Tag: Noir

Book Review: The Owl Always Hunts at Night by Samuel Bjork

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Book 2 in the Munch and Krüger series, this book follows ‘I’m Travelling Alone’. From the back Cover: When a young woman is found dead, the police are quick to respond. But what they find at the scene is unexpected. The body is posed, the scene laboriously set. And there is almost no forensic evidence … Continue reading Book Review: The Owl Always Hunts at Night by Samuel Bjork

Book Review: The Hummingbird by Kati Hiekkapelto

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A lovely dose of Scandinavian crime fiction - set in Finland, this is the first book in Hiekkapelto’s Anna Fekete series. From the back cover: Anna Fekete, who fled the Yugoslavian wars as a child, has a past. Just beginning her career as a criminal investigator in a northern Finnish coastal town, she is thrust … Continue reading Book Review: The Hummingbird by Kati Hiekkapelto

Book Review: I’m Travelling Alone by Samuel Bjork

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Looking for some Scandi-Crime? Set in Norway, this gripping police procedural is the first book in the Holger Munch & Mia Kruger series. From the inside cover: 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 … Continue reading Book Review: I’m Travelling Alone by Samuel Bjork

Book Review: The Mine by Antti Tuomainen

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This book has that special something that keeps you reading. From the back cover: A hitman. A journalist. A family torn apart. Can he uncover the truth before it's too late? In the dead of winter, investigative reporter Janne Vuori sets out to uncover the truth about a mining company, whose illegal activities have created … Continue reading Book Review: The Mine by Antti Tuomainen