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A '40s period piece which revolves around an American expat who returns to Shanghai in the months before Pearl Harbor due to the death of his friend.

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They had grown estranged after their small daughter ran into the street and was struck by a car and killed during a moment when her father was distracted. Varg has a client who wants him to take on a missing persons case. But it turns out she, herself, is a bit of a missing person — a half-sister he never knew he had. The missing girl is her god-daughter, and she has vanished after moving to the big city. She had previously sought out her estranged father, who turns out to be a piece of work as Varg retraces her steps.

Set in Norway, and quite Nordic Noir in feeling, this novel is not a translation but is by an American born in Oslo and educated in the UK who lives, at least some of the time, in the picturesque town of Sandefjord, the setting of the novel. She crossly agrees, but the place he points her to is no place for a child. Rather than go to the trouble of taking him to the authorities, she takes him home for the night and plans to drop him off at school the next day; let school deal with it.

Some of the story is told from the perspective of the boy himself, and some from a drug-addicted prostitute whose letters and journal explain how he ended up in Sandefjord, all leading into the past of the smug, self-centered woman who has wrapped privilege around her like a blanket to keep out the past.

This essay is a mix of critical examination of the Martin Beck series and the Millennium Trilogy and memoir. They give me a sly wink, asking me to stay. Congrats to both author and translator! This is a bit bittersweet just now in the United States as the subject of school shootings is a bit too raw. Another one just happened after students began a powerful movement to end school shootings. Gripping and thought-provoking, Quicksand is an outstanding Scandinavian crime novel and the highly worthy winner of the Petrona Award. I admit I found it a challenging book to read, but the voice of the narrator — a naive, irritating, obnoxious, and troubled child whose decisions have landed her on trial for murder — was well-rendered.

I can only imagine it was a challenge to translate, keeping that voice as conflicted and immature as it is. If ever a reader thought Sweden is a democratic socialist paradise of equality and healthy relationships, this is quite the antidote. Six outstanding crime novels from Denmark, Finland and Sweden have made the shortlist for the Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year, which is announced today.

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The winning title will be announced at the Gala Dinner on 19 May during the annual international crime fiction convention CrimeFest, held in Bristol on May The winning author and the translator of the winning title will both receive a cash prize, and the winning author will receive a full pass to and a guaranteed panel at CrimeFest The Petrona Award is open to crime fiction in translation, either written by a Scandinavian author or set in Scandinavia, and published in the UK in the previous calendar year.

The Petrona team would like to thank our sponsor, David Hicks, for his continued generous support of the Petrona Award. There were 27 female and 33 male authors, and one brother-sister writing duo. As ever, the Petrona Award judges faced a difficult but enjoyable decision-making process when they met to draw up the shortlist.

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The six novels selected by the judges stand out for the quality of their writing, their characterisation and their plotting. They are original and inventive, and shine a light on highly complex subjects such as Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, school shootings, and life on the margins of society. A key theme that emerged across all of the shortlisted works was that of family: We are extremely grateful to the translators whose expertise and skill allows readers to access these gems of Scandinavian crime fiction, and to the publishers who continue to champion and support translated fiction.

Ella Nygaard was a child when her mother was killed by her father. Did the seven-year-old witness the crime? In this compelling and timely novel, eighteen-year-old Maja Norberg is on trial for her part in a school shooting which saw her boyfriend, best friend, teacher and other classmates killed. Lawyer-turned-writer Malin Persson Giolito successfully pulls the reader into the story, but provides no easy answers to the motives behind the killings.

Gripping and thought-provoking, the novel offers an insightful analysis of family and class dynamics. Living in splendid isolation on an island in a Swedish archipelago, Welin wakes up one night to find his house on fire and soon finds himself suspected of arson by the authorities. An engaging figure who navigates his post-divorce mid-life crisis by opening a witty dialogue with God, Barbarotti is asked to investigate the disappearance of two members of the Hermansson family following a birthday celebration. Further information can be found on the Petrona Award website.

So many school shootings here, so much inequality warping young lives, I just. Interesting that the three books by women on this list all have something to do with defining where they belong in a life defined largely by economic realities out of their control. This article, originally published in The Norwegian-American , is reprinted here with the kind permission of the author, who retains the copyright.

One would think that after a long, dark and bitter winter, Norwegians would welcome spring, sun and the promise of summer. That is probably true for the cold challenged, but many Norwegians choose to extend the winter by spending the Easter holiday in their mountain log cabins, armed with mutton, eggs and chocolate wafers. However, one more ingredient is needed to really get into the spirit.

She runs car-crash scams but has the proverbial heart of gold, which lands her bejeweled flip-flops in a diabolically complicated story that skewers phony reality shows and the fine folks who bring them to us. Revolver , by Duane Swierczynski. Swierczynski, who enjoys high-concept high-wire acts, attempts what might be his riskiest move yet: Each story line features full-blooded characters and intrigue that work both on their own and in the larger context. Race plays a large role and is thoughtfully handled in this bleak, powerful tale of corruption and the lasting effects of crime in the City of Brotherly Love.

Since We Fell , by Dennis Lehane. The mood and pace of the novel change directions as quickly as the plot, but Lehane never lets his narrative vehicle veer out of control, and when he hits the afterburners in the last 50 pages, he produces an incredibly exciting and well-orchestrated finale. Then he meets Mecha, sees her pearl necklace, and finds himself torn between business and pleasure. The Dry , by Jane Harper. The Girl Before , by Rena Olsen.

IQ , by Joe Ide. Little Deaths , by Emma Flint. This compelling crime-fiction debut is clearly based on the Alice Crimmins case, in which the New York woman was convicted and served a prison sentence for the deaths of her children. This is absolutely absorbing literary crime fiction, perfect for fans of Megan Abbott and Sarah Waters. Look forward to more from the gifted Flint, who has revealed in interviews that she has been a reader of true crime since childhood. Thirty years ago, six college friends set out to explore an abandoned prison. One of the group disappeared, and his body has now been found.

Lies fester and multiply, undermining intimate relationships in this psychological thriller.

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When the manipulative Carla, now a grown woman, reenters their lives, very bad things happen. Corry skillfully intertwines plotlines and jumps back and forth in time, shrewdly building suspense until the end.

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Shadow Man , by Alan Drew. Drew treats young victims and troubled investigators with the same sensitivity while offering a powerful eulogy to a California landscape under assault from rampant development. She Rides Shotgun , by Jordan Harper. After short-timer Nate McClusky kills a member of the Aryan Steel prison gang, he is released from jail to find the gang has put a death warrant on his head. Taking to the road with his year-old daughter, Nate sets out to hit the gang where it hurts. Reading like mid-period James Ellroy, this is both a dark, original take on the chase novel and a strangely touching portrait of a father-daughter relationship framed in barbed wire.

Three Years with the Rat , by Jay Hosking. Neuroscientist Hosking turns in a startlingly fine performance with his first novel, about a man so determined to find his missing sister that he risks his own reality to solve the mystery of her disappearance.

During the hot English summer of , Margaret Creasy goes missing, and year-old Gracie Bennett and her best friend, Tilly, set out to find her. In a masterfully constructed plot, Gracie—who sniffs out the lies told by her adult neighbors—learns a lesson about loyalty and true friendship, as secrets born of shame are gradually revealed.