‘Eighteen Below Zero’ No. 1 in Norway
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, Anders de la Motte and Roslund & Thunberg shortlisted for the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award
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.
‘The Snowman’ remains No. 2 in the UK
Jo Nesbø’s seventh installment in the Harry Hole series, The Snowman, remains No. 2 on this week’s bestseller list for paperback fiction in the UK.
Arne Dahl No. 4 in Germany
Arne Dahl’s Hinterlands climbs the German Der Spiegel bestseller list again, coming in at No. 4 in the paperback category. This is Hinterlands’ eighth week on the list.
‘Eighteen Below Zero’ and ‘Operation Mummy’ No. 1 and No. 4 in Norway
Eighteen Below Zero, Stefan Ahnhem’s third Fabian Risk novel, is No. 1 also this week on the official Norwegian bestseller list for paperback novels.
Operation Mummy meanwhile comes in at No. 4 on the official bestseller list for fiction, all genres. Operation Mummy is the twelfth installment in Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Detective Agency No. 2 series.
Thomas Engström’s ‘West of Liberty’ to become TV series
Thomas Engström’s award-winning novel about Ludwig Licht, former Stasi agent and CIA informant, is to be made into a TV series for the international market.
West of Liberty, the title of both novel and TV series, takes place in among else Berlin, where the arrest of the corrupt leader of a whistleblowing site has thrown the city into turmoil. Clive Barner, chief of the CIA’s Berlin office and Ludwig Licht’s old contact when he worked as a double agent in the 1970s, calls in Licht. The former informant turned barkeep and freelance problem solver has to pray his old skills haven’t rusted as he’s pulled back into the shadow world of those who make a living finding – and killing for – intelligence.
The TV series will consist of six episodes of 45 minutes. Sara Heldt and Donna Sharp have written the script, and Barbara Eder will direct when shooting starts in spring 2018. Producers are Anagram Sverige AB and Network Movie (Germany). The TV series is already sold to YLE in Finland and TV2 in Norway.
Arne Dahl No. 5 in Germany
Arne Dahl’s Hinterlands, the sequel to the international bestseller Watching You, is No. 5 on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for paperback fiction. Hinterlands has now featured on the German bestseller list for seven weeks.
‘The Snowman’ No. 2 in the UK
Jo Nesbø’s The Snowman is No. 2 on the Sunday Times bestseller list. The Snowman is the seventh installment in the Harry Hole series.
Jo Nesbø and Arne Dahl on Danish bestseller lists
Jo Nesbø’s The Snowman, the seventh installment in the Harry Hole series, is No. 1 on the paperback bestseller list at Bog & idé. Arne Dahl’s Watching You claims the No. 4 spot on the same list. At Arnold Busck Hinterlands, the second installment in Arne Dahl’s series about Berger and Blom, is No. 4 on the crime fiction list while Watching You climbs to No. 2 on the paperback list. Bog & idé and Arnold Busck are the two biggest book retailers in Denmark.
Katrine Engberg shortlisted for Author of the Year Award
Katrine Engberg has been shortlisted for the 2017 Author of the Year Award by the Danish book chain Plusbog. The winner will be announced at Bogforum in Copenhagen on November 10th.