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- 1 2 Brunsdale, Mitzi (2016). Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967. pp. 417–18. ISBN 978-1476622774.
- ↑ Forshaw, B (2012). Death in a Cold Climate: A Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction. pp. 41–43. ISBN 978-0230363502.
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