Life is a string of meetings, each one like a pearl on a necklace. We meet and love, we part ways and reunite, we share in joy and defeat, and we have our hearts broken.

96-year-old Doris has had the same address book since 1928. The little red book holds her very own pearl necklace, the people she has met and loved throughout her life. Now Doris lives alone in an apartment in central Stockholm. Most of the names in her book are crossed over, gone from this world, and her only visitors are from the home care. Doris’ greatest source of joy are the calls from her grandniece Jenny on the other side of the Atlantic. One day Doris begins to write down the story of how she met the people that shaped her life, so that Jenny, who will be the only one to remember Doris, will be able to share her most precious possession: her memories.

Sofia Lundberg’s The Red Address Book took the Swedish blogging community by storm when it was first self-published. Now The Red Address Book is out in a revised hardcover edition, published by Forum.

Detective Agency No. 2’s Detective’s Handbook is chock-full of pointers and advice on how to become an expert detective, teaching you everything you need to know so that you too can begin solving mysteries!

What is the first thing you need to do when solving a mystery – have you ever wondered? How do you look for clues? And how do you lift fingerprints?

There’s no age limit to being a detective. The key to uncovering evidence and finding information is all about being curious, inventive and observant. Besides which there are a whole bunch of clever methods and techniques you can use. All of which you can learn here, in the Detective’s Handbook.

Leif GW Persson is the winner of the CWA International Dagger 2017 for his The Dying Detective. The Crime Writers Association’s (CWA) Dagger awards are the most prestigious literary awards in Europe, and have been synonymous with quality crime writing for over fifty years. The first Dagger was handed out in 1955, less than two years after the Association was founded.

Stefan Ahnhem and his Eighteen Below Zero is No. 1 also this week on the official Norwegian bestseller list for paperbacks. Eighteen Below Zero is the third installment in the Fabian Risk series.

Thomas Engström’s East of the Abyss, Anders de la Motte’s Deeds of Fall, and Roslund & Thunberg’s The Sons have been shortlisted for the 2017 Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award for ‘Best Swedish Crime Novel’.

The winning author and novel will be announced on November 26th.