Monthly Archives: March 2010

Val Mcdermid – Fever of the bone

I´ve just read Val Mc Dermids 6thbook “Fever of the Bone” with Tony Hill and Carol Jordan. I have to admit that I first saw the TV-serie based on the books (Wire in the blood) A really good crime serie, one of … Continue reading

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – The Movie

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo will be released in the U.S. today (March 19, 2010). The direct translation of the Swedish title is “Men Who Hate Women” and violence against women is the main theme. The main characters are … Continue reading

The Hypnotist

The most talked about book i Sweden last year was The Hypnotist. The book was written by the pseudonym Lars Kepler and sent in to the publishing company in March 2009. Only a few months later it was in book stores, reached the … Continue reading

House, M.D.

The award winning American TV drama House, M.D. features Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), a medical “detective” solving the most difficult medical mysteries. He is an infectious disease specialist, and he heads a team of diagnosticians at a New Jersey … Continue reading

The Mystery Café – San Diego, CA

The Mystery Café in San Diego, CA, is an interactive murder mystery dinner theater where the dinner is served by the “suspects” while you solve the mystery. Or so I thought. The dinner theater part was true, but there was … Continue reading

Criminal Pictures – the 1950´s

When it comes to criminal pictures, the 1950´s are dominated by the  great Alfred Hitchcock and his thrillers. During this decade Hitchcock made 11 pictures. All of them are worth seeing good but 2 of them are (according to me) extra memorable and are really … Continue reading

“That which shall be atoned for” by Olle Lönnaeus

Freelance journalist Konrad Jonsson returns to his hometown Tomelilla in Sweden for the first time since his teenage years when he finds out that his adoptive parents, Herman and Signe, have been murdered. Their son Klas and Konrad are the … Continue reading