Category Archives: Books

A Spark of Death

Historical Crime Series by  Bernadette Pajer A while ago I received a review copy by an unknown author (for me) named Bernadette Pajer. A spark of Death is the first book in a series about Professor Bradshaw who lives in … Continue reading

Liquid Smoke by Jeff Shelby

Noah Braddock is a Private Investigator and his girlfriend works as a cop (homicide department). One day Noah is observed by a mysterious woman. When he confronts her it turns out that she is an attorney and she wants his … Continue reading

Hans-Olov Öberg’s novel could be the best one this year…

The novel (Swedish title: Djävulens tonsteg) takes place in Västerås, Sweden at the end of 1978 (which happens to be the year I was born). Jimmy, a member of the local boys’ choir, disappears without a trace one evening just … Continue reading

The Recruit by Robert Muchamore – A Thriller for Young Adults

Storyline The English Secret Service has a super-secret spy organization called CHERUB, and its agents are tough orphans. The book is about twelve-year-old James, who lives in the slums of London until his mom dies, and then he ends up … Continue reading

Thriller with mysticism

A dead Angel (my translation) …. is the sequel to the Nephilim written by Åsa Schwarz who were released two years ago. I  really liked Nephilim and have been waiting for A dead Angel a long time. The main character in the books … Continue reading

A Walk in the Dark by Gianrico Carofiglio

Italian Attorney Risking His Career Guido Guerrieri works as an attorney in Bari, a city located in in southern Italy. He is used to defending questionable people and has seen a lot of things in his line of work. One … Continue reading

The Villette Series

Ingrid Hedström … is a Swedish journalist on one of the bigger Newspapers in Sweden. She previously worked on the Continent (Europe). Which, perhaps, is why the series takes place in the fictional city of Villette in Belgium in the … Continue reading

Dark Secrets by Michael Hjorth and Hans Rosenfeldt

Roger, a sixteen-year-old boy, disappears in Västerås, Sweden. The search does not get underway until a few days later and the boy is then found murdered. The federal police take over the investigation. The psychologist Sebastian Bergman, expert profiler, is … Continue reading

The Woodcutter by Reginald Hill

Wolf Hadda came from nowhere and worked his way to the top. He had a beautiful wife, a daughter, power and an indescribable amount of money. One morning the police rang his doorbell and showed a search warrant. He was … Continue reading

The Nirvana Project by Stefan Tegenfalk

”The Nirvana Project” is the second part of Stefan Tegenfalk’s trilogy about Criminal Detective Walter Gröhn and his coworker Jonna de Brugge. I read the first part “Anger Mode” a while back, and you should definitely read that first, since … Continue reading