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Sidetracked 26 reviews
Henning Mankell
Vintage, 2003
Good But Not His Best Novel: 4 or 5 Stars, Spoiled By Too Many Murders
+ Ah, take one consideration with another
+ A pleasant diversion
I thank fellow reviewer Leonard Fleisig for bringing this author to my attention. The writing is simply superb. I am very interested in reading more books by the Mankell. So far, I have bought and read six novels in the Wallander series.
I thought that the novel was excellent up to a point. But ...
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One Step Behind 27 reviews
Henning Mankell
Vintage, 2003
A Great Police Thriller
+ Another Uniquely Satisfying Murder Mystery by Mankell
+ Kurt Wallander Right in Step
+ Another heart stopper from Henning Mankell
+ A Compelling and Entertaining Page Turner: Mankell's Best?
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The Locked Room11 reviews
Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo
Vintage, 1992
Great
+ Well-Executed Procedural
+ "The mystery form is like gymnastic equipment
+ a Stockholm-based circa 1970 crime story; pretty decent read
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Studio 69
Liza Marklund
Pocket Books, 2003
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Paradise 1 review
Liza Marklund
Simon & Schuster UK, 2004
Honest gritty portrayal of woman writer
I thought this was a very realistic intense book. I have enjoyed all of Marklund's book - they provide a birds-eye view of another culture. Even the meals in restaurants were deliciously described.
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The Princess of Burundi (Ann Lindell Mysteries)11 reviews
Kjell Eriksson
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007
Serious, absorbing Swedish procedural
+ Another wonderful Scandanavian author
+ Fantastic Book
+ The Swedes do crime with feeling
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Firewall25 reviews
Henning Mankell
Vintage, 2003
Firewall and other Mankell mysteries
+ Good for a leisurely read
+ Sweden?
+ The last book in the Wallander series is again excellent
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The Return: An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)7 reviews
Hakan Nesser
Vintage, 2008
Another great Scandinavian writer
+ Nesser at his best!
+ I have discovered that all human evil comes from this; man's being unable to sit still in a room.
+ A double murder becomes triple
+ A real policier
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The Torso7 reviews
Helene Tursten
Soho Crime, 2007
Discover a new mystery master!
+ Detailed and Plausible, with Great Ambiance
+ Pleasantly Surprised
+ WOW A GREAT READ
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The Bomber 7 reviews
Liza Marklund
Pocket Books, 2005
The Madd Bomber
+ Good as a Novel or as a Thriller
+ A worthy read...
This was one of the most spell-binding novels I've read in quite some time. It was excellent. So much so that I have just ordered another of Marklund's thrillers -- Studio Sex: An Annika Bengtzon Thriller. Just knowing that I again will be treated to another story woven around this very savy crime ...
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Borkmann's Point: An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery17 reviews
Hakan Nesser
Vintage, 2007
A witty, atmospheric Scandinavian procedural
+ Finally in English!
Swedish author Hakan Nesser, has his laconic, sardonic series detective, Inspector VanVeeteren, investigate a serial ax murderer in a quiet seaside town, in "Borkmann's Point," winner of the Swedish Crime Writers' Best Novel Award for 1994.
Van Veeteren is not feeling his best after a dreary ...
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The Return of the Dancing Master20 reviews
Henning Mankell
Vintage, 2005
Neo-nazism in Sweden
+ The Dance Goes On and On
+ Wallender isn't the only oddball cop in Sweden!
+ Not my type of dance
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Studio Sex: An Annika Bengtzon Thriller5 reviews
Liza Marklund, 2002
Very interesting and very European
+ Typical Swedish thriller with a number of twists and turns
+ a cunning Swede
+ engaging investigative tale
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The Fifth Woman (A Kurt Wallander Mystery)24 reviews
Henning Mankell
Vintage, 2004
Amazing thriller
+ Riveting Mystery
+ Crime Committed By Real People, Solved By A Real Person
+ One of his best
+ "Though this be madness
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Sun Storm9 reviews
Asa Larsson
Delta, 2006
Excellent read!
+ An absorbing read.
+ Under the northern lights.
+ Atmospheric tale of insular small town in winter, with a bold, quirky heroine
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Roseanna18 reviews
Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo
Vintage, 1993
Martin Beck's a hottie!
+ Forerunners of Henning Mankell
+ "Well, intuition isn't much help in police work
+ Solid Beginning to This Swedish Series
+ Martin Beck Arrives
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The Bomber7 reviews
Liza Marklund
Pocket Books, 2005
The Madd Bomber
+ Good as a Novel or as a Thriller
+ A worthy read...
This was one of the most spell-binding novels I've read in quite some time. It was excellent. So much so that I have just ordered another of Marklund's thrillers -- Studio Sex: An Annika Bengtzon Thriller. Just knowing that I again will be treated to another story woven around this very savy crime ...
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Borkmann's Point: An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery17 reviews
Hakan Nesser
Vintage, 2007
A witty, atmospheric Scandinavian procedural
+ Finally in English!
Swedish author Hakan Nesser, has his laconic, sardonic series detective, Inspector VanVeeteren, investigate a serial ax murderer in a quiet seaside town, in "Borkmann's Point," winner of the Swedish Crime Writers' Best Novel Award for 1994.
Van Veeteren is not feeling his best after a dreary ...
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The Fifth Woman (A Kurt Wallander Mystery)24 reviews
Henning Mankell
Vintage, 2004
Amazing thriller
+ Riveting Mystery
+ Crime Committed By Real People, Solved By A Real Person
+ One of his best
+ "Though this be madness
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The Return of the Dancing Master20 reviews
Henning Mankell
Vintage, 2005
Neo-nazism in Sweden
+ The Dance Goes On and On
+ Wallender isn't the only oddball cop in Sweden!
+ Not my type of dance
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