Best reads - Club Together Book Club?

I’m a big fan of Nordic Noir both on TV and to read. I can highly recommend the author Ragnar Jónasson.  He has 3 books in the Dark Iceland series about the policeman Ari Thor. We’re away for Easter in the van and reading his fourth book with his new policemen Huldda. Great reads. 

I too like Nordic Noir. Have just finished Camilla Lackberg's The Ice Child and am now starting The Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund.

mbee, I see that there are now 5 books in the Dark Iceland series and 2 in the Hulda H series.

I must be behind Nellie. Must catch up. Enjoy and I’m going to check out Erik Axl Sund. Already a big Camilla Lackberg fan. 

The Crow Girl was only 99p on Kindle this week. It is certainly very dark, and I'm only about 15% into it. Be warned.

Hi Nellie (and other Nordic Noir fans)

Give a thought to these authors;

Torquil MacLeod - series of books set in Malmo

Arnoldur Indridason - Icelandic detective series

David Lagerkrantz - he’s written two further books following on from Steig Larsson’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ series. Excellent reads.

Quentin Bates - also set in Iceland

Kjell Erikkson - Swedish detective Ann Lindell

not forgetting Arne Dahl ( some have been made into TV series and shown on BBC4), Jo Nesbo and Henning Mankell. 

I've one Knell Erikkson book but it's not the first in the series. I've read most on Jo Nesbo's and Henning Mankell's books, but none of the other's although my daughter has all the Dragon Tattoo series for me.

Just finished reading this. Must admit to having something caught in my eye once or twice, Reading about the tremendous survival skills of the dog, Judy, and those POWs in what were inhumane conditions, made it a difficult read at times but ultimately rewarding to see so many survive. The dog was amazing. Now drained. Need a little light reading matter. A good murder mystery will do fine.

I've just read "The Final Curtsey" by Margaret Rhodes, a short book written by QE2's cousin, very readable. Some funny and not so funny anecdotes, I was pleased to hear that Princess Margaret did not get a replacement toilet seat as quickly as expected....

I've just reserved it at our local library, Nellie. You might have warned me it's over 800 pages long! 

As a child we had a library at the end of our road, my dear Mum was an avid reader so we visited it at least every week. She wasn't at all strict but her rule here was - you can have three books, two of whatever you want and the third to learn from, so none fiction, and we had to read the third book before getting more. Now I love history and reading, I still often go for the none fiction book or maybe a novel where I lean more. Eg  Hillary Mantel or Phillipa Gregory. Now I have my own reading rule, I normally read paperbacks and they must then be passed on, so sometimes to friends or usually charity shops. Most of my books come from charity shops or from Amazon but always used books. I never read books on my kindle, cos I can't pass them on and new books are a rare Christmas treat.  Do others think one person encouraged their love of reading.