Scandinavian Crime Thrillers

Seventeen years ago, Criminal Inspector Ewert Grens was called to the scene of a brutal crime. A family had been murdered, and the only survivor - and witness - was the five-year-old daughter. The girl was placed in the witness protection program, and the case went cold, but years later, Grens is still haunted by the seemingly random slaying and the little girl who was spared. So when he learns that the apartment where the crime occurred is now the scene of a mysterious break-in, Grens immediately fears that someone is intent on silencing the only witness.

It seemed like an open-and-shut case. But they couldn’t have been more wrong. When a 25-year-old woman is found dead in Stockholm, detective Vanessa Frank knows that there is more to the case than meets the eye. And when Vanessa finds herself on the trail of a dangerous internet community who call themselves "incels", her world starts to unravel. These ‘involuntarily celibate’ men have fostered hatred towards the women who turn them down, and now women are turning up dead.

January in Gotland. The days are short, the air is cold, and all the roads are covered in snow. On a deserted, icy backroad, these wintery conditions will soon bring together a group of strangers with a force devastating enough to change their lives forever when, in the midst of a brief period, a deadly accident and two separate crimes leave victims in their wake. Four years later, a single phone call is all it takes to bring back the terror of that day and to set in motion a plot for revenge.

16 år og 27 dage. Så gammel var Rolf Harskov, da han blev ramt af et tog og døde. Rolfs lillesøster Gry havde nået præcis samme alder, da hun to år senere sniffede kokain iblandet en dødelig dosis rottegift. Tilfældigt, siger politiet. Det er Rolf og Grys forældre uenige i. De er sikre på, at de to dødsfald var mord, og at sammenfaldet i børnenes alder har en betydning. Nu er deres yngste barn, Malthe, ved at nærme sig den alder, der blev fatal for hans søskende. Forældrene kontakter Dan Sommerdahl og bønfalder ham om at finde morderen, før det er for sent.

Nina Borg, a Red Cross nurse, wife, and mother of two, is a compulsive do-gooder who can’t say no when someone asks for help—even when she knows better. When her estranged friend Karin leaves her a key to a public locker in the Copenhagen train station, Nina gets suckered into her most dangerous project yet.

En hovedrig playboy findes knivdræbt i sit entreprenørfirma, der er ved at blive renoveret. Det viser sig hurtigt, at morderen skal findes i den snævre kreds, der har nøgle til byggepladsen. Flere af dem - fra firmaets direktør og mellemlederne til de håndværkere, der står for arbejdet - har haft særdeles gode grunde til at slå Peter Münster-Smith ihjel. Efterforskningen giver såvel Christianssund Politi som privatdetektiven Dan Sommerdahl indblik i en verden fyldt med kokain, dyre ure og masser af smukke kvinder. Skal motivet findes blandt den dødes damebekendtskaber, eller er det hele i virkeligheden... et spørgsmål om penge?

De la Norvège à la Russie, un thriller intense aux confins sauvages de l'arctique. Archipel du Svalbard, Longyearbyen, la ville la plus au nord du monde. On découvre le corps d'une femme vraisemblablement déchiquetée par un ours. Norvège continentale, les îles Lofoten. Le cadavre d'une ex-journaliste est retrouvé sur une plage isolée. A priori rien ne lie ces victimes si ce n'est qu'elles s'intéressaient de près aux mammifères marins. L'une était doctorante en biologie arctique, l'autre, à la tête d'une agence d'excursion en mer.

Step into the chilling landscapes of Iceland and immerse yourself in a bone-chilling tale of suspense, betrayal, and redemption in "Aurora's Whisper of Death: Unraveling Vik's Dark Secrets". As you listen to the captivating narration, you'll be transported alongside Detective Elin Magnusdottir, a resilient investigator with a troubled past, as she uncovers the hidden depths of a small coastal town plagued by baffling murders.

"Om et par timer er jeg morder. Tanken burde skræmme mig fra vid og sans, men hvis jeg skal være ærlig, så er jeg lige nu mere optaget af, at mit højre ben sover" Sådan begynder historien om mordet på Lilliana, en ung stilfærdig kvinde, der en råkold novemberaften findes stranguleret på byens mest trendy reklamebureau. Opklaringen viser sig at blive mere end almindeligt kompliceret. Den døde er nemlig så godt som anonym; hun har intet efternavn, ingen adresse, intet personnummer.

Detective Leonore Asker seems to have the leading position at Malmö’s Major Crime Division within reach. But things go awry when, in the middle of a high profile kidnapping case, management relegates her to the so-called Department of Lost Souls—the unit for odd, cold cases banished to the basement of the police station.

Summer 1983: four-year-old Billy chases a rabbit in the fields behind his house. But when his mother goes to call him in, Billy has disappeared. Never to be seen again. Today: Veronica is a bereavement counsellor. She's never fully come to terms with her mother's suicide after her brother Billy's disappearance. When a young man walks into her group, he looks familiar and talks about the trauma of his friend's disappearance in 1983. Could Billy still be alive after all this time?

Local girls' soccer coach Sven-Gunnar Erlandsson is practically a saint in the community, known for his good works and volunteering. So when his body is found in Stockholm's beautiful Herräng forest, shot at close range in the back of the neck while walking home from a late-night poker game, the police struggle to find a motive. Nothing has been taken from his pockets except his cell phone, and the only other clues left behind are a cryptic handwritten note and a handful of playing cards.

El verano llega a su fin y la escritora Erica Falck vuelve al trabajo tras la baja de maternidad. Ahora le toca a su compañero, el comisario Patrik Hedström, tomarse un tiempo libre para ocuparse de la pequeña Maja. Pero el crimen no descansa nunca, ni siquiera en la tranquila ciudad de Fjällbacka, y cuando dos adolescentes descubren el cadáver de Erik Frankel, Patrik compaginará el cuidado de su hija con su interés por el asesinato de este historiador especializado en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

En dag bryder nogen ind i Kamille Schwerins atelier, smadrer et helt års produktion af skulpturer og myrder hendes 83-årige mor. Politiet har en mistanke om, at det i virkeligheden var Kamille selv, morderen var ude efter, og da hun udsættes for flere mordforsøg og modtager en række trusselsbreve, bliver mistanken til vished. Men månederne går, uden at den skyldige bliver pågrebet. Året efter skal privatdetektiven Dan Sommerdahl medvirke i det samme realityshow som Kamille Schwerin.

The new summer house on Sandhamn Island is an architectural dream for its owner, Carsten Jonsson. It’s a nightmare for the locals. The venture capitalist has flouted local traditions, property lines, and the natural beauty of the coastline. He’s also too wealthy and arrogant to heed the anonymous warnings to leave. The threats escalate when his guest lodge is burned to the ground and an unidentifiable corpse is found in the charred ruins.

THAILAND: Auf dem Mekong gleitet ein Kanu. Die Augen des Fahrers tränen. Er hat die Zivilisation hinter sich gelassen, um ins Goldene Dreieck zu gelangen. Es ist eine Reise zu sich selbst und ein Versuch, die schreckliche Tat aufzuarbeiten, die ihn verfolgt. Der Mann in dem Kanu ist Ex-Kriminalkommissar Tom Stilton. STOCKHOLM: Olivia Rönning ist mit einem Mord befasst, der Schweden in Atem hält. Eine ganze Familie wurde kurz vor der Fahrt in die Winterferien in ihrem Auto brutal ermordet. Der schwedische Geheimdienst lieferte schnell einen Verdächtigen, der auch verurteilt wird.

Ursula Olesen er en midaldrende efterskolelærer, der for længst har accepteret at være single på livstid. Derfor tør hun næsten ikke tro sit eget held, da den unge, attraktive Jakob Heurlin pludselig dukker op og gør stormkur til hende. Jakob er alt, hvad Ursula har drømt om og længtes efter - og så må hendes skeptiske kolleger og veninder ellers sige, hvad de vil. Men lykkerusen får en brat ende, da Jakob forsvinder og tager hele hendes formue med sig.

Freelance private detective Thomas "Ravn" Ravnsholdt is attempting to move on with his life following the murder of his girlfriend. But when wealthy business mogul Ferdinand Mesmer enlists his help finding his son, Ravn reluctantly takes on what he thinks will be a straightforward missing person case. A decade ago, Jacob Mesmer founded the mysterious and scandal-scarred religious sect "God's Chosen." Now he's vanished without a trace. As Ravn digs deeper, he discovers the previous private eye assigned to the case has also disappeared.

Plus au nord que le nord, il y a : le Groenland. Une terre glacée, balayée par les vents, inaccessible sur la majeure partie de son territoire. Et qui recèle pourtant les histoire les plus sombres. C'est au travers du destin d'une femme que tout se joue. Elle porte en elle les déchirures et la soif de vengeance d'un pays. Elle est l'Inuite. Face à elle, deux flics, l'un groenlandais, l'autre danois, mènent chacun leur enquête : les meurtres récents d'un grand-père et de sa petite-fille sur une île isolée; et un scandale d'État qui remonte aux années 1950.

In the Swedish ski resort of Åre, crime is rare. Certainly nothing so brutal as the murder of Johan Andersson, a former Olympic skier found bound and beaten to death in the forest. According to his distraught wife, he didn’t have any enemies in the world. To Detective Inspectors Hanna Ahlander and Daniel Lindskog, the crime proves otherwise. But what could have provoked such rage? And in whom?