English Translations of Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries & Thrillers discussion

The month of December 2022 we have two books to read, so I'm including two of last months read. Good reading. We will add books as they become known to us.

1) The Greenland Manifesto: Business, Bodies, and Bad Deals in the Arctic by Christoffer Petersen to be published on the 22 of November 2022. Greenland.

Greenland means business, and business is good.

When working as a guide for a whale safari company operating out of Nuuk, retired police constable David Maratse is slowly adjusting to life in Greenland’s capital city.

But as the world’s attention shifts north and foreign investors compete for favourable terms and lucrative contracts, Maratse is drawn into the increasingly cutthroat world of tourism, business, and politics.

When a local entrepreneur is murdered, strong evidence places Maratse at the scene and on the opposite side of a murder investigation led by his partner, Sergeant Petra Jensen.

To solve the murder, Maratse must first break the law to enforce it, in a high stakes game of winner takes all.

The Greenland Manifesto is the seventh book in the Greenland Crime series.

2) The Night Man by Jørn Lier Horst to be published on the 24th of November 2022. Norway.

WILLIAM WISTING IS IN A RACE AGAINST TIME

When a severed head is found on a stake in the quiet town of Larvik, Police Inspector William Wisting is called in to investigate.

ALL ROADS LEAD BACK TO THE NIGHT MAN

As the media closes in on the biggest story of the year, Wisting's journalist daughter Line receives a tip. Soon, it becomes clear that there is more to this case than anyone thought. A criminal network has lodged itself deep into the roots of the city, and it's up to Wisting to take down the elusive and dangerous Night Man.

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING

But hunting down The Night Man will take everything Wisting has, and it's all too easy for the hunter to become the prey . . .

3) Hidden in Snow by Viveca Sten to be published on the 1st of December 2022. Sweden.

The splendor of the Swedish mountains becomes the backdrop for a bone-chilling crime.

On the day Stockholm police officer Hanna Ahlander’s personal and professional lives crash, she takes refuge at her sister’s lodge in the Swedish ski resort paradise of Åre. But it’s a brief comfort. The entire village is shaken by the sudden vanishing of a local teenage girl. Hanna can’t help but investigate, and while searching for the missing person, she lands a job with the local police department. There she joins forces with Detective Inspector Daniel Lindskog, who has been tasked with finding the girl. Their only lead: a scarf in the snow.

As subzero temperatures drop even further, a treacherous blizzard sweeps toward Åre. Hanna and Daniel’s investigation is getting more desperate by the hour. Lost or abducted, either way time is running out for the missing girl. Each new clue closes in on something far more sinister than either Hanna or Daniel imagined. In this devious novel by the bestselling author of the Sandhamn Murders series, discover what it will take to solve a case when the truth can be so easily hidden in the coming storm.

4) Piitalaat: A Constable Petra Jensen Origin Story by Christoffer Petersen to be published on the 24th of December 2022. Greenland.

Following the tragic death of her parents, a young girl must grow up fast if she is to survive life in one of the toughest environments in the world: Greenland.

Piitalaat is a coming of age story exploring the origins of the popular Greenland police constable Petra ‘Piitalaat’ Jensen. Often referenced but never revealed, Piitalaat explores Petra’s origin story, from her birth to her early years from tiny settlement to big city. Piitalaat is the born on page one story readers have been waiting for.

Set before the Greenland Missing Persons and Greenland Crime series, Piitalaat explores the social, political, and environmental aspects of growing up in modern Greenland.

Piitalaat is for adult readers and followers of the Greenland Missing Persons series, in particular.

5) "Happy New Year" by Malin Stehn to be published on the 24th of November 2022. Sweden.

THIS NEW YEAR, OLD SECRETS WILL HAVE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES . . .

'Pacy, atmospheric and extremely thrilling' WILL DEAN, author of THE LAST THING TO BURN
'A tense, slow-burn thriller . . . a great read' CATHERINE COOPER, author of THE CHALET
'There are twists I would truly not predict . . . I was gripped from start to finish' 5* Reader Review
'Impossible to part with until the final page' 5* Reader Review
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As midnight approaches, old friends the Wiksells and the Anderssons raise their glasses in celebration.

Across town, their teenage children host their own party, finally free to let loose.

But the next morning, seventeen-year-old Jennifer Wiksell is missing.

The hours tick by.
The police get involved.
And no one knows who to trust.

Because these two families have a lot to hide.

And some will do anything to keep the truth from getting out . . .
_________

6) "Constable Petra Jensen #5: Omnibus Edition (books 13-15)" by Christoffer Petersen to be published on the 2nd of December 2022. Greenland.

Travel to Greenland with Constable Petra ‘Piitalaat’ Jensen in this omnibus edition of books 13-15 in the popular Greenland Missing Persons series.

These three previously published mystery novellas feature newly graduated police constable Petra Jensen at the very start of her career, ably assisted by a cast of familiar characters.

This omnibus edition includes:

The Boreal Tattoo
While convalescing in her hospital bed, Constable Petra Jensen is given a Polaroid photo of a traditional Inuit tattoo and encouraged to track down the artist who made it.

The Last Day of Old Magic
As Tuukula prepares for the longest sledge journey in the world, Petra distracts the shaman’s daughter with a cold case that can only be solved with old magic.

The Intrigue in the North
In the middle of bittersweet preparations for Luui’s sixth birthday, Constable Petra Jensen is torn between family and duty when given a special assignment by Commissioner Lars Andersen.

7) Constable David Maratse #6: Omnibus Edition by Christoffer Petersen to be published on the 25th of December 2022. Greenland.

Discover the world of Greenland crime, thrillers and mysteries with Constable David Maratse.

These four previously published Greenland crime novellas delve deeper into the world of Constable David Maratse, and explore modern Greenland through Jack Londonesque adventures with a criminal twist.

Streets of Lonely Ghosts
A short story of sorrow and spirits in the Arctic
After a flurry of ghost sightings in the village, Greenland Police Constable David Maratse investigates.

The Skin Drum
A short story of family and folklore in the Arctic
When an old shaman is accused of kidnapping his teenage grandson, Constable David Maratse must sort through family lies and misdirection to find them before more drastic measures are applied.

The American Artisan
A Kickstarter Campaign novella
When ghosts from an old case haunt an American artist as he walks the streets of Nuuk, Constable David Maratse is recalled to Greenland’s capital to investigate.

Of Dogs and Men
A short story of law and loyalty in the Arctic
When a young hunter breaks the law, Constable David Maratse’s loyalty is challenged as he chases his friend across the sea ice and into the teeth of an Arctic storm.

Pick up the sixth omnibus edition of Constable David Maratse’s novellas to continue your Greenland crime adventure today!

8) Very Merry Xmas Very Merry Xmas by Christoffer Petersen to be published on the 22nd of November 2022. Greenland.

With an elite team of IGA agents hot on their heels, Constable David Maratse and Kamiila Sorsuttartoq must use every trick in the Greenland rulebook if they are going to save Christmas.

Very Merry Xmas is a short twenty-minute read plucked from Christoffer Petersen’s Guerrilla Greenland series of speculative novellas.

Pick up Very Merry Xmas today and spend Christmas with the guerrillas in Greenland!

9) Northwind by Christoffer Petersen to be published on the 24th of December 2022. Greenland.

Go north with the shaman's daughter this Christmas!

When Arctic storms prevent her friend from flying south for Christmas, Luui Angakkuarneq, the shaman’s daughter, strikes a deal with Northwind to secure safe passage for the pilot, Aunix Cobick. But tricky winds can’t be trusted, and Luui knows she won’t succeed without a little help.

Northwind is a fantastical story inspired by Greenland myths and legends woven into a Christmas adventure story set in the near future.

Following on from the previous year's advent calendar, Yule at Aurora Station, Northwind continues the adventures of Luui Angakkuarneq, the precocious five-year-old from the Greenland Missing Persons series, now grown up, as she tries to get her friend home safely in time for Christmas.

If you like northern tales of adventure full of mythical beasts, impossible tasks, treacherous weather, and cheeky spirits, Northwind is definitely for you.

10) The Violence of Reason by Pete Planisek to be published 0n the 20 of December 2022. Norway.

As spring returns to Norway in 1942, Norill Haugen, a spy in the Norwegian resistance movement, barely recognizes her once quiet life. Two years of Nazi occupation, aided by the collusion of those loyal to the illegitimate government of Vidkun Quisling, a German sympathizer, has divided her country and brought untold suffering and strife. But the arrival of Gerntz, a Nazi soldier, will change everything. Her spy ring compromised, Norill will soon find that the war has truly come home as the line between friend, foe, and family blends and shatters them all.

The Violence of Reason explores the complexity of loyalty and relationships in a time of war. In order to survive, Norill must try to solve a thrilling mystery that can only bring about the downfall of those she loves and that will, perhaps, destroy herself. Betrayed, alone, and on the run, Norill must challenge all she has ever known as powerful forces converge and summon her and her nation toward either a dark fate or freedom.