Ulf Kvensler is the winner of the 2022 Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award for ‘Best Debut’. His fast-paced and relentless debut novel The Couples Trip is lauded by the Academy’s jury, who gives the following motivation:
“A claustrophobic chamber play of infinite nature, ever winding towards the inevitable disaster.”
Lars Kepler’s The Spider, the ninth installment in the Joona Linna series, was just published in the Netherlands and has entered the official Dutch bestseller list for hardcover crime & thrillers at No. 1.
Fredrik Backman’s The Winners is a nominee in the running for the 2022 Goodreads Choice Award for “Best Fiction.”
The Goodreads Choice Awards is the only major US book award decided by readers. In the coming months, readers will get to participate in three rounds of voting in each of the seventeen categories. The opening round will take place between November 15 and November 27.
The nominees for 2022’s Adlibris Awards have been announced. Adlibris is the leading book retailer in the Nordics and the Adlibris Award was founded in 2019 to celebrate the site’s greatest titles. The 10 nominated titles in the 9 respective categories have been selected by a jury of Adlibris employees from all works published in 2022.
Ia Genberg’s The Details is shortlisted in the ’Fiction’ category.
Amongst the nominated titles in the ‘Crime Fiction’ category are Lars Kepler’s The Spider, Anders de la Motte & Måns Nilsson’s Death Goes Antiquing and Liza Marklund’s The Mire.
In the ‘Childrens’ category – Jonas Gardell’s The Story of the Little Sparrow is shortlisted for ‘Children’s 0-6’ and Martin Widmark’s The Masquerade Mystery is nominated for ‘Children’s 6-12’. Anders Hansen’s Brain Blues for Teens is nominated for the ‘Young Adult’ category.
The winners will be announced on January 25, 2023.
The Petrona Award’s jury has just presented its shortlist for the 2022 Petrona Award for ‘Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year.’ The list of six nominees include Anders Roslund with Knock Knock and Antti Tuomainen with The Rabbit Factor.
The Judges have the following to say about each title:
“Another fine example of Roslund’s talent for seamlessly blending together a solid police procedural with a high octane thriller, leading to a gritty and fast-paced read set against his astute observations on the societal and political issues of contemporary Sweden.” – on Anders Roslund’s Knock Knock.
“[It] puts at its heart an ordinary man drawing on his previously undiscovered and extraordinary resolve, to carve out and keep his place in a hostile world, with often darkly funny results.” – on Antti Tuomainen’s The Rabbit Factor.
The winning title will be announced on Thursday 8 December 2022.
The official bestseller lists for the month of October are out, and Lars Kepler’s The Spider grabs the top spot on the hardcover list for fiction, coming in at No. 1 followed by Anders Roslund’s 100 percent at No. 5.
Martin Widmark’s The Masquerade Mystery comes in at No. 3 on the bestseller list for children’s, and Johan Theorin’s Weathered Bones is No. 2 on the list for paperback.
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Eva Aagaard (b.1988) is a Copenhagen-born writer, translator and journalist. She attended journalist school in Aarhus and prestigious writer’s programs in Norway and Sweden. Having written for numerous Danish medias, she has also been a prominent voice in the national debates surrounding the treatment of sexual assault victims. In her novel I Don’t Want This she grippingly explores the emotional turmoil that follows in the wake of a sexual assault, our perceptions of victimhood and the pitfalls of motherhood.
The Danish edition of Jo Nesbø’s Killing Moon, the 13th installment in the Harry Hole series, has gone straight to No. 1 on Saxo’s bestseller list. Saxo is Denmark’s biggest online retailer.
The Swedish bestseller list this week have Lars Keplers’ The Spider claiming the No. 1 spot followed by Kristina Ohlsson’s Dimmed Lights coming in at No. 3 and Jens Lapdius’ Mr One sailing to the No. 5 spot on the official bestseller list for hardcover fiction.
Amina, written by Mona Masri and directed by Ahmed Abdullahi, will have its world premiere at the 2022 Marrakech Film Festival on November 17. This is the anticipated feature debut for both the writer and director.
The star-packed jury consists of Paolo Sorrentino, Susanne Bier, Oscar Isaac, Vanessa Kirby, Diane Kruger, Justin Kurzel, Nadine Labaki, Laïla Marrakchi and Tahar Rahim.
Amina, a young and talented mixed martial arts fighter, is striving to get back to her passion. With no support from her parents, she struggles to raise her seven-year-old daughter. Against all odds, she gets a shot at the MMA world championships. Now, she is forced to make the toughest choice of her life: whether to be a world-class fighter or the mother she is expected to be.
Armenia, Zangak
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Portugal, Cultura
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Portugal, Quetzal
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Türkiye, Timas
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
UK, Orenda
Closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Denmark, Modtryk
Closed by Josephine Oxelheim
So far, this is the de la Motte’s best Italian-set thriller/…/ easygoing, suspenseful, and smart.
– Skånska Dagbladet
[A] thrilling novel about what a crime can do to a person—whether you are a victim or a perpetrator.
– Ölandsbladet
(…) with his background in crime fiction and her Italian roots, the result is, naturally, cozy Italian murder mysteries.
– Tara
The Doubt delivers quality from the very first page. Guilt, revenge, and trust are the key ingredients, and the author duo weaves them together masterfully. There’s no doubt that this series is here to stay.
– Randaberg24
With impressive brilliance, Jørn Lier Horst ties together the two plot lines of a breathlessly thrilling criminal drama. It doesn’t get any better than this.
– Aftonbladet
It’s a warm summer day when the truck rolls in over the farmyard, unloading something strange: not quite a caravan or an RV, but a massive cube. From the cube steps a boy. His name is Marjo. Who is he? And why has he come to the farm?
