A Darker Shade: 17 Swedish stories of murder, mystery and suspense including a short story by Stieg Larsson
By (Author) John-Henri Holmberg
Head of Zeus
Head of Zeus
1st January 2014
UK Airports ed
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Fiction in translation
Anthologies: general
368
Width 145mm, Height 228mm
Original Swedish crime stories from the masters of Nordic noir including a never before published story by Stieg Larsson. Ever since Stieg Larsson shone a light on the brilliance of Swedish crime writing with his bestselling Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, readers have devoured this dark and compelling genre. Now the nation's best crimewriters have been brought together to form the first ever anthology of Swedish crime. Contributors include: - Stieg Larsson, author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. - Henning Mankell, creator of Wallander. - Per Wahl and Maj Sjwall, creators of Martin Beck. - Eva Gabrielsson, writer and thirty-year partner to Stieg Larsson.
A wonderful collection of beautiful and dark Nordic Noir with Stieg Larsson as the cherry on the top -- Camilla Lackberg
An entertaining collection with an imaginative story from Stieg Larsson... demonstrates the depth of the Swedish crime pool' * The Times *
Gripping... these unsettling dark tales reaffirm the dominance of Swedish writers with original crime fiction' * The Sun *
John-Henri Holmberg is the Edgar Award-nominated co-author of The Tattooed Girl, about the Millennium novels and their author, Stieg Larsson, who was a personal friend. He is a writer, editor and translator and lives in Sweden.