Scandinavian Noir

Ida is a self-confessed serial killer of predatory men. She feels no remorse for her victims but has decided she needs psychiatric help...if only to lay the groundwork for an insanity plea if she gets caught. Clarissa is a celebrity psychotherapist, the best in her field, a familiar face on television and in glossy magazines. For her, every patient is special—someone only she can save. When Ida walks into Clarissa's consulting room one day, the therapist doesn't know that they share a dark secret, buried in both their pasts.

Noora Nieminen was destined to become a world champion. But when the sixteen-year-old skating sensation is found slain with her own skates, her promising career is unexpectedly cut short. Detective Maria Kallio is seven months pregnant, but that isn't going to stop her from putting everything she has into solving the murder. With a promotion on the line and her arrogant adversary, Pertti Ström, vying for the new job, Maria is determined to make an arrest.

From Ragnar Jónasson, the award-winning author of the international bestselling Ari Thór series, The Girl Who Died is a standalone thriller about a young woman seeking a new start in a secluded village where a small community is desperate to protect its secrets. Teacher Wanted At the Edge of...

When perpetual bachelor Gunder Jomann goes to India for two weeks and comes home married, the town of Elvestad is stunned. On the day the Indian bride is supposed to arrive, the battered body of a woman is found in a meadow on the outskirts of town. None of the "good people of Elvestad" can believe that anyone among them would be capable of such a brutal murder. But in his quiet, formal way, Inspector Konrad Sejer understands that good people can commit atrocious deeds, and that no one is altogether innocent.

An unbearably tense novel of revenge, murder, bereavement and the destructive force of passion. The single-mother families of the isolated community under the shadow of the Pyderhorn, Bergen's greatest mountain, are being terrorised by a teenage gang. But teenage violence is nothing compared to what awaits detective Varg Veum when he gets to know the blue-eyed Wenche Andersen.

Left to her own devices, Detective Sergeant Charlie West struggles with the responsibility of a full-blown murder investigation when a man is pushed off a cliff. Not ready to have her apron strings severed so soon, West finds Munro who reluctantly agrees to shed light on the Ayrshire detectives' most challenging case yet. Once the police have discovered the identity of the dead man, and established his demise was the result of foul play, the race is on to hunt down the murderer.

Are YOU ready to return to FOG ISLAND? The third thrilling book in the Fog Island Trilogy from the international bestseller Mariette Lindstein… Sofia Bauman is living a normal life – or as close to one as she can manage. After escaping the cult surrounding the charismatic but cruel Franz...

When a boy leaps to his death from a bridge in the northern town of Umeå, Sweden, police discover drugs scattered in the snow near his body. The town has seen a dramatic increase in narcotic use among its youth, but nobody knows where the pills are coming from.

Former cop Emma Tapper and her lawyer boss Angela Köhler are defending shipping boss Anita Spendel, charged with murdering her billionaire husband. Anita insists Martin Spendel is still alive, but his car is soaked in his blood. Emma must clear Anita’s name by finding the missing man—dead or alive… Meanwhile, on a luxury yacht off the coast of Ibiza, Bianca Aguilera is relaxing in the sun when a drone delivers an unexpected parcel. The contents: chilling evidence that someone close to her is dead. Horror quickly turns to realisation.

When a steel industry executive is found dead in a burning BMW, the death is quickly dismissed as a tragic accident. After another nearly identical accident occurs, criminal inspector Eva Nyman receives a letter that reveals details of an upcoming, and much more vicious, attack, leading her to believe that these are a deliberate series of murders, possibly even a case of climate terrorism. In the letter, Eva recognizes a phrase that was often used by her disgraced former boss, Lukas Frisell, who went off the grid after botching a kidnapping investigation.

A shadowy figure stalks the streets of Copenhagen, preying on unsuspecting single women. Each victim becomes another macabre addition to the murderer's twisted collection, sending shockwaves of terror through the Danish capital. Enter Cecilie Mars, the maverick detective newly thrust into the spotlight as head of the city's homicide division. Tasked with bringing this fiend to justice, she faces not only the relentless pressure of a fearful public but also insidious opposition from inside the ranks of the police force.

Als bei einem Hausbrand in der Kleinstadt Akranes ein junger Mann ums Leben kommt, deutet zunächst alles auf einen tragischen Unglücksfall hin. Auch in Eva Björg Ægisdóttirs drittem Krimi ist nichts so, wie es zunächst scheint, und sie erweist sich einmal mehr als Meisterin der psychologischen Spannungsliteratur.

Harald Uteng, ein pensionierter Kripos-Beamter, arbeitet an einem Podcast über den Mord an der 17-jährigen Malin, die 1991 in der norwegischen Kleinstadt Aremark grausam getötet wurde. Doch kurz bevor der Podcast veröffentlicht wird, wird Uteng ertrunken aufgefunden. Anton Brekke nimmt die Ermittlungen auf. Hängt Utengs Tod mit dem alten Fall zusammen? Wurde damals gar der Falsche für den Mord an Malin verurteilt? Ist der wahre Mörder von damals wieder aktiv? Während Brekke den alten Fall aufrollt, fühlt sich in Aremark die junge Emily von jemandem beobachtet.

Willkommen bei Schwedens Dezernat für die wirklich hoffnungslosen Fälle! Eigentlich steht Kriminalinspektorin Leonore Asker – Tochter eines durchgeknallten Preppers und einer Überflieger-Rechtsanwältin – kurz vor der Beförderung: Die Leitung der Abteilung für Schwerverbrechen in Malmö ist ihr so gut wie sicher. Stattdessen wird sie noch während der Ermittlungen in einem spektakulären Entführungsfall in ein Dezernat versetzt, von dem sie noch nie gehört hat: Ihre neuen Kollegen, allesamt Außenseiter und Nerds, nennen es nur "Dezernat für hoffnungslose Fälle", denn hier landet, was bei der Polizei als unlösbar gilt.

Ein grausiger Leichenfund schreckt das beschauliche Jütland im Süden Dänemarks auf. In die Brust des Toten, der aus dem Leichenschauhaus entwendet wurde, ist "Grandberg" eingeritzt, der Name der mächtigsten Familie im Dorf – und des örtlichen Polizeichefs. Und neben der Leiche steckt eine Schaufel im Boden, die ein mörderisches Geheimnis enthüllt: das Massengrab eines Serienkillers, der seine jungen Opfer mit kochender Milch verbrühte.

Das Verbrechen wurde damals nicht aufgeklärt, die ermordete Frau nie gefunden. Nun, Jahrzehnte später, wird ihr Skelett hinter der gemauerten Kellerwand eines Hauses im Reykjavíker Stadtzentrum entdeckt. Dem pensionierten Kommissar Konráð wird plötzlich klar, dass dieses fast vergessene Verbrechen etwas mit dem Mord an seinem Vater zu tun haben könnte, und beginnt, erneut in dem Fall zu ermitteln. Bald bringen ihn jedoch die Kollegen der Kripo Reykjavík in Bedrängnis.

Eine Frau wird in ihrer Wohnung in Reykjavík ermordet aufgefunden. Auf dem Schreibtisch liegt ein Zettel mit Kommissar Konráðs Telefonnummer. Die Frau hatte offenbar kurz vor ihrem Tod noch angerufen und ihn angefleht, nach ihrem Kind zu suchen, das sie vor Jahrzehnten zur Adoption freigegeben hat. Konráð hatte abgelehnt. Dies bereut er nun zutiefst und will ihrer verzweifelten Bitte wenigstens postum nachkommen. Er macht sich auf die Suche nach dem Kind - nichtsahnend, welch tragischem Schicksal er damit auf die Spur kommt.

Step into the chilling landscapes of Iceland and immerse yourself in a bone-chilling tale of suspense, betrayal, and redemption in "Aurora's Whisper of Death: Unraveling Vik's Dark Secrets". As you listen to the captivating narration, you'll be transported alongside Detective Elin Magnusdottir, a resilient investigator with a troubled past, as she uncovers the hidden depths of a small coastal town plagued by baffling murders.

Are you ready to uncover the chilling secrets of Sisimiut, Greenland? Experience a gripping crime thriller that will keep you captivated from start to finish. Join Detective Eva Larsen as she confronts her own demons while unraveling a series of brutal murders that echo an ancient legend whispered among the locals. But The Sisimiut Curse is more than just a thrilling tale—it's an immersive experience that will transport you to another world.