Silence of the Grave - Arnaldur Indridason

An Icelandic murder mystery writer.
Well-written.  Not a lot of action, but well-parcelled out with jumps in time and from character to character.  Explores the psychology of domestic violence especially from the victim's side.

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Midnight Sun - Jo Nesbo

Second novel I've read by him.  He is a very tight writer; not particularly deep, but with a great sense of oddball characters and situations.  Good escapist or reading holiday material.

Blood on Snow - Jo Nesbo

Norwegian roman noir/crime author.
Story well-told from the perspective of one of the characters who obviously has some unusual (not violent or extreme) personality flaws.  He is essentially a contract killer but tells everything in such a matter-of-fact tone.

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