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The girl with the dragon tattoo by stieg larsson, the girl. Crime fiction lover features top 10 nordic noir novels of 2017. Top 10 nordic noir novels of 2017 crime fiction lover. This month it is 10 years ago that the original nordic noir book club was founded in london. Taking place in stockholm, the novel follows a group of investigators. The exact day in march 2010 has disappeared in the fog of a nordic mystery, but we have chosen the 23rd of march 2020 also known as nordic day for our anniversary. The mystery readers book club public group facebook. The 10 titles book clubs are buzzing about in 2017. Crime fiction has been popular in scandinavia for years, but this is the book that got the rest of the world hooked. The nordic noir summer book club met at the ontonagon township library. The cuckoos calling by robert galbraith, still life by louise penny, the dry by jane harper, magpie murders by antho. Interested in books that depict historical and cultural aspects of nordic life, including a few nordic noir crime novels.
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