Leif Ericson Lodge Sons of Norway, Vining, Minnesota will present a program on Scandinavian Mystery Novels Today. The speaker will be Dr. James Kaplan, Professor Emeritus at Minnesota State University Moorhead. The program is funded by the Lake Region Arts Council and is free and open to the public. Scandinavian crime novels are enjoying a world-wide vogue right now and have had huge successes as books, on TV and as films. Featured in Dr. Kaplan's presentation will be "The Draining Lake" by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indridason, "Redbreast" by Norwegian author Jo Nesbo and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Swedish author Stieg Larsson.