Euro Crime

I'm still so behind but I feel I've picked up more of August's titles than I did for July. As ever, do let me know the ones I...

  Outstanding crime fiction from the Kingdom of Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden shortlisted for the 2024 Petrona Award Six impressiv...

I'm so behind I feel that I've missed quite a few this month. As ever, do let me know!  Here's a snapshot of what I think...

From the press release which was embargoed until 8.00am today: Petrona Award 2024 - Longlist  OUTSTANDING CRIME FICTION FROM DENMARK, ICEL...

I am pleased to announce that 31 of the 32 titles that were eligible for the 2024 Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of t...

Here's a snapshot of what I think was published for the first time in June 2024 (and is usually a UK date but occasionally will be a US...

Welcome to the latest stop on the blog tour for Shrouded by Sólveig Pálsdóttir translated by Quentin Bates.  I am very pleased to be able t...

Here's a snapshot of what I think was published for the first time in May 2024 (and is usually a UK date but occasionally will be a US ...

Here's a snapshot of what I think was published for the first time in April 2024 (and is usually a UK date but occasionally will be a U...

  I'm currently reading Petrona entry You Will Never Be Found by Tove Alsterdal translated by Alice Menzies. This is the second in the ...

When the  Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Longlist was announced there was some backlash, most noticeably about the  "en...

At the time of writing, Stigma by Thomas Enger and Jørn Lier Horst translated by Megan Turney is   99p on UK Kindle , as is The Wolf by by...

Apologies for the delay in posting this. I will have a follow-up post shortly regarding the #theakstonssowhite controversy. In the meantime,...