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I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!

#ABookADay2023

I love the use of colour in the cover of this Scandi-noir novel

#WhiteandBlue #FestivePhotoChallenge #WinterGames #ReadNosedReindeer @StayCurious @Clwojick

As I don't speak Norwegian, some of character and place names were too similar that they confused me a little. However, the story was good and I enjoyed reading it.

Just started this and so far so good

This was an enjoyable mystery set in Norway & I really liked the looked into a police procedural that was different from the US or UK. The characters were likeable but where this one fell short for me was that it was unnecessarily burdened things down. Overall I did enjoy it and will read more in this series.

This was just the kind of #audiobook that I was looking for, although it wasn't exactly what I expected. It's interesting to see the start of this series, published in the 90s, whose star became lesbian Norwegian detective Hanne Wilhelmsen. This first installment doesn't devote any more page time to her than to her boss and an important lawyer. Publishing has come a long way since then. A solid #mystery I definitely intend to keep going with!

It seems all I've been reading lately are #audiobooks! This one, the first in a series about a Norwegian lesbian detective, is fantastic so far. Pretty dark, although not disturbing (to me at least). The rest of the book isn't this gross, but the 1st scene is of a woman finding a mutilated dead man in the woods. Having lifted him up, she lets go, letting his face fall into dog shit on the ground beside him, and then throws up. What an opener!

Just had to find out how the Hanns Wilhelmsen character started. Introduces Billy T. Interesting plot. Blessed are those who thirst is in my September stack.

Friends, have you read this? Is it a decent translation? Should I read it? #randomthingsyoupickupatthelibrary

Had been hearing about Anne Holt's Norwegian mystery series, so I picked up the first book. Enjoyed it, and looking forward to reading more. #24in48

When I read a recent review of Ms Holt's latest book I looked her up on my TBR list and I had added this, her first book, in 2013. High time I gave her a go, then. Prime Scandinavia-Crime fiction! I'll be reading the 2nd book very soon!