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Scandi noir descends into folk horror

It strikes me that a sense of place and atmosphere are somewhat nebulous things in works of fiction. As a novelist myself, I’m always extremely gratified if readers comment favourably on these aspects of my work, but I never really know how I did it, at least not consciously.

This week we have two crime novels that draw heavily on an almost visceral sense of place to create a simmering, creeping dread that draws the reader

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