A Darker Shade (Audible Audio Edition) Various Authors Gabrielle Glaister Mike Grady Lamplight Books
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Original Swedish crime stories from the masters of Nordic noir, including a never-before-published short story by Stieg Larsson. Ever since Stieg Larsson shone a light on the brilliance of Swedish crime writing, listeners have devoured this dark and compelling genre. Now the nation's best crime writers have been brought together to form the first-ever anthology of Swedish crime.
A Darker Shade (Audible Audio Edition) Various Authors Gabrielle Glaister Mike Grady Lamplight Books
What types of high crimes and misdemeanors could possibly be found in a peaceful, free, modern, progressive-thinking, open society, such as that of Sweden, which boasts an excellent standard of living and universal health-care for its citizens, as well? All kinds, as it turns out, if one judges by the diverse collection of crime-fiction stories included in the book, A Darker Shade of Sweden, presented by John-Henri Holmberg.In many of the stories, extremely well-written either by expert authorities in the field of criminology or by world-renowned, award-winning literary giants, things seem to "go to hell in a hand-basket" in a hurry, so to speak. If the perpetrators were brought to justice in a court-room setting, lawyers for the defense might well make the argument that government, religion, society, culture--even the weather was at fault. Mental illness, duress, or instability could have been a deciding or mitigating factor. And of course the prosecutors would have a field day gathering evidence. In any event, the stories are fairly representative in similarity to programming segments which you might have seen on any night of the week on any evening news channel in the United States; or on the late-night news, if the details were too excruciatingly gruesome, gory or otherwise beyond the dramatically sensationalized media material suitable for prime time. Most are of local news caliber; some, national in scope. The subject matter of a few of the stories could easily have made the tabloids' front-page, with imagery magnified and exposed in all of its graphic splendor, conspicuously placed on the shelves of every supermarket check-out lane, had they been real, live events that actually happened. In their present form, however, they are simply stories with an amplified message for our own edification, growing awareness, and self-improvement to help make us better human beings on the road to self-fulfillment. Which isn't a bad thing. We do need periodic reminders of what not to do and, most importantly, how not to become victims.
To enumerate them; nay, as in some form of renumeration, the stories encompass solved, unsolved, or otherwise resolved crimes which involve or evolve from the following facts, circumstances, or motivations:
1. Youth and innocence lost
2. A serial killer
3. An abused spouse
4. A labor dispute
5. The Last Will and Testament of a parishioner
6. An inappropriate teacher-pupil relationship
7. Mail fraud in a mining town
8. Medical mal-practice with serious health consequences
9. Police detectives playing cards with fiction writers
10. The lack of a good alibi
11. A shunned daughter
12. A missing child at the carnival
13. A tight-wad millionaire on a cruise
14. An unassuming fashion-conscious girl under surveillance by British Intelligence and the Swedish Secret Service, reminiscing
15. Two fisherman who discover a human skull in a row-boat drifting near an island
16. Exported cultural property being sold at auction to finance military action in a third-world war-torn country
17. An expired statute of limitations
Any more details might spoil the surprise in store for the readers of such an outstanding collection jam-packed with crime-fiction stories. Thus, the review is concluded.
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A Darker Shade (Audible Audio Edition) Various Authors Gabrielle Glaister Mike Grady Lamplight Books Reviews
Like exploring authors...even the newer ones included here...
Other than Stieg Larsson, I knew nothing about Swedish literature prior to reading this book. I am now planning to find more Swedish books to devour. These stories are very well done and I had so much fun reading them. I even bought the audiobook and loved it as well. I highly recommend it.
The stories are well-written and it was very interesting to learn about some new Swedish mystery writers. The Editor's introduction and story recaps were outstanding! However, the stories were too dark for my taste. I wanted more stories about detectives like Martin Beck.
This a collection from different writers so the styles and formats vary. It is an excellent collection though, lots of great writers and new stories. There is also a lot of history about the authors and the formation of the crime/thriller genre in Sweden. Must have for any fan of Scandinavian crime fiction.
I've give DARKER SHADE 4 stars strictly for the breadth and quality of this sampling of Sweden's mystery novelists. Others might be entranced by Mr. Holmberg's bios, but I found the use of such before and after each story to be repetitious, literally, and tedious. That one characteristic of this anthology very nearly ruins the read.
Ever since "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and "Wallander", readers and viewers have been looking to Sweden for more "new" (to us) voices, new characters, and new settings in this idealized and still foreign land. (I've visited Sweden three times, and sometimes I think I should emigrate.) This place and their culture are at once familiar and strange, like a parallel world. These authors may not have written for their new global audience, but they have reached us. And now we have this sampler, and now we can hope for more.
If you have not yet started to read Swedish crime novels and would like an overview of what is out there before buying individual authors' books, this is a good place to start. Authors already well-known in the United States as well as authors mostly known in Sweden or Europe are represented. The editor has written an excellent summary of the history of Swedish crime writing during the past 100 years and how the modern authors follow this tradition.
What types of high crimes and misdemeanors could possibly be found in a peaceful, free, modern, progressive-thinking, open society, such as that of Sweden, which boasts an excellent standard of living and universal health-care for its citizens, as well? All kinds, as it turns out, if one judges by the diverse collection of crime-fiction stories included in the book, A Darker Shade of Sweden, presented by John-Henri Holmberg.
In many of the stories, extremely well-written either by expert authorities in the field of criminology or by world-renowned, award-winning literary giants, things seem to "go to hell in a hand-basket" in a hurry, so to speak. If the perpetrators were brought to justice in a court-room setting, lawyers for the defense might well make the argument that government, religion, society, culture--even the weather was at fault. Mental illness, duress, or instability could have been a deciding or mitigating factor. And of course the prosecutors would have a field day gathering evidence. In any event, the stories are fairly representative in similarity to programming segments which you might have seen on any night of the week on any evening news channel in the United States; or on the late-night news, if the details were too excruciatingly gruesome, gory or otherwise beyond the dramatically sensationalized media material suitable for prime time. Most are of local news caliber; some, national in scope. The subject matter of a few of the stories could easily have made the tabloids' front-page, with imagery magnified and exposed in all of its graphic splendor, conspicuously placed on the shelves of every supermarket check-out lane, had they been real, live events that actually happened. In their present form, however, they are simply stories with an amplified message for our own edification, growing awareness, and self-improvement to help make us better human beings on the road to self-fulfillment. Which isn't a bad thing. We do need periodic reminders of what not to do and, most importantly, how not to become victims.
To enumerate them; nay, as in some form of renumeration, the stories encompass solved, unsolved, or otherwise resolved crimes which involve or evolve from the following facts, circumstances, or motivations
1. Youth and innocence lost
2. A serial killer
3. An abused spouse
4. A labor dispute
5. The Last Will and Testament of a parishioner
6. An inappropriate teacher-pupil relationship
7. Mail fraud in a mining town
8. Medical mal-practice with serious health consequences
9. Police detectives playing cards with fiction writers
10. The lack of a good alibi
11. A shunned daughter
12. A missing child at the carnival
13. A tight-wad millionaire on a cruise
14. An unassuming fashion-conscious girl under surveillance by British Intelligence and the Swedish Secret Service, reminiscing
15. Two fisherman who discover a human skull in a row-boat drifting near an island
16. Exported cultural property being sold at auction to finance military action in a third-world war-torn country
17. An expired statute of limitations
Any more details might spoil the surprise in store for the readers of such an outstanding collection jam-packed with crime-fiction stories. Thus, the review is concluded.
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