Interview with Stefan Tegenfalk
Interview with Donald Bain
Interview with Dennis Lehane
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Agatha Christie – An English Mystery
I´ve always been a fan of Agatha Christie and I´ve probably read most (if not all) of her crime-novels. Laura Thompsons biography Agatha Christie – An English mystery from 2007 is the latest Agatha Christie biography. I was very curios to see what the … Continue reading
Stieg Larsson’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is being made into a play!
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is being made into a play in Denmark. Stieg Larsson’s long time girlfriend/life partner (they were together for 32 years*, but never married), Eva Gabrielsson, is involved in the project. The play is expected … Continue reading
Monk – The Last Season
Monk is one of my absolute favorite TV series. The eight and final season started in the United States recently, and I am eager to see if Monk will solve the crime of his lifetime – the murder of his … Continue reading
The Lighthouse Keeper (Fyrvaktaren) – Camilla Läckberg
Fyrvaktaren (direct translation: The Lighthouse Keeper, official English title is not yet available) is an entertaining book, there is no question about it . As always, Läckberg is mixing a storyline from the past with a few from the present. … Continue reading
Criminal Pictures – The 1940s
Here are some tips of my favourite criminal pictures. I´ll start with the 1940s 1. The Sherlock Holmes movies starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. I know a lot of people love Jeremy Brett as … Continue reading
Grand Opening
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Interview with Karin Slaughter
Karin Slaughter, welcome to this interview for Deckarhuset/TheCrimeHouse ! You write unusually violent and bloody stories, why? I don’t think of them as unusually violent or bloody. My main focus as a writer is to use violence as a means … Continue reading
Tragic Telegram
Stieg Trenter, from 1947. My first contact with Trenter, and a lovely meeting it was – the language is rich and colourful in a way quite different from most of the recent Swedish crime novels I’ve read (I read the … Continue reading
What is Mine – Anne Holt
Holt is a Norwegian lawyer and writer who was actually minister of justice for a while. I think I read Blind Gudinna (no English translation available, I think? Blind Goddess, literally translated, Blind Gudinne in Norwegian) many years ago, but … Continue reading
