Scandinavian Crime

When a six-year-old girl is found dead, hanging from a tree, the only clue the Oslo Police have to work with is an airline tag around her neck. It reads ‘I’m travelling alone’. Holger Munch, veteran police investigator, is immediately charged with re-assembling his homicide unit. But to...

Nestled in the northernmost corner of Europe lies a land of rugged coastlines, vast forests, and a rich cultural heritage. Step back in time and immerse yourself in the history of Scandinavia, a land of Vikings, legends, and achievements that have influenced the world.

Brought to you by Penguin. For fans of The God of the Woods and All the Colours of the Dark, The Living and the Dead is a beautifully written, haunting murder mystery, set in a rural Swedish town, where one community's secrets will be laid bare over the next twenty years . . . On a cold, snowy...

Bianca Chopra. Gorgeous. Forbidden. My past obsession. When she propositions me for a sham marriage, I say no with a warning to stay away. Like a dirty vixen, she raises the stake, reawakening the forbidden feelings, and I find myself throwing caution to the wind. She thinks she'll walk away unscathed but doesn't realize she made a deal with a monster with a secret that will wreck her entire world.

DI Jamie Johansson is trying to find normality in Kurrajakk when she gets the chance to sit in on the Interpol interview linked to her last case. A pattern of mutilation and beheading on the Finnish border has Jamie's full attention, but Interpol seem more interested in the Russian connection. Begrudgingly, they let her follow up, and as usual, Jamie's nose for trouble doesn't steer her wrong.

What do you do when there are no more challenges in your life? For Stavin Ne'Aniston Zel'Andral, the thrill of being a prince had rapidly paled. He was a prince of Evandia, but would never sit on the throne. He was the first person to earn the four hollowed stars of a Senior Warmaster, but was forbidden to participate in a war. He was a scribe who would never teach anyone but his own children. He was a scholar who didn't have time to research anything but trade. All his hopes and dreams, his plans for the future, had fallen aside when King Kalin had adopted him.

Left to her own devices, Detective Sergeant Charlie West struggles with the responsibility of a full-blown murder investigation when a man is pushed off a cliff. Not ready to have her apron strings severed so soon, West finds Munro who reluctantly agrees to shed light on the Ayrshire detectives' most challenging case yet. Once the police have discovered the identity of the dead man, and established his demise was the result of foul play, the race is on to hunt down the murderer.

**Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' Award Best Debut of the Year** **Shortlisted for the Crimetime Award 2022** Two couples set out together on a hiking trip that goes terrifyingly wrong in this addictive psychological thriller for fans of Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley. Anna, Henrik and Milena's...

The first novel in the Oslo Crime Files, a tense and dark quartet of thrillers for fans of Camilla Lackberg and Jo Nesbo. 'Sleek and cunning' Evening Standard A woman vanishes from a forest near Oslo. Days later her body is found, seemingly mauled and maimed by a bear. When another woman is...

Ett dödsfall i ett statligt ämbetsverk är upptakten till denna deckarroman i unik Stockholmsmiljö. Det förefaller visserligen som självmord, men kommissarie Svensson konstaterar ganska omgående att det i själva verket är mord. Där finns åtskilliga misstänkta: den döde byråchefen P.M. var en stor Don Juan och en hård ämbetsman. Ett ämbetsverk kan under den skenbart Iugna ytan dölja lidelser och slitningar av oväntad intensitet. Spänningen stegras av den kvävande sommarhettan i gräsänklingarnas Stockholm och mördaren drivs vidare mot nya dåd.

Den chilenske privatdetektiv Marcelo Krankl bliver opsøgt af Sofia Goldbaum, en ung ph.d., der frygter, at nogen prøver at modarbejde hendes forskning hos medicinalgiganten Nord, hvis nye præparat kommer til at tjene milliarder af dollars - kort sagt, en medicinsk blockbuster. Marcelo Krankl sætter alt ind på at hjælpe sin klient, og sporene fører ham til hans hjemkontinent, Sydamerika, hvor fattige mennesker bliver brugt som forsøgskaniner af kyniske videnskabsfolk med forbindelser til et gammelt nazinetværk.

Bornholm, une île danoise de la mer baltique, fin des années 1990. Le cadavre d'une jeune fille est retrouvé dans un arbre, son vélo broyé au bord de la route. Aucune trace du chauffard : affaire classée. Sauf pour un inspecteur de la police locale qui finit dix-sept ans plus tard par demander l'aide de l'inspecteur Carl Mørck. Avant de se tirer une balle dans la tête. À l'initiative de Rose, l'assistante du flegmatique Mørck, l'insolite trio du Département V en charge des cold cases débarque sur l'île de Bornholm.

La nouvelle enquête du trio formé par l'inspecteur Mørck et ses assistants Assad et Rose fait monter la tension d'un cran en nous plongeant dans le sombre passé politique du Danemark. Copenhague. Une brutale agression dans les quartiers chauds de Vesterbro incite Rose à rouvrir un cold case sur la disparition inexpliquée d'une prostituée. Cédant à ses pressions, le Département V exhume une affaire macabre datant des années 50, dont les ravages dévoilent le visage d'une société danoise loin d'être exemplaire.

With two million copies of his books sold worldwide, "world-class crime writer"(The Sunday Times, UK) Ragnar Jónasson brings us a chilling new standalone thriller with Outside. Four friends. One night. Not everyone will come out alive . . . When a deadly snowstorm strikes the Icelandic...

The next thrilling golden-age-style mystery from #1 Icelandic bestseller Ragnar Jónasson, author of Death at the Sanatorium and Reykjavík. This program features multicast narration as well as sound design and special effects to enhance your enjoyment. Listen out for the click and hiss of the...

THE AWARD-WINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER One town. Two crimes. Twenty years of silence. A “brooding and brilliant” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) murder mystery set in a rural Swedish town, where one community’s secrets will be laid bare over the next twenty years . . . “All the...

En ung man hittas mördad på en offerplats vid Gräne gruva. När kriminalinspektör Tyra Zeder undersöker fyndplatsen blir hon själv överfallen och lämnad i gruvschaktets gröna vatten. Inom kort inträffar ytterligare två mord. Tyra förälskar sig i Robin, men poliserna i Tranemo fångas i en växande härva av intriger.

Tip top Unterhaltung von der ersten bis zu letzten Minute - Die Tatsache, dass der Reiniger wieder aufgetaucht ist, lässt Roland Benito nicht los. Er recherchiert, genau wie die Journalistin Anne Larsen, weiter um eine Verbindung zwischen dem Reiniger, den Morden und dem Gefangenen Patrick Asp zu finden. Anne Larsen ist dem Geheimnis auf der Spur und findet schließlich Bertram allein in der Wohnung vor. Beim Rauchen eines Joints vertraut sich Bertram der Journalistin an, zeigt ihr das geheime Netzwerk und die Todeliste.