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No other part of the world seems to lend itself to the crime genre as well as Scandinavia, with its long dark nights and cold climate. Following the recent popularity of Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy, interest in Scandinavian crime fiction has exploded. .

We're delighted to let you know that there is a wealth of great writers to explore, such as Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbo, Karin Alvtegen, Hakan Nesser, Arnaldur Indridason and Karin Fossum. With enthralling stories and atmospherically bleak locales, their books are often more than just murder mysteries, taking crime fiction to a level of psychological and social commentary. Get ready to discover some of the best writing that the northern hemisphere has to offer.

Jo Nesbo See more Jo Nesbo

Jo Nesbo's police detective Harry Hole is a hugely popular entrant on the Scandinavian crime scene having featured in six novels all of which have been bestsellers across Europe and the UK.

His latest novel, Headhunters, is a dynamic stand-alone thriller about a successful corporate headhunter who leads an increasingly dangerous double life as an art thief.

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The Leopard

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The Redbreast

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Headhunters

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The Devil's Star

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About Harry Hole

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Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy

The phenomenal and bestselling Millennium trilogy, by Swedish author Stieg Larsson, has blown open the whole genre and brought Scandinavian crime to readers who would previously never have picked up any kind of crime novel. Before dying of a heart attack at the age of 50, Larsson managed to deliver three books that have gripped readers the world over, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, followed by the The Girl Who Played with Fire, concluding the trilogy with the stunning The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.

Read more about Stieg Larsson on our author page.

Read about The Man Who Left Too Soon: the Biography of Stieg Larsson

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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The Girl Who Played with Fire

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest

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The Millennium Trilogy

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Henning Mankell's Wallander series See more Henning Mankell

Widely regarded as the godfather of Scandinavian crime, Henning Mankell has been spearheading the genre for years and is arguably the reason for its enduring popularity. The first book featuring Inspector Kurt Wallander was published in 1989 and became an instant success. Since then there have been eleven books featuring Wallander and the series has been made into a BBC1 series starring Kenneth Branagh.

The Troubled Man

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Firewall

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The Pyramid

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Before the Frost

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Firewall

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The Eye of the Leopard

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One Step Behind

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The Man Who Smiled

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Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo See more Martin Beck titles

Homicide detective Martin Beck, a creation of 1960s Swedish husband-and-wife team Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo, has been highly influential not just on the modern wave of Scandinavian crime fiction but on the police procedural genre generally.