The Petrona Award 2019 official shortlist is here! A diverse and compelling selection from across Scandinavia…
Here we go!!!
Six outstanding crime novels from Denmark, Iceland and Norway have been shortlisted for the 2019 Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year, which is announced today.They are… *drumroll*
- THE ICE SWIMMER by Kjell Ola Dahl, tr. Don Bartlett (Orenda Books; Norway)
- THE WHISPERER by Karin Fossum, tr. Kari Dickson (Harvill Secker; Norway)
- THE KATHARINA CODE by Jørn Lier Horst, tr. Anne Bruce (Michael Joseph; Norway)
- THE DARKNESS by Ragnar Jónasson, tr. Victoria Cribb (Penguin; Iceland)
- RESIN by Ane Riel, tr. Charlotte Barslund (Doubleday; Denmark)
- BIG SISTER by Gunnar Staalesen, tr. Don Bartlett (Orenda Books; Norway)
THE ICE SWIMMER by Kjell Ola Dahl, tr. Don Bartlett (Orenda Books; Norway)
Kjell Ola Dahl has achieved international acclaim for his ‘Oslo Detectives’ police procedural series, of which The Ice Swimmer is the latest instalment. When a dead man is found in the freezing waters…
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