House of Orphans
1902: A fictional yet poignant account of how Russian rule affected the ordinary people of Finland. A landscape of icy stillness amidst the Russian chaos
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The Stranger (Fjällbacka 4)
2000s: Previously titled The Gallows Bird, this is a great story about the repercussions of what effect actions of one moment can have on the…
Lucifer’s Tears
2000s: The second outing for Inspector Inspector Kari Vaara of Helsinki and it’s a gruesome one. A woman has been attacked and murder by torture…
Stockholm Octavo
1791 – the 18th C and and an octavo are an interesting mix and it’s always nice to travel to Stockholm – a game of…
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
2005 – A cross between Harold Fry and Forest Gump. A classic in Swedish but still as funny thanks to the translation by Rod Bradbury.…
