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• The Girl by the Bridge

  Arnaldur Indriðason, 1961-

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  An elderly couple are worried about their granddaughter. They know she's been smuggling drugs, and now she's gone missing. Looking for help, they turn to Konrad, a former policeman whose reputation precedes him. Always absent-minded, he constantly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Reykjavík

  Ragnar Jónasson, 1976-

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  On the 30th anniversary of the disappearance of Lara, a 14-year-old girl--one of Iceland's most infamous unsolved cases, tabloid reporter Valur Robertsson decides to write a series of articles about her, hoping to uncover new evidence before…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Killing Moon

  Nesbø, Jo, 1960-

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  Fired from the force and drinking heavily, Harry Hole agrees to assist the police in an investigation about two missing women who were only connected by attending the same party, in the latest novel of the series following Knife. --From NoveList Plus

• The Sins of Our Fathers

  Larsson, êAsa, 1966-

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  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, Henry…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Harmless Lie

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  Blµdel, Sara

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  Detective Louise Rick is on a beach in Thailand when the panicked call from her father comes through. Louise′s beloved brother, Mikkel, has attempted suicide. His wife, Trine, left him days earlier, walking out the door one day with no warning and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Shadow Murders

  Adler-Olsen, Jussi

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  Faced with their toughest case yet, made only more difficult with COVID-19 restrictions and the challenges of their own personal lives, Department Q, led by Detective Carl Morck, investigates a series of "accidental" deaths over the span of 30 years…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed

  Tursten, Helene, 1954-

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  Just when things have finally cooled down for 88-year-old Maud after the disturbing discovery of a dead body in her apartment in Gothenburg, a couple of detectives return to her doorstep, ruining a perfectly good afternoon. Though Maud deftly dodges…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Island

  Ragnar Jónasson, 1976-

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  Autumn of 1987 takes a young couple on a romantic trip in the Westfjords holiday--a trip that gets an unexpected ending and has catastrophic consequences. Ten years later a small group of friends go for a weekend to an old hunting lodge in Ellidaey.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hunting Game

  Tursten, Helene, 1954-

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  When an annual moose hunt leads to murder, 28-year-old Swedish Detective Inspector Embla Nystrom must delve into the dark pasts of her fellow hunters to expose a killer. --From NoveList Plus

• Knife

  Nesbø, Jo, 1960-

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  Harry Hole is working cold cases, but he is more worried about the rapist and murderer, Svein Finne, who will soon be out of prison, and when he wakes up from a drunken blackout with blood on his hands, it marks the start of a waking nightmare.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• After She's Gone

  a Novel

  Grebe, Camilla

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  Finds an amnesia-stricken psychological profiler struggling to figure out what happened, while a teen with a difficult secret considers exposing himself to save the profiler's life. --From NoveList Plus

• The Chestnut Man

  Sveistrup, Søren, 1968-

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  When a serial killer begins leaving handmade dolls at his murder scenes, two detectives struggle to put aside their differences and follow forensic clues linking the case to a politician's kidnapped daughter. --From NoveList Plus

• Killed

  Enger, Thomas, 1973-

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  Henning Juul sits in a boat on a dark lake. A man with a gun sits opposite him. At the man's feet is a body that will be soon be dumped into the water. Henning knows that the same fate awaits him. And he knows that it's his own fault. Who started…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Boy at the Door

  Dahl, Alex

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  A woman with a loving family and an affluent Sandefjord home is forced to prove how far she will go to safeguard her life when she is manipulated by a desperate stranger. --From NoveList Plus

• The Rabbit Hunter

  Kepler, Lars

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  Summoned from prison by the Swedish prime minister to help investigate the murder of a high-ranking political official, detective Joona Linna teams up with security police detective Saga Bauer to uncover the complex scheme of a vengeful killer.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Reckoning

  Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

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  Detective Huldar and child psychologist Freyja investigate the disappearance of a schoolgirl who was last seen in the company of a disabled classmate. --From NoveList Plus

• The Scarred Woman

  Adler-Olsen, Jussi

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  Unable to determine links between a Copenhagen park murder and another unsolved case that is unsettlingly similar, Detective Carl Morck of Department Q finds his job and division on the line at the same time the team investigates a possible crime…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Shadow District

  Arnaldur Indriðason, 1961-

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  Investigating the murder of a 90-year-old man, a retired detective discovers unsettling links between the victim, the World War II case of a strangled woman and a pair of attacks that suggest the wrong man may have been arrested decades earlier.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Odd Numbers

  Holt, Anne, 1958-

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  A devastating bombing attack in the Islamic Cooperation Council's offices in Oslo brings special adviser Hanne Wilhelmsen out of her secluded home to investigate rumors of an imminent second attack and assist a long-lost friend's efforts to reach…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Snowblind

  Ragnar Jâonasson, 1976-

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  Ari Thaor Arason, a rookie policeman on his first posting in a Northern Iceland fishing village, confronts the secrets and lies of a community he cannot trust after a young woman is found bleeding and unconscious in the snow and an elderly writer…Read moreRead more of this annotation