Nordic Noir

What you need to know before your trail

Barry Forshaw takes you to the dark and cold side of crime fiction here with a little potted history and tour around the Scandic countries with Sweden a major player.

From Sjöwall & Wahlöö’s highly influential Martin Beck series through Henning Mankell’s Wallander to Stieg Larsson’s groundbreaking The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Sweden crime fiction and television has really influenced a  lot of what we see now

As for Denmark, cult TV hits such as The Killing, The Bridge and the political thriller Borgen

Norway’s King of Crime? Jo Nesbo is of course in this book too. He shows you Oslo like no one else