Mystery Readers International will present a lecture by Dr. James Kaplan, professor emeritus at Minnesota State University Moorhead. Dr. Kaplan will speak on “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo And Beyond: Swedish Crime Fiction Today.” These detective novels are enjoying a world-wide vogue and have had huge successes as books, on TV and in films. Featured will be the Swedish authors Stieg Larsson, Liza Marklund, Henning Mankell and Camilla Läckberg. Detective novels are a fine opportunity to learn about Scandinavia as it is today and the lives of its people. And, of course, they are a lot of fun to read. The lecture will be held on Sunday Feb. 2 from 6 to 8:00 PM at the group’s location in the Berkeley, CA hills. For the address email Dr. Janet Rudolph: janet@mystreryreaders.org. It is free and open to the public.