Wallander and Beyond

A guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Wallander and television

Henning Mankell Born in Stockholm 1948 Has written 9 novels

featuring Wallander (written in the 90’s)+ a collection of short storiesBefore the Frost – novel with Linda Wallander as the main character

Worked a great deal in the theatre and founded Avenida Theatre in Mozambique where he spends a lot of his time

The Wallander Books

The Troubled

Man (2011?)

FirewallOne Step

Behind

The Fifth Woman

Side-tracked

The Man who

Smiled

The White

Lioness

Dogs of Riga

Faceless Killers

The Pyramid – Short stories

Swedish Crime

Johan TheorinHakan Nesser

Camilla LackbergSteig Larsson

Henning Mankell

Ystad

Hakan Nesser

?

Camilla Lackberg

“Fjallbacka”

Johan Theorin

“Oland”

Steig Larsson

“Hedestad and

Stockholm”

Johan Theorin Born 1963 in

Gothenburg Echoes of the Dead

(2007) The Darkest Room

(2008)

Hakan Nesser Borkmann’s Point

(2006) The Return (2007) The Minds Eye

(2008) Woman with a

Birthmark (2009)

Stieg Larsson The Girl with the

Dragon Tattoo (2008)

The Girl who played with Fire (2009)

The Girl who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest (2009)

Camilla Lackberg

The Ice Princess (2008)

The Preacher (2009) The Stonecutter

(forthcoming)

Norwegian Crime

Jo Nesbo(Karin Fossum, Anne Holt and Gunnar Staalesen)

Jo Nesbo

“Oslo”

Jo Nesbo Harry Hole Novels The Redbreast

(2006) Nemesis (2008) The Devil’s Star

(2005) The Redeemer

(2009)

Icelandandic Crime

Arnaldur Indridason and Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Arnaldur Indridason

“Reykjavik”

Yrsa Sigurdardottir

“Reykjavik”

Ysra Sigurdardottir

Last Rituals (2008) My Soul to Take

(2009)

Arnaldur Indridason Tainted Blood also

known as Jar City (2000) Silence of the Grave

(2001) Voices (2003) The Draining Lake

(2004) Arctic Chill (2005) Hypothermia (2007)