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Run
2024, Suspense, Thriller
Anders Roslund (b. 1961) has published thirteen novels to date, both as part of the successful writing duos Roslund & Hellström and Roslund & Thunberg, and for the last couple of years under his own name. His books have been read by millions and he is the recipient of numerous prestigious international awards. 100 percent is his latest novel published under his own name.
Award-winning journalist Anders Roslund (b. 1961) and ex-criminal Börge Hellström (1957-2017) wrote internationally bestselling crime novels together between 2004 – 2017. Roslund & Hellström’s novels are known for their brutal, dark realism and scathing social criticism.
“Roslund & Hellström are among the very best crime novelists around. They write with courage and intensity about the important issues of our time.”
–Maj Sjöwall
“Roslund & Hellström combine exciting crime stories with scathing social criticism: strong, urgent, and terribly exciting.”
–Liza Marklund
“If you’re looking for a guaranteed page-turner, pick up a crime novel by Roslund & Hellström.”
–Leif GW Persson
“There is a brutal and dark realism in their stories which make Roslund & Hellström unique amongst Scandinavian crime writers.”
–Jan Guillou
“Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom, the authors behind this pen name, have a knack for transforming social scourges into taut, gritty thrillers.”
–New York Times
Shortlisted for the Petrona Award (Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year) UK – Jamåhonleva Knock Knock | 2022 |
Shortlisted for MAX Zilveren Vleermuis award (Best Thriller of the Year) Netherlands – Sovsågott Sweet Dreams | 2021 |
Shortlisted for the Storytel Awards (Best Suspense) Sweden – Sovsågott Sweet Dreams | 2020 |
Shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award Sweden – Jamåhonleva Knock Knock | 2020 |
Shortlisted for the Storytel Awards (Best Suspense) Sweden – Jamåhonleva Knock Knock | 2019 |
Shortlisted for the Prix du Polar Européen (Best Crime Novel of the Year) France – Tre sekunder Three Seconds | 2019 |
Shortlisted for the Storytel Awards (Best Suspense) Sweden – Tre timmar Three Hours | 2018 |
Shortlisted for the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award (Best Swedish Crime Novel) Sweden – Tre timmar Three Hours | 2018 |
Shortlisted for Vrij Nederland’s Thriller of the Year Award (Thriller of the Year) Netherlands – Tre timmar Three Hours | 2018 |
Longlisted for The CWA International Dagger UK – Tre minuter Three Minutes | 2018 |
Shortlisted for the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award (Best Swedish Crime Novel) Sweden – En bror att dö för The Sons | 2017 |
The Konomys Award (Best International Suspense Novel of the Year) Japan – Björndansen The Father | 2017 |
Shortlisted for the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award (Best Swedish Crime Novel) Sweden – Tre minuter Three Minutes | 2016 |
Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger UK – Björndansen The Father | 2016 |
Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger (Best International Novel of the Year) UK – Två soldater Two Soldiers | 2013 |
The Japanese Readers’ Award (Best Translated Crime Novel) Japan – Tre sekunder Three Seconds | 2013 |
Shortlisted for the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award (Best Crime Novel of the Year ) Sweden – Två soldater Two Soldiers | 2012 |
The CWA International Dagger UK – Tre sekunder Three Seconds | 2011 |
Shortlisted for the Barry Award (Best British Novel of the Year ) UK – Tre sekunder Three Seconds | 2011 |
The Romanian Crime Writers’ Club Award (Best Mystery & Thriller of the Year ) Romania – Box 21 Box 21 | 2010 |
Shortlisted for the Glass Key (Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year) Nordic countries – Tre sekunder Three Seconds | 2009 |
The Great Readers’ Prize Sweden – Tre sekunder Three Seconds | 2009 |
The Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award (Best Swedish Novel of the Year ) Sweden – Tre sekunder Three Seconds | 2009 |
Shortlisted for the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award (Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year ) Sweden – Flickan under gatan The Girl Below The Street | 2007 |
Shortlisted for the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award (Best Swedish Crime Novel ) Sweden – Edward Finnigans upprättelse Cell 8 | 2006 |
Shortlisted for the Swedish Booksellers’ Prize (Best Novel ) Sweden – Edward Finnigans upprättelse Cell 8 | 2006 |
The City Prize (Best Novel of the Year ) Sweden – Box 21 Box 21 | 2005 |
Shortlisted for the Swedish Booksellers’ Prize (Best Novel of the Year) Sweden – Box 21 Box 21 | 2005 |
The Glass Key (Best Nordic Crime Novel of the Year ) Nordic countries – Odjuret Pen 33 | 2005 |
Shortlisted for the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award (Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year) Sweden – Box 21 Box 21 | 2005 |
2024, Suspense, Thriller
2022, Crime
2021, Thriller
2020, Crime
2019, Crime
2018, Crime
2016, Crime
2009, Crime
The just released paperback for Stefan Ahnhem’s Nothing But the Truth shoots to No. 2 on the Swedish bestseller list. Anders Roslund’s Run, the eighth installment in the Hoffman & Grens series, meanwhile features at No. 4 on the hardcover list.
Anders Roslund’s eighth installment in the Hoffman & Grens series, Run, which was just published in Sweden, climbs the hardcover bestseller list and lands at No. 3 this week.
One night in the 1990’s, a fifteen-year-old boy disappears from a locked room in a youth facility. He is never seen again.
Many years later, Piet Hoffmann sits in another prison, sentenced for possession after helping criminal inspector Ewert Grens to infiltrate a drug gang. One morning, a new prisoner arrives: Little Brother. His older brother was Piet Hoffman’s best friend when they were young. It was Big Brother who disappeared without a trace that night, and Little Brother lays all the blame on Piet.
Suddenly, Piet’s family find themselves in mortal danger, and Piet must find out what really happened that night in the 90s. Now there is only one way out, he must run.
With Run, Anders Roslund solidifies his position as one of our time’s foremost suspense authors.
The voting is now open for this year’s Norwegian Storytel Awards, which pay particular respect to the audio book narrators working on the nominated titles.
Among those whose works have been nominated in the category Crime & Suspense are Anders de la Motte with The Mountain King, Anders Roslund with Sweet Dreams, Jørn Lier Horst with The Traitor, Jo Nesbø with Killing Moon, and Lars Kepler with The Spider.
Thomas Seltzer’s American Karmageddon is nominated in the category Narrated by Author.
The Petrona Award’s jury has just presented its shortlist for the 2022 Petrona Award for ‘Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year.’ The list of six nominees include Anders Roslund with Knock Knock and Antti Tuomainen with The Rabbit Factor.
The Judges have the following to say about each title:
“Another fine example of Roslund’s talent for seamlessly blending together a solid police procedural with a high octane thriller, leading to a gritty and fast-paced read set against his astute observations on the societal and political issues of contemporary Sweden.” – on Anders Roslund’s Knock Knock.
“[It] puts at its heart an ordinary man drawing on his previously undiscovered and extraordinary resolve, to carve out and keep his place in a hostile world, with often darkly funny results.” – on Antti Tuomainen’s The Rabbit Factor.
The winning title will be announced on Thursday 8 December 2022.
The official bestseller lists for the month of October are out, and Lars Kepler’s The Spider grabs the top spot on the hardcover list for fiction, coming in at No. 1 followed by Anders Roslund’s 100 percent at No. 5.
Martin Widmark’s The Masquerade Mystery comes in at No. 3 on the bestseller list for children’s, and Johan Theorin’s Weathered Bones is No. 2 on the list for paperback.
The Petrona Award’s jury has just presented its longlist for the 2022 Petrona Award for ‘Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year.’ The list of twelve nominees include Katrine Engberg with The Butterfly House, Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger with Smoke Screen, Anders Roslund with Knock Knock, and Antti Tuomainen with The Rabbit Factor.
The shortlist is to be announced on 16 November 2022.
Anders Roslund’s 100 Percent climbs the hardcover bestseller list to land at No. 2 this week. The No. 2 spot on the children’s books’ list meanwhile goes to Kristina Ohlsson’s just published The Ghost Detectives and the Case of the Great Train Wreck. Johan Theorin’s Weathered Bones comes in at No. 3 in paperback.
“So what you’re saying is that we are suddenly in some kind of … well, crime novel about serial killers? You know I don’t do such things, never have – for the simple reason that there are no Swedish serial killers, never has been.”
But, if they do not exist:
Why is a body drained of blood?
Why is another body crushed, bone by bone, and a third burned with various liquids?
How reliable is really a reliable piece of DNA evidence?
And – what really happened to criminal detective Ewert Grens, he who shot himself to end it all?
In this installment of the Hoffman & Grens series, Anders Roslund shows that he is one of the greatest crime writers of our time. 100 Percent is a ruthless thriller impossible to put away.
The adaptation of Anders Roslund & Börge Hellström’s award-winning crime novel Cell 8 premieres in the Nordics, Baltics and Poland on Viaplay today.
A man presumed dead is arrested on a ferry between Sweden and Finland, throwing detectives Mariana and her boss Ewert Grens into a series of mysterious events. The case soon reveals a personal connection not only to Hermansson herself, but to a Death Row prisoner in the US and a grieving parent consumed by revenge.
Set in Sweden and the US, Cell 8 is a multi-layered story about capital punishment, revenge and social legacy.
The nominees for the Swedish 2021 Storytel Awards have been announced. The Storytel Awards have been bestowed since 2007 in Sweden to highlight the best audio books of the year. The awards are granted within six categories: Suspense, Fiction, Non-fiction, Feelgood, YA, and Children’s books.
Among the nominees for suspense are Kristina Ohlsson’s Icebreaker, Hjorth & Rosenfeldt’s As You Sow, Jens Lapidus’ The No-Go Zone, Anders de la Motte & Måns Nilsson’s A House to Die For, Liza Marklund’s The Polar Circle, and Anders Roslund’s Trust Me.
The nominees within the fiction category includes Fredrik Backman’s The Winners and Jonas Gardell’s A Happier Year, and Simona Ahrnstedt’s The Queen of the Night is featured on the Feelgood list.
Meanwhile, Anders Hansen’s Brain Blues and Måns Mosesson’s Tim – The Official Biography of Avicii features on the Non-fiction list, and David Sundin’s audiobook The Audiobook That Did Not Want To End – Part 2, from the same universe as The Book That Did Not Want To Be Read, is in the running for the Children’s books’ award.
Readers will be able to vote for their favorite works until February 9, after which a jury will pick a winner among the three candidates with the most votes in each category.
To cast your vote, click “Read more” below.
A round-up of the bestselling titles of July, August and September in Sweden has been released and it features Michael Hjorth and Hans Rosenfeldt’s ‘As You Sow‘ in the No. 1 spot across all genres. As You Sow is the seventh installment in the Sebastian Bergman series. Hans Roslund’s stand-alone installment in the Hoffman & Grens series, ‘Trust Me‘ nabs the No. 3 spot.