Crime in a Cold Climate
This book promotion features crime novels
by authors from Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland and Denmark. Although
the Nordic crime novel has enjoyed huge popularity in Europe for decades,
it has only become something of a sensation in the English-speaking world
in recent years.
All of the novels featured in this promotion are prize winning novels
- many having won 
The Glass Key Award
for the best Nordic crime novel of the year. The prestigious prize, known
across the Nordic countries as Glasnyckeln, is named after
Dashiell
Hammett’s classic novel and has been awarded every year since
1992.
Like all good crime novels, these novels evoke a strong sense of place.
The writers have consistently come up with great plotlines that are as
cold and bleak as the locations in which they are set. However what sets
Nordic crime fiction apart from other crime fiction is the use of the
story to tackle social issues and to turn a critical eye on contemporary
society. They deal with abuses of power and inequalities in society and
the failure of modern society to effectively respond to social ills.
It is the policy of Clare County Library to actively promote the reading
habit by increasing access to and awareness of material via book promotions.
We hope that this collection of Nordic crime writing will appeal to all
those devout crime fiction fans out there as well as encouraging those
as yet unfamiliar with the genre to try something new.
