Michael Katz Krefeld winner of the People’s Choice Award
Michael Katz Krefeld is the official winner of the Danish Crime Book Festival’s (Krimimessen) People’s Choice Award 2018. The ten nominees are chosen by crime fiction bloggers, and the winner was announced during last weekend’s Krimimessen in Horsens.
‘Macbeth’ No. 1 in Denmark
Jo Nesbø’s novel Macbeth has gone straight to No. 1 on Saxo, Denmark’s biggest online retailer, bestseller list for all genres. Macbeth was published in Denmark yesterday.
‘Operation Shipwreck’, ‘Unwanted’ and ‘Meet Me in Paradise’ No. 2 and No. 3 in Norway
Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Operation Shipwreck climbs to No. 2 on the official bestseller list for hardcover fiction in Norway. It is joined by Kristina Ohlsson’s first installment in the Fredrika Bergman series, Unwanted, coming in at No. 3 on the paperback list. Meanwhile, Heine Bakkeid’s Meet Me in Paradise makes another appearance on the e-book list, claiming the No. 3 spot.
‘The Flood’ No. 5 in Sweden
The Swedish bestseller lists for the second week of March have just been released, and Kristina Ohlsson’s The Flood keeps its position at No. 5 on the paperback list.
‘Macbeth’ published in Norway and Denmark
Set in the 1970s in a run-down, rainy industrial town, Jo Nesbo’s Macbeth centers around a police force struggling to shed an incessant drug problem. Duncan, chief of police, is idealistic and visionary, a dream to the townspeople but a nightmare for criminals. The drug trade is ruled by two drug lords, one of whom—a master of manipulation named Hecate—has connections with the highest in power, and plans to use them to get his way.
Hecate’s plot hinges on steadily, insidiously manipulating Inspector Macbeth: the head of SWAT and a man already susceptible to violent and paranoid tendencies. What follows is an unputdownable story of love and guilt, political ambition, and greed for more, exploring the darkest corners of human nature, and the aspirations of the criminal mind.
Jo Nesbø’s Macbeth, part of the Hogarth Shakespeare series, is today published in Norway and Denmark. 30 more markets will follow in the coming months.
‘1793’ No. 3 in Sweden
The Swedish bestseller lists for February have been published and 1793, Niklas Natt och Dag’s brilliant debut, comes in at No. 3 on the e-book list.
Kristina Ohlsson and Niklas Natt och Dag on the Swedish bestseller lists
‘Meet Me in Paradise’ and ‘Operation Shipwreck’ No. 2 and No. 3 in Norway
Just a week after its publication in Norway, Heine Bakkeid’s critically acclaimed Meet Me in Paradise makes its debut appearance on the official bestseller list, jumping straight up to No. 2 on the e-book list.
On the hardcover fiction list, Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes feature in the top yet another week with their Operation Shipwreck, the thirteenth Detective Agency No. 2 book. This week, Operation Shipwreck comes in at No. 3.
Jørn Lier Horst dominates the February children’s books bestseller list
The most sold children’s books of February in Norway have been announced, and Jørn Lier Horst emerges as the clear winner by claiming all top three spots on the list. At No. 1 is his and the illustrator Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Operation Shipwreck, the thirteenth Detective Agency No. 2 book. It’s followed by The Triangle Mystery at No. 2, and Operation Mummy at No. 3.
Jo Nesbø and Jørn Lier Horst the most sold authors of the decade in Norway
Jo Nesbø and Jørn Lier Horst are the indisputable kings of crime fiction in Norway: on the just published official list of the twenty most sold Norwegian crime titles of the past decade (2008-2017), Jo Nesbø claims a staggering eight positions and Jørn Lier Horst six.
Jo Nesbø also succeeds in the feat of placing in the top ten with all eight novels, starting with Police at No. 1. Police is then followed by Phantom (No.2), The Leopard (No. 3), The Son (No. 4), Thirst (No. 5), Headhunters (No. 6), The Snowman (No. 8), and Blood on Snow (No. 9).
Jørn Lier Horst, the author with the most titles on the list after Nesbø, features at No. 10 with his The Hunting Dogs. The Wisting novel is closely followed by The Caveman (No. 11), Ordeal (No. 12), Closed for Winter (No. 14), When It Grows Dark (No. 15), and The Katharina Code (No. 16).