A market of murders: New book on 21st-century Swedish crime fiction

(Uppsala University) Why have Swedish detective stories become so immensely popular in our century? What murder motives and weapons are most common in the genre, and why? And is it true that Swedish crime fiction is characterised by social criticism? A new thesis from Uppsala University provides answers.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://ift.tt/2CF2Cv7