11 Best fiction books like The Return (Inspector Van Veeteren #3) by Håkan Nesser, Laurie Thompson

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The Return (Inspector Van Veeteren #3)

By: Håkan Nesser , Laurie Thompson

3.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

A new case for Chief Inspector Van Veeteren - the complicated history of a nearly perfect murder. O…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Return (Inspector Van Veeteren #3) by Håkan Nesser, Laurie Thompson , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Echoes from the Dead (The Öland Quartet, #1)

By: Johan Theorin , Marlaine Delargy

3.80

Format: 388 pages, Paperback

On a gray September day, on an island off the coast of Sweden, six -year -old Jens Davidsson ventur… read more

Similar categories in Johan Theorin's Echoes from the Dead (The Öland Quartet, #1) book and Håkan Nesser's The Return (Inspector Van Veeteren #3)

  • nordic noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • sweden
  • scandinavian literature
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2. The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)

By: Henning Mankell , Laurie Thompson

3.72

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

Second in the Kurt Wallander series. Sweden, winter, 1991. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team… read more

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  • nordic noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • sweden
  • scandinavian literature
"one must occasionally stand the world on its head in order to put it on its feet."

-Henning Mankell, The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)

"Our exile organizations have been our way of replacing the cities and villages we have lost."

-Henning Mankell, The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)

"He was religious, but had refrained from allowing his religious ideals to be obscured by a god."

-Henning Mankell, The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)

"He was so excessively polite that Wallendar suspected he had endured many humiliations in his life."

-Henning Mankell, The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)

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3. My Soul to Take (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, #2)

By: Yrsa Sigurdardottir , Bernard Scudder , Anna Yates

3.00

Format: 12 pages, Hardcover

"Top notch crime fiction." --Boston Globe American readers first met Icelandic lawyer and investiga… read more

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  • nordic noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • scandinavian literature
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4. Sprängaren (Annika Bengtzon, #4)

By: Liza Marklund

3.33

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

Sodra Hammarbyhamnen. Klockan ar 03.17 pa morgonen, en vecka fore jul. En bomb odelagger Olympiasta… read more

Similar categories in Liza Marklund's Sprängaren (Annika Bengtzon, #4) book and Håkan Nesser's The Return (Inspector Van Veeteren #3)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • sweden
  • scandinavian literature
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5. Luka and the Fire of Life

By: Salman Rushdie

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

With the same dazzling imagination and love of language that have made Salman Rushdie one of the gr… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Hypothermia (Inspector Erlendur #8) by Victoria Cribb, Arnaldur Indriðason

6. Hypothermia (Inspector Erlendur #8)

By: Victoria Cribb , Arnaldur Indriðason

3.54

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

"Indridason fills the void that remains after you've read Stieg Larsson's novels."- USA Today on Hy… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Cribb's Hypothermia (Inspector Erlendur #8) book and Håkan Nesser's The Return (Inspector Van Veeteren #3)

  • nordic noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • scandinavian literature
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7. The Return (Inspector Van Veeteren #3)

By: Håkan Nesser , Laurie Thompson

3.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

A new case for Chief Inspector Van Veeteren - the complicated history of a nearly perfect murder. O… read more

Similar categories in Håkan Nesser's The Return (Inspector Van Veeteren #3) book and Håkan Nesser's The Return (Inspector Van Veeteren #3)

  • nordic noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • sweden
  • scandinavian literature

8. The Abominable Man (Martin Beck, #7)

By: Maj Sjöwall , Per Wahlöö , Thomas Teal

3.76

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

On a quiet night a high-ranking police officer, Nyland, is slaughtered in his hospital bed, brutall… read more

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9. The Fire Engine That Disappeared (Martin Beck, #5)

By: Joan Tate , Maj Sjöwall , Per Wahlöö

3.76

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Gunvald Larsson sits carefully observing the dingy Stockholm apartment of a man under police survei… read more

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10. Prime Time (Annika Bengtzon, #3)

By: Liza Marklund , Susanne Dahmann

3.37

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

"Die ganze verdammte Medienwelt von Schweden ist schon da." So ist das nicht nur in Schweden, wenn … read more

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11. Voices (Inspector Erlendur #5)

By: Bernard Scudder , Arnaldur Indriðason

4.75

Format: 2112 pages, Hardcover

The Christmas rush is at its peak in a grand Reykjavik hotel when Inspector Erlendur is called in t… read more

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12. Don't Look Back (Inspector Konrad Sejer, #2)

By: Karin Fossum , Felicity David

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Don't Look Backheralds the arrival of an exotic new crime series featuring Inspector Sejer, a smart… read more

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13. Mark of the Demon (Kara Gillian, #1)

By: Diana Rowland

4.29

Format: 248 pages,

Cop and conjurer of demons, she's a woman in danger of losing control to a power that could kill...… read more

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14. Black Skies (Inspector Erlendur, #10)

By: Arnaldur Indriðason

4.26

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A suspected blackmailer is found murdered in this gripping crime story from the Crime Writers' Asso… read more

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15. O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

By: A.G. Russo

4.34

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

*Author "I have never used AI in my writing." A.G. RussoThe homefront, summer 1942, Brooklyn, New … read more

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  • mystery
"A uniformed cop around 6’4"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"You can use all the hundred dollar words you want,"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"She’s a cop’s wife. She understands what her husband does for a living,"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"When those we care about are weakest, that’s when we must be strong for them."

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

Cover of Arr (Alexander Blix & Emma Ramm, #4) by Jørn Lier Horst

16. Arr (Alexander Blix & Emma Ramm, #4)

By: Jørn Lier Horst

4.13

Format: 398 pages, Hardcover

Alexander Blix er en slagen mann. Etter å ha blitt dømt for å ha hevnet datterens død, er han plass… read more

Similar categories in Jørn Lier Horst's Arr (Alexander Blix & Emma Ramm, #4) book and Håkan Nesser's The Return (Inspector Van Veeteren #3)

  • nordic noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • scandinavian literature
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17. Under the Storm (Hallandssviten, #1)

By: Christoffer Carlsson

3.66

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A farmhouse mysteriously goes up in flames with someone trapped inside and a community is never the… read more

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  • nordic noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • sweden
Cover of Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series) by Behcet Kaya

18. Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

By: Behcet Kaya

4.37

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

A shocking murder has devastated the sacred walls of Kingsley University. A student discovers the b… read more

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"Swamp."

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"How was he murdered?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"Why was bail denied?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"Kowkosvki? You handling this?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

Cover of Den sista spiken (Fabian Risk, #6) by Stefan Ahnhem

19. Den sista spiken (Fabian Risk, #6)

By: Stefan Ahnhem

3.99

Format: 479 pages, Hardcover

Den sjätte boken i serien om Fabian Risk Han har utpressat. Han har misshandlat. Han har våldtag… read more

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  • nordic noir
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • sweden
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20. Ciudad Real (City of Kings)

By: Rosario Castellanos

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Book by Castellanos, Rosario read more

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  • fiction
"Y Rominka, al arrancarse la costra de sus pecados, lloraba. Porque duele quedar desnudo."

-Rosario Castellanos, Ciudad Real (City of Kings)

"Tardó en darse cuenta. ¿Cómo iba a advertir el paso del tiempo si su transcurso no le había dejado nada?"

-Rosario Castellanos, Ciudad Real (City of Kings)

"Pero Rominka no quería morir, no quería enloquecer. Los hijos, aún balbucientes la reclamaban. El marido la quería. Y su propia carne, no importaba si marchita, si enferma, pero viva, se estremecía d…"

-Rosario Castellanos, Ciudad Real (City of Kings)

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21. Maria Sabina: Selections (Poets for the Millennium) (Volume 2)

By: María Sabina

4.32

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

A shaman and visionary―not a poet in any ordinary sense―María Sabina lived out her life in the Oaxa… read more

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10 Best mystery books like The Return (Inspector Van Veeteren #3) by Håkan Nesser, Laurie Thompson

Transform Your Habits

Echoes from the Dead (The Öland Quartet, #1)

Johan Theorin , Marlaine Delargy

3.80

Transform Your Habits

The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)

Henning Mankell , Laurie Thompson

3.72

Transform Your Habits

My Soul to Take (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, #2)

Yrsa Sigurdardottir , Bernard Scudder , Anna Yates

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Sprängaren (Annika Bengtzon, #4)

Liza Marklund

3.33

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19 Best fiction books like Den sista spiken (Fabian Risk, #6) by Stefan Ahnhem

The Silence of the Sea (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, #6)

Yrsa Sigurdardottir

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Mountain King (The Asker Series, #1)

Anders de la Motte

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Arr (Alexander Blix & Emma Ramm, #4)

Jørn Lier Horst

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Skulden man bär (Sebastian Bergman #8)

Michael Hjorth

4.09

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