Crime Corner
Brought to you by Jerry Holt
’Tis the season—and needless to say, lovers of crime fiction (and its many spinoffs) love their presents like anybody else. Happily, my friends, you are covered. Got a mystery lover on your shopping list? Check out these chillingly cool possibilities!
The Varg Veum box sets
Once there was a television program that just oozed with Scandinavian Noir vibe—two seasons of it, each adapted from or at least emulating the writing of Bergen, Norway’s own Gunnar Staalesen. There were essentially two stars of this series—one was Norwegian Actor Trond Espen Seim, wonderfully scruffy Bergen P.I. Varg V
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Jerry Holt
Jerry Holt is a novelist, playwright, teacher, and public speaker. He is professor emeritus of English at Purdue University Northwest and a recipient of Purdue's 2015 Dreamer Award, recognized for work as that has "embodied Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of service to others.” Holt has written four major plays, one novel, and nine short plays. His acclaimed novel, The Killing of Strangers, focuses on several mysteries surrounding the Kent State University shootings on May 4, 1970.
