James Nicoll Reviews

1951’s Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist lever farligt is the second volume in Astrid Lindgren’s Kalle Blomkvist series. Originally translated into English as Bill Bergson Lives Dangerously¹—the current English translation is titled Living Dangerously and was translated by Susan Beard.

As established in the previous volume, thirteen-year-old self-proclaimed master detective Kalle Blomkvist and his chums Eva-Lotta and Anders reside in Lillköping, a town so small it has but two proper streets. How on Earth can living there be in any way dangerous?

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1946’s Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist is the first of Astrid Lindgren’s Kalle Blomkvist juvenile mystery novels. In 2017, Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist was translated by Susan Beard and appeared under the title Master Detective.

Kalle Blomkvist¹ is a detective without compare… at least, he is the finest thirteen-year-old detective in the small town of Lillköping. True, Lillköping has yet to present Kalle with a mystery worthy of his talents. Until that day comes, he and his two best friends, Anders and Eva-Lotta, fill their days cheerfully battering their frenemies (Sixten, Benka, and Jonte) on the slightest of pretexts.

One day a stranger comes to Lillköping.

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