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‘We Are Five’ awarded the Norwegian Radio’s Literary Award
A jury consisting of both experts within the literary field and a few carefully selected members of the general public unanimously named Faldbakken's latest novel We Are Five the winner of the Norwegian Radio’s Literary Award during yesterday's live announcement. The public service station NRK broadcasted the jury interview on Norwegian radio and TV, and Abid Q. Raja, the Minister of Culture and Gender Equality, was present to hand out the award.
The weekly Swedish bestseller lists
The official weekly bestseller lists of Sweden reprise the placements of the previous week, with Jo Nesbø’s Knife landing the No. 1 spot on the list for paperbacks, and Kristina Ohlsson’s The Mystery of the Haunted Fortress the No. 3 spot on the children’s list.
The weekly Norwegian bestseller lists
The latest installment in the hit children’s series Detective Agency No. 2, Operation Trickster, grabs a spot on the official Norwegian bestseller list for hardcovers, debuting at No. 4.
‘A Higher Justice’ No. 2 in Germany
Hjorth & Rosenfeldt’s A Higher Justice, the sixth installment in the internationally bestselling series about Sebastian Bergman, is No. 2 on Der Spiegel’s paperback bestseller list this week.
‘Bäckström’ to premiere in Sweden March 23
C More and TV4’s new crime drama series, Bäckström, based on Leif GW Persson’s bestselling novels featuring the notorious Superintendent of the same name, is set to premiere in Sweden this March.
The TV series revolves around the nationally reknowned Superintendent Evert Bäckström (played by Kjell Bergqvist), who prides himself on having solved 99 per cent of all the cases that he has taken on. But when a skull with bullet holes is found on an uninhabited island in the archipelago, Evert Bäckström is confronted with a more difficult mystery than he could have imagined.
Bäckström consists of six episodes. The first two episodes will premiere on C More on March 23, and on TV4 April 7.
‘The Wolf and the Watchman’ No. 2 in Spain
Niklas Natt och Dag’s debut novel The Wolf and the Watchman climbs the official Spanish bestseller list for the third week in a row, claiming the No. 2 position. On the Catalan equivalent, the novel features at No. 3.
The weekly Swedish bestseller lists
Jo Nesbø’s Knife continues to place at No. 1 on the official weekly bestseller list for paperbacks in Sweden. Kristina Ohlsson’s The Mystery of the Haunted Fortress meanwhile stays put at No. 3 on the children’s list.
The January bestseller list for children’s fiction in Norway
Detective Agency No. 2 nabs another spot on the monthly bestseller list for children’s fiction in Norway. This January, Operation Radius, the sixteenth installment in the series, comes in at No. 3.
The January bestseller lists in Sweden
Kristina Ohlsson’s stand-alone mystery for children, The Mystery of the Haunted Fortress, grabs the coveted No. 1 spot on the list of most sold children’s books in Sweden during the month of January. Jo Nesbø likewise features in one of the top spots, but in the paperback category, where his Knife is No. 2.
‘Operation Trickster’ published in Norway
There’s a trickster afoot in Riverdale. The whole town is abuzz with rumors about his crazy pranks, naughty tricks and hilarious antics. But it’s no laughing matter when people’s wallets start to go missing, and the culprit behind the thefts mysteriously figures out their credit card pin codes. Tiril and Oliver of Detective Agency No. 2 are soon in hot pursuit of the clever pickpockets – not even tricksters can outsmart Riverdale’s famed crime-solving duo!
Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Detective Agency No. 2 series is crime fiction for the youngest – clever, engaging, and full of thrills! Join our heroes Tiril, Oliver and their dog Ocho as they solve mysteries that have even the adults of Riverton scratching their heads.
Operation Trickster is the seventeenth installment in the Detective Agency No. 2 series.