The Pace Of Swedish Crime

I've Always Viewed Myself As A Brand. When I Started 10 Years Ago, That Was Very Controversial. 'marketing' And 'pr' Were Dirty Words For The Literary World, But That Has Changed. Once The Book Is Finished, I Want As Many People As Possible To Read It.

Crime Stories Are Our Version Of Sitting Round A Camp Fire And Telling Tales. We Enjoy Being Scared Under Safe Circumstances. That's Why There's No Tradition Of Crime Writing In Countries That Have Wars.

Northern Sweden Holds A Special Kind Of Magic. It's Cold, Lonely, And The People Are Tough And Silent, Or So The Stereotype Says. This Is Asa Larsson's Home Turf And I Find As Much Joy In Reading Her Closely Observed Descriptions Of The Environment, As In Following Her Intriguing Plots.

People In Sweden Talk A Lot About The Weather - How Much We Hate It. But Finns Get More Depressed.

In Sweden, We've Moved Away From The Notion That Mothers Have Some Magical, Special Bond With Children.