New title: ‘On Parole’
Danny, Malik and Christian grew up on the same block on the outskirts of Copenhagen. Once the best of friends, they’re now nothing alike. While Danny went down the path of the criminal, Christian and Malik chose another track somewhere along the way. Now, Christian is a policeman and house-owner with a wife and children; Malik is studying to become a dentist while helping out at his father’s restaurant.
Danny is serving his sixth year in prison for a violent offense when he’s unexpectedly released on parole. The first thing he wants to do is find his old friends. But no one has seen Malik in weeks, and though Christian is part of the police, his search is bound by the limits of the law. But laws have never been an obstacle to Danny. He sets out to find his lost childhood friend.
On Parole is Jonas T. Bengtsson’s fifth novel.
The October bestseller list in Sweden
Lars Kepler’s latest title about Joona Linna, The Mirror Man, comes in first in three categories on the official Swedish bestseller lists for October. It is No. 1 in hardcover, audio, and e-books. Hans Rosenfeldt follows just behind, placing at No. 2 in hardcover and audio with When Crying Wolf. Simona Ahrnstedt’s ever popular Opposites Attract series makes its mark on the e-book list, where the latest installment – Hearts on the Line – comes in at No. 3.
The weekly Swedish bestseller lists
Lars Kepler’s The Mirror Man dominates also this week, featuring at the No. 1 spot on three lists: hardcover, audio and e-books. Simona Ahrnstedt’s Hearts on the Line likewise stays put, coming in at No. 4 in e-books.
‘Anxious People’ No. 1 in Canada
Fredrik Backman’s international bestseller Anxious People is No. 1 on the Canadian independent bookstores’ bestseller list for trade paperback fiction. The title has featured at No. 1 since October 19th.
The weekly Norwegian bestseller lists
Lars Kepler’s The Mirror Man doesn’t budge from its placements on the Norwegian bestseller lists, coming in at No. 1 in e-books and No. 3 in hardcover also this week. Also on the e-book list is Jørn Lier Horst’s A Question of Guilt, which places at No. 4.
Lars Kepler and Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger on the Slovakian bestseller lists
Lars Kepler reigns supreme on the Slovakian bookseller Martinus’s bestseller list, claiming the No. 1 spot with The Mirror Man, the eighth Joona Linna Novel. Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger meanwhile grab the No. 4 placement with Smoke Screen, the second Blix & Ramm novel.
The weekly Swedish bestseller lists
Lars Kepler performs a hat trick on the Swedish bestseller lists this week, coming in at No. 1 in hardcover, audio and e-books with The Mirror Man. Hans Rosenfeldt’s When Crying Wolf meanwhile comes in at No. 4 in hardcover, while Simona Ahrnstedt’s Hearts on the Line is No. 4 in e-books.
The weekly Norwegian bestseller lists
Week 43’s official bestseller lists see Lars Kepler’s The Mirror Man debut at No. 1 in e-book and No. 3 in hardcover. Featuring on the same two lists is Jørn Lier Horst, whose A Question of Guilt is No. 3 and No. 5 respectively. Lastly, Kristina Ohlsson claims the No. 3 spot on the paperback list with To Him Who Knocks.
Monika Fagerholm No. 1 in Denmark
Nordic Council Literature Prize winner Monika Fagerholm has shot to No. 1 on the Danish bestseller lists. Her novel Who Killed Bambi? is the top selling book at both Saxo and Plusbog, the two biggest online booksellers in Denmark.
Jo Nesbø bestowed with CoScan’s Nordic Person of the Year Award
Jo Nesbø has been presented with the 2020 CoScan Nordic Person of the Year Award. CoScan (the Confederation of Scandinavian Societies) celebrates an achievement of outstanding merit by an individual, body or group related to one or more of the five Nordic countries. The award recognizes those who have added public lustre to any of the Nordic countries and who have caused the British and others outside the region to view those countries with even greater affection and respect. Previous recipients have included The Norwegian City of Lillehammer and the National Norwegian Opera and Ballet, among many others.