Scandinavian Crime Fiction- a good read !!.

Scandinavian Crime Fiction- a good read !!.

A while back I read  Stieg Larsson’s  Millenium triology “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” series  and got hooked on these very deep and involved mystery novels set in Sweden and Denmark.

Placed in a modern but unknown culture for me, the complicated  story lines and the brooding, odd, even quirky characters, turn into a book  which I just can’t put down.They are real page-turners.

I read the whole series and found the books actually more interesting than the movie series that came out later. I guess that is often the case.

I also watched “Wallander” on Netflix, This is a mystery/dectective series based on  mystery fiction by Henning Mankell. One series was produced by the BBC but I watched the original series  in  Danish so  I was watching it with sub titles but still found it just as intriguing.

Just recently I found the third book in the series by Jussi Adler-Olsen- 

" Purity of Vengance"

Having read his previous two books in the Department Q series  ,I knew this would be a great read as well. I wasn’t disappointed. “Purity of Vengance “ is complicated which I expected, funny sometimes, has weird type characters, is quite dark and  sinister in places and above all , the ending comes as a  complete surprise.

I am not sure why it is that these Nordik books entrance me but they do and  I recommend them to anyone who wants a mystery book that will keep you guessing.

Just be sure if it is a series to try and get the first book so you understand the complexity of all the characters.