RT Journal Article SR Electronic A1 Hrtánek, Petr T1 When Much Means Less: Critical Reviews of Two "Nordic Noir" Novels by František Šmehlík JF Bohemica Olomucensia YR 2024 VO 16 IS 1 SP 44 OP 55 DO 10.5507/bo.2024.010 UL https://bohemica.upol.cz/artkey/boh-202401-0004.php AB This article deals with two crime fiction books by František Šmehlík: the novel Slyšet jeleny zpívat (To Hear the Deer Sing, 2021) and the novel Šelma (The Beast, 2022). The critical reviewing especially focuses on the problem of transposition and modification of the "nordic noir" narrative model (typical settings, plots, characters) to the Czech fiction.