‘Watching You’ No. 1 in Germany

Arne Dahl’s Watching You continues to feature at the top of Der Spiegel’s best seller list in Germany. The novel, the first installment in a new crime fiction series by Dahl, comes in at No. 1 this week.

‘The Magical Heart’ published in Sweden

Roberta’s best friend Charlotte is seriously ill. She needs a new heart, and fast. At an auction, Roberta comes across a globe she’s told is magical. If you succeed at a very special mission, it just might grant you your most fervent wish. Straight away Roberta sees in the globe the chance to save Charlotte’s life. Together with her friend Eric, she sets out to rescue Charlotte and make her well again. But will they make it before it’s too late?

The Magical Heart is Kristina Ohlsson's latest children’s book, and a moving story about the strength one can find in the unconditional love between friends.

‘The Little Elephant Who Wants To Fall Asleep’ published in Sweden

Add variety to your child’s bedtime routine with the latest book from the author of The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep, the New York Times and international bestseller that parents have been raving about! Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin’s new children’s book, The Little Elephant Who Wants To Fall Asleep, features all-new child-tested, parent-approved techniques to reclaim bedtime and provide a sweet and tender end to each day.

Your child joins Ellen the Elephant on a journey through a magical forest that leads to sleep. Along the way, children meet different fantastical characters and have calming experiences that help them relax and slip into slumber quickly. The story works perfectly for either naptime or bedtime.

The Little Elephant Who Wants To Fall Asleep also includes never-before-seen material that will make a difference at bedtime, including insightful sleep tips and answers to frequently asked questions to help guide families to an even more satisfying nighttime routine!

‘Can One Die Twice?’ published in Sweden

The Sea Scout Edvin is put ashore on the island of Ofärdsön to look for mushrooms. Instead, he finds a half-buried skull.

Despite Edvin only being ten years old, he knows just what to do. Stuffing the skull into a plastic bag, he runs off from the Scout camp and heads straight home to his neighbor – Detective Evert Bäckström.

Can One Die Twice? is Leif GW Persson’s thirteenth novel since his debut in 1978, and the fourth installment in the Evert Bäckström series.

Fredrik Backman on The New York Times and Der Spiegel’s Best Seller Lists

Fredrik Backman’s My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry remains firmly entrenched at No. 8 in its 22nd week on The New York Times Best Seller List. A Man Called Ove meanwhile rises to No. 2 in its 38th consecutive week on the list, and No. 7 on the combined print and ebook list.

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry continues to make a strong showing also in Germany, where it appears at No. 6 on Der Spiegel’s best seller list.

Photo: Margarethe Rosenlund

New Screenwriter – Petter S. Rosenlund

Petter S. Rosenlund (b. 1967) is a Norwegian screenwriter, playwright, children’s books author, and journalist. Rosenlund has worked as a screenwriter for film and television for the past fifteen years, creating unforgettable stories such as his most recent success, the critically acclaimed The Heavy Water War (2015), which with its 1,7 million viewers earned one of the absolute highest ratings in Norway for a TV series drama. Apart from his award-winning and suspenseful TV drama work, Petter S. Rosenlund is also an internationally acclaimed playwright whose plays have been produced in over twenty venues around the world.

‘Beartown’ published in Sweden

Winning a junior ice hockey championship might not mean a lot to the average person, but it means everything to the residents of Beartown, a community slowly being eaten alive by unemployment and the surrounding wilderness. A victory like this would draw national attention to the ailing town: it could attract government funding and an influx of talented athletes who would choose Beartown over the big nearby cities. A victory like this would certainly mean everything to Amat, a short, scrawny teenager who is treated like an outcast everywhere but on the ice; to Kevin, a star player just on the cusp of securing his golden future in the NHL; and to Peter, their dedicated general manager, whose own professional hockey career ended in tragedy.

At first, it seems like the team might have a shot at fulfilling the dreams of their entire town. But one night at a drunken celebration following a key win, something happens between Kevin and the general manager’s daughter—and the next day everything seems to have changed. Accusations are made and, like ripples on a pond, they travel through all of Beartown, leaving no resident unaffected. With so much riding on the success of the team, the line between loyalty and betrayal becomes difficult to discern. At last, it falls to one young man to find the courage to speak the truth that it seems no one else wants to hear.

Fredrik Backman knows that we are forever shaped by the places we call home, and in Beartown, an emotionally powerful, sweetly insightful story, he explores what can happen when we carry the heavy weight of other people's dreams on our shoulders.

‘End of Summer’ published in Sweden

Late one summer night in 1983, a five-year-old boy disappears from a remote ranch on the southern Swedish plains. The only trace he leaves behind is a shoe out in the cornfields. Despite the joined efforts of the community, the boy remains missing and rumors and suspicions run wild. When the fumbling investigation is finally closed, the sorrow and uncertainty cause the boy’s family to slowly fall to pieces.

Twenty years later, the missing boy’s older sister Veronica is guiding a group therapy session in Stockholm. Suddenly a young man joins the group and begins to share stories from his childhood, bewildering memories of a boy’s disappearance. His story is frighteningly familiar and unsettles Veronica. Reluctantly she is forced to put the fragile peace she has built at risk and return to southern Sweden and the broken family she left behind. She must find the answer to the question everyone had turned away from. What really happened that summer night?

Winner of the 2015 Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award for best novel of the year, Anders de la Motte has returned with a new, chilling and atmospheric crime novel. End of Summer is a suspenseful novel about old wrongs and deeply buried family secrets.

‘Watching You’ No. 1 in Germany

Arne Dahl’s Watching You has shot to No. 1 on Der Spiegel’s best seller list in Germany. Watching You is the first novel in a new series featuring Detective Inspector Sam Berger and Security Service infiltrator Molly Blom.