‘To Him Who Knocks’ published in Sweden

Defense attorney Martin Benner has a weakness for antiques. When his friend Henry dies, Martin is given an offer too good to turn down: to take over Henry’s partial ownership of an antiques store in New York. But his good fortune is short-lived – a man shows up claiming that Henry didn’t die from illness but was murdered. At the same time Martin notices that he’s being watched. Someone is leaving footprints in the snow around his house and his surveillance equipment is sabotaged.

Martin is soon drawn into a feverish hunt for the truth about Henry. His search brings him to a series of supposedly closed hotels with shady business occurring on their premises, a church with too much power, and antiquities containing deadly secrets. The line between truth and lie and friend and enemy grows ever more blurred.

Who was Henry Schiller? And was there more to his death than meets the eye?

To Him Who Knocks is Kristina Ohlsson’s third book about Martin Benner and a riveting and intricate crime novel about a past that won’t let itself be forgotten.

‘Macbeth’ shortlisted for the Public Book Awards in Greece

Jo Nesbø’s Macbeth has been shortlisted for the Greek Public Book Awards in the ‘Translated Novel’ category, alongside Stephen King, Paul Auster, Elena Ferrante and others. The readers’ choice-awards are organized by Public, the biggest book retailer in Greece, and the winners will be announced on June 13th at an awards ceremony in Athens.

Emma Karinsdotter shortlisted for the 2019 Swedish Radio’s Children’s Novel Award

Emma Karinsdotter’s The Isle Of A Thousand Stars has been shortlisted for the 2019 Swedish Radio’s Children’s Novel Award. The Swedish Radio’s Children’s Novel Award is an annual award and the winning author and title will be decided by a jury of children from fifth and sixth grade. The winner will be announced on November 1st.

‘The Search for the Magician’s Tome’ published in Norway

The Magician’s Tome disappeared a long, long time ago. In it, Fredrik Fernando the Great recorded all his magic tricks: for example, how to saw a lady in two – and then put her back together again. Everyone who reads the book will know the secret behind the trick. But the tome also contains other terribly valuable secrets… and Detective Agency No. 2 aren’t the only ones looking for it.

The Search for the Magician’s Tome is the fifth activity book in Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Detective Agency No. 2 series.

Fredrik Backman on the Swedish bestseller lists

The official Swedish bestseller lists of week 21 (May 20th-26th) see Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People appear at No. 4 on the hardcover list, No. 4 on the e-book list, and No. 5 on the audio list.

Stina Jackson No. 5 in Iceland

Stina Jackson’s The Silver Road claims the No. 5 spot on the Icelandic bestseller list for all books in week 22 (May 27th – June 2nd).

Horst & Enger and Hedvig Montgomery on the Norwegian bestseller lists

Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger’s Death Deserved is No. 1 on the official bestseller list for paperbacks in Norway. This marks the fourth consecutive week at No. 1, and ninth week in the top three. Hedvig Montgomery likewise stays in the top, but does so on the nonfiction list with The Kindergarten Age. The third book in her Parental Magic series is No. 3 also this week.

Photo: John Scarisbrick

Mr. Tophat joins Salomonsson Agency

Swedish DJ, producer and artist Rudolf Nordström, artist name Mr. Tophat, is the uncrowned king of the club scene. Wedding underground and mainstream in a heady mix of the lushly experimental and dancefloor beats, Mr. Tophat absorbs genres and makes them his own.

Mr. Tophat has played at festivals like the Governor’s Ball in New York, teaming up with Swedish pop queen Robyn. In 2017, the pair released an EP, Trust Me, to great acclaim. Mr. Tophat also lent his producer’s talent to Robyn’s 2018 album, Honey.

In 2019, the two reunited again on Mr. Tophat’s own epic debut album, Dusk to Dawn, a three LP dark-disco odyssey which was instantly lauded by the international music press. Dusk to Dawn’s sprawling and compelling neo-romantic soundscape was called “dark, luxuriously twisted” by Mojo in the UK and “boundlessly artistically ambitious” by Sweden’s biggest newspaper, Dagens Nyheter.

Fredrik Backman on the Swedish bestseller lists

Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People nabs two No. 3 spots on the official Swedish bestseller lists this week. The stand-alone bestseller is No. 3 in both hardcover and in e-book.