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• Smilla's Sense of Snow

  Høeg, Peter, 1957-

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  Denmark. When Isaiah, a 6-year-old Inuit boy, is killed falling off the roof of a warehouse, his neighbour Smilla, a young woman who is generally misanthropic yet inclined to look out for Isaiah, refuses to believe it is an accident. Smilla begins…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Oblivion

  Arnaldur Indriðason, 1961-

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  Iceland. In Oblivion, Erlendur is a recently promoted detective. His world is dominated by drug-dealers, a cold case involving a missing schoolgirl, a CIA operative and the murky history of America's presence in Iceland. In the windswept volcanic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Witch Hunter

  a Novel

  Seeck, Max, 1985-

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  Finland. A shocking murder in an affluent Helsinki suburb has ties to the occult in this thrilling US debut from Finnish author Max Seeck. A bestselling author's wife has been found dead in a gorgeous black evening gown, sitting at the head of a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wake

  Sigurdardottir, Yrsa

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  Iceland. A group of young professionals travel to the Westmann Islands off the coast of Iceland to attend an old friend's wake. Their reunion soon turns into a living nightmare, as the memories of a party they attended at university, and desperately…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wallander. Episodes 1-3

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  Sweden. Swedish with English subtitles. Detective Wallander works to solve cases in the city of Ystad along with his daughter and an eager young detective.

• Stalker

  Detective Inspector Joona Linna Series, Book 5

  Kepler, Lars,

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  Sweden. The police receive a video clip of a woman in a window and reason that someone must have been standing in the garden just outside her house to be able to film her. The next day the woman is found dead in her home, the vicious violence of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Crow Girl

  Sund, Erik Axl

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  Sweden. In a Stockholm city park, police discover the mutilated body of a young boy. Detective Superintendent Jeanette Kihlberg heads the investigation, battling an apathetic prosecutor and a bureaucratic police force unwilling to devote resources…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Insomnia

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  Norway. Stellan Skarsgard plays an enigmatic Swedish detective with a checkered past who arrives in a small town in northern Norway to investigate the death of a teenage girl. As he digs deeper into the heinous killing, his own demons and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Killing. The Complete First Season

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  American version based on Forbrydelsen, Denmark. Following a shocking murder, the lives of the police, suspects and victim's family are intricately woven together in this 'spellbinding' (TV Guide) series. This engrossing series has earned huge…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wallander

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  English adaptation. Three new crime dramas based on the best selling books by Henning Mankell--Sidetracked, Firewall, and One Step Behind--follow Inspector Kurt Wallander, a disillusioned everyman, as he struggles against a rising tide of violence…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I'm Traveling Alone

  [a Thriller]

  Bjørk, Samuel

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  Norway. Two detectives must hunt down a vengeful killer-- and uncover the secret that ties each of them to the crime. A six-year-old girl is found in the Norwegian countryside, hanging lifeless from a tree and dressed in strange doll's clothes.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Chestnut Man

  a Novel

  Sveistrup, Søren, 1968-

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  Denmark. On the first Tuesday in October, Rosa Hartung is returning to her job as minister for social affairs following a year's leave of absence--granted after the dramatic disappearance of her twelve-year-old daughter. Linus Bekker, a mentally ill…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bordertown. Season 1

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  Finland. In this Finnish crime thriller, Chief investigator Kari Sorjonen and his family move to a small town to enjoy a more peaceful life. But it seems that the idyllic existence they had hoped for is far from reality. As the new police chief,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

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  American adaptation. Sweden. Hoping to distance himself from the fallout of a libel conviction, journalist Mikael Blomkvist retreats to a remote island in Sweden's far north where the unsolved murder of a young girl still haunts her industrialist…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

  Larsson, Stieg, 1954-2004

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  Sweden. Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared off the secluded island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger family. There was no corpse, no witnesses, no evidence. But her uncle, Henrik, is convinced that she was murdered by someone from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Killing Moon

  Nesbø, Jo, 1960-

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  Norway. Two young women are missing, connected only by their attendance at the same party, hosted by a notorious businessman. When one of the women is found murdered, the police discover an unusual signature left by the killer, giving them reason to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Forgotten Girls

  Blædel, Sara

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  Denmark. In a forest in Denmark, a ranger discovers the fresh corpse of an unidentified woman. A large scar on one side of her face should make the identification easy, but nobody has reported her missing. After four days, Louise Rick-- the new…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sins of Our Fathers

  Larsson, Åsa, 1966-

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  Sweden. Forensic pathologist Lars Pohjanen has only a few weeks to live when he asks Rebecka Martinsson to investigate a murder that has long since passed the statute of limitations. A body found in a freezer at the home of the deceased alcoholic,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An Event in Autumn

  Mankell, Henning, 1948-2015

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  Sweden. Soon after Inspector Kurt Wallander moves into a new house with a charming garden, he makes an upsetting discovery: there is a hand-- indeed, an entire corpse-- buried in a shallow grave in the garden. It's the responsibility of the local…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bridge. Series 4

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  Sweden. The fourth and final season of Nordic Noir masterpiece The Bridge brings the series to a shocking close. A woman is brutally murdered on Pepparholm island, at the base of the bridge. She is identified as Margrethe Thormod, General Director…Read moreRead more of this annotation