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Barry Forshaw, the UK´s principal crime fiction expert, presents a celebration and analysis of the Scandinavian crime genre, from Sjöwall and Wahlöö´s Martin Beck series through Henning Mankell´s Wallander to Stieg Larsson´s demolition of the Swedish Social Democratic ideal in the publishing phenomenon The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo . A celebration and analysis of Scandinavian crime fiction, one of the most successful literary genres, with a focus on books, films and TV adaptations of authors such as Stieg Larsson.

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Barry Forshaw, the UK´s principal crime fiction expert,presents a celebration and analysis ofthe Scandinavian crime genre, from Sjöwall and Wahlöö´s Martin Beck series through Henning Mankell´s Wallander to Stieg Larsson´s demolition of the Swedish Social Democratic ideal in the publishing phenomenon The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo .

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Acknowledgments Introduction Crime and the Left The Cracks Appear: Henning Mankell Sweden: The Dream Darkens Sweden: Foreign Policy and Unreliable Narratives Last Orders: The Larsson Phenomenon The Fight Back: Anti-Larsson Writers Criminals and Criminologists Norway: Crime and Context Norway and Nesb› Iceland: Crime and Context Fringe Benefits: Icelandic Woes Finland: Crime and Context Death in Denmark Danish Uncertainties Film and TV Adaptations Bibliography Index

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Barry Forshaw´s books include Death in a Cold Climate, British Crime Film, The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction, Italian Cinema, British Crime Writing: An Encyclopaedia , and a biography of Stieg Larsson. He has written for a variety of newspapers, Crime Time, and is a talking head for ITV author profiles and BBC documentaries.

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