Nordic Noir discussion

A few hours ago I discovered in Facebook that my friend and one of my favorite Nordic noir authors, James Thompson, has passed away. Way, way too early.

In the other group fizzycola had found a newspaper article in Finnish about it
http://www.iltalehti.fi/viihde/201408... accidental, no details. Way too early, and it hurts.

Oh no, that is horrible news. He is my favorite as well and much to0 young to die.

I'm shocked. I'm so sorry to hear this.

I want to cry. James Thompson brought Dee and I together and was an original member of Nordic Noir.

literally brought up together - it was a review of one of his books, where we both went WTH!

Dee wrote: "literally brought up together - it was a review of one of his books, where we both went WTH!"

Yep.

Was a huge support to our lil group.

Oh my and he was also one of my favorite authors. This is such sad news.

It really hit home when I went to the library and they had two of his books out on the wall for the mystery section display a few hours ago.

i remember randomly picking up his book at the library when it was on the new releases table - I LOVED it - it was my intro to NN - I didn't read the millenium trilogy until after that

indeed.
http://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/Suomessa+a...
http://www.iltalehti.fi/viihde/201408...
naomi and dee, can you update here when we have more info?
(just copy from you know where i will post on the road).
it hurts so bad. losing mum, and then a friend and a favorite author (the last two would be Jim). all within one week. :'''(

Dee wrote: "i remember randomly picking up his book at the library when it was on the new releases table - I LOVED it - it was my intro to NN - I didn't read the millenium trilogy until after that"

He wasn't my intro to NN, but I remember reading Snow Angels and getting so excited.

Anna wrote: "indeed.
http://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/Suomessa+a...
http://www.iltalehti.fi/viihde/201408...
naomi and dee, can you update he..."

Yep.

Just got back from a long weekend and I am so shocked and saddened.

I've read all of his books and wait for the next one every year. He was fun too and contributed so much on these boards. Loved him and I'm totally devastated to hear that he died. Very sad news indeed. RIP Jim.

I just heard this. I'm so sad. What a great talent! Heartbreaking.

This breaks my heart. Reading his posts on this board really broke the barrier between authors and readers for me. He was so kind and accessible. My condolences to all who cared for him. Rest well Jim <3

Just saw this. How sad. Such a lovely guy.

Terrible news :(

Sad. I'd expected so much more enjoyment from his future works.

This is very sad. He was one of my favorite authors. He was much too young.

Indeed. Sigh...
But at least people will be still able to fall in love with his books, with his Finland and with his inspector Vaara. As long as there are books and libraries out there, his stories will be out there. And we can read the books that once opened the world in some way again later. And again...
But of course it would have been wonderful to have more stories with inspector Vaara in them. I was especially looking forward to meeting a new colleague of Kari that I know would be in one of the future stories.
C'est la vie. Slowly back to life... And books...