceland. 6) The Nightingale Murder by Leena Lehtolainen to be published March 27, 2018. Finland. As always we will add books when they become known during the month. Good reading.

We have a book that was not included in February so I'm putting it in March. It's called The Forest Lake Mystery: The Original Danish Crime Thriller by Palle Rosenkrantz who died in 1941. Denmark. It was published February 26, 2018.

We have 3 books that are from last month that I put back as to read, because time was too short to read them. They are: 1) Hotel Silence by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir which was published February 22, 2018. Iceland. 2) The Sea Beast Takes a Lover: Stories by Michael Andreasen published February 27, 2018. U.S.A.. Anywhere. 3) The Ice Swimmer bt Kjell Ola Dahl published February 28, 2018. Norway.

So there are 10 books we are reading this month. You can see them by clicking on the green sentence to the right after the last picture: More books this group is currently reading.

Having read through Kjell Ola Dahl’s available books in English one after the other this year, delighted to have just been able to start the final yesterday, The Ice Swimmer....first couple of this series of books started up rather overly descriptive and underwhelming but the last three have been very excellent reading.....which I am assuming is due to the development of the characters and indeed writing style.

Please don’t all throw your bookmarks at me, I’m still getting the hang of goodreads app. Where is the list for March I can’t seem to find it or a green link - do I need to log on from a desktop to see it? Are these the books with photos up here ^ ? And which ones are in English? Thank you and apologies in advance xx

Caroline wrote: "Please don’t all throw your bookmarks at me, I’m still getting the hang of goodreads app. Where is the list for March I can’t seem to find it or a green link - do I need to log on from a desktop to..."

Try scrolling up and then clicking on the link at the top of the discussion boxes and it should take you to the main page no matter what type of app or unit you are using.....good luck.

And The Monkey Smiles by Steen Langstrup was published March 1, 2018. Denmark. A short story.

The Darkness from Ragnar Jonasson was a bit of a disappointment after reading the Dark Iceland series but a good book nonetheless. Guess my expectations were a bit too high.

Igor wrote: "The Darkness from Ragnar Jonasson was a bit of a disappointment after reading the Dark Iceland series but a good book nonetheless. Guess my expectations were a bit too high."

Not finished reading yet, but having read the first series already I have more a sense of the main character than I ever had of Ari...and I do enjoy this writer’s style. Nice quiet reading..... Plus about time some attention was given to older characters.
Update: Finished the book so was very surprised to see there will be a new book in the series out in 2019 going back many years in the main character’s life! I will give it a miss. This may be a new trend....does not appeal to me!!

"Lethal Cargo" by Bo Norgren was available March 12, 2018. Sweden. On Amazon but not on Goodreads,