What is it that makes Nordic noir fiction so compelling to its many fans? Is it the barren landscapes, unpronounceable surnames, woolly-jumpered detectives or the serial crimes committed in ice-cold surroundings that so definitively stimulate intrigue among readers? And while the acclaimed Swedish writer Stieg Larsson kicked up a hornet’s nest with his Millennium-series trilogy, is he still the undisputed king of Nordic noir?
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