So you may ask how I have been enjoying my vacation after all the travel. Well, I have been indulging my passion for crime novels. Just imagine me with a cup of tea, a sleepy cat, a comfy chair and a Scandinavian/Icelandic/British crime novel.
That has been my summer indulgence so far.
I compiled this Book list yesterday. Bear in mind, I wouldn't necessarily recommend them all.
Dahl, K.O.
The Fourth Man
French, Tana
In the Woods
The Likeness
Faithful Place
Indridason, Arnaldur
Erlandur series:
Jar City
Silence of the Grave
Larsson, Stieg
The girl with the dragon tattoo
The girl who played with fire
The girl who kicked the hornet’s nest
Mankell, Henning
Kurt Wallander series:
The White Lioness
The Pyramid
The Man from Beijing
Nesbo, Jo
Harry Hole series:
Nemesis
The Redbreast
The Devil's Star
The Snowman
Rankin, Ian
John Rebus series:
Knots and Crosses
Hide and Seek
Resurrection Man
Roslund-Hellstrom
Box 21
Smith, Tom Rob
Child 44
I have to say, I am a bit tired of drunken detectives. Come on! Harry Hole and John Rebus just seem to disintegrate under pressure. I tend to prefer the characters of Siobhan Clarke, Ellen Gjelten, Beate Lonn. They do the real work of piecing together the evidence that leads the investigation. It seems that Hole and Rebus can't walk down a street in Oslo and Edinburgh without stopping in a pub for a drink. This may be why I adore Blomkvist and Salander so much. Like me they prefer caffeine to alcohol. :P
