Road trip today around Tromsø, including some husky cuddling. Byt this view will take some beating. Totally stunning Visit Tromsø

Well of course Amazon Help like to take it offline into DMs to avoid brand damage but 3 days later, 15 members of Amazon staff later, including 5 members of 'executive escalations' and Amazon denying any responsibility. Happy to lie to customers and let their staff steal goods

Snowblind, the first of Ragnar Jonasson Dark Iceland series gets a 10th Anniversary edition from Karen Sullivan 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧 together with Fadeout, where Ari's story first started. Review for Alex@Nordic Watchlist now live... nordicwatchlist.com/2025/10/03/sno…

Happy 40th Birthday to Les Miserables, a show that loomed large in my early career.

In The Wake, the gripping second novel in Yrsa Sigurðardóttir’s Black Ice series, five old university friends reunite on Iceland’s Westman Islands for a funeral - but a chilling note and a rising body count suggest their past is far from dead. Yrsa Sigurdardottir nordicwatchlist.com/2025/10/10/the…

Scars of Silence by Johana Gustawsson review is now live on Alex@Nordic Watchlist. Published by Karen Sullivan 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧 on 20 November, this masterful blend of past and present grips from the first page - a crime thriller that’s as human as it is haunting. nordicwatchlist.com/2025/11/08/sca…

With 2 books to go for 2025 (ok, 1.5 as halfway through 1), out of 27 books I've 12 contenders for the annual Nordic Watchlist Top Ten Nordic Novels of the year award!