Erik Axl Sund’s latest novel Porcelain Dolls claims the No. 5 spot this week on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for trade paperbacks in Germany.
Simona Ahrnstedt has been given a grant from the Jan Olshedens and Göran Trydell’s Scholarship Fund for Advocates of Words and Images, for her loving portrayal of the small town Laholm in her latest novel Just a Bit More.
The list of Norway’s best-selling crime novels between 2010 – 2019 is now official and Jo Nesbø claims seven spots on the top ten-list, including No. 1, No. 2, No.3 and No. 4. Police, the tenth installment in Nesbø’s Harry Hole series, sits at the very top.
Week 14’s official bestseller lists see Anders de la Motte claim three No. 1 placements with the just published Rites of Spring. The novel, the fourth installment in the Skåne Quartet, is No. 1 in hardcover, audio and e-book. Niklas Natt och Dag’s 1794 also features on the hardcover list, coming in at No. 5. Katrine Engberg meanwhile grabs the No. 2 placement on the paperback list with The Tenant. On the children’s books list, Jens Lapidus’ The Dillsta Gang and the Art Heist, the first book in his new series for young readers, is No. 7.
Katrine Engberg’s The Tenant tops the March bestseller list for paperbacks in Sweden, coming in at No. 1. The hardcover list sees Niklas Natt och Dag land the No. 3 spot with 1794, while Jonas Bonnier’s The Day of the Lord is No. 5. Anders Roslund’s Knock Knock features at No. 3 on the e-book list.
Kristina Ohlsson’s To Him Who Knocks is No. 6 on the official Icelandic bestseller list for the month of March. To Him Who Knocks is the third Martin Benner title.
Winter refuses to release its grip on Ödesmark, the little village outside of Arvidsjaur. In Ödesmark, many of the houses have been abandoned to a slow decay, but in one of them lives Liv along with her elderly father Vidar and teenage son Simon. They are an odd family, and Liv can feel the stares of their neighbors and the customers at the petrol station where she works nights. Everyone seems to wonder why Liv stayed – what is keeping her in this near-forgotten corner of northern Sweden? People talk about Vidar’s fortune, how rich he is, and how the family would make an easy target…
Stina Jackson is finally back. Following the enormous success of her breakthrough debut, The Silver Road, she’s crafted The Last Snow: an as tightly plotted as it is moving story about people’s bonds – to places, and to each other. About how ferociously strong those bonds can be – and how difficult it can be to break them.
“With peerless skill, Stina Jackson guides us through a community raging in silence, perched on the edge of an abyss of bad memories. The Last Snow is a masterpiece that seethes with tears and blood, love and despair, comfort and rage, and all the darkness that makes the light shine even brighter.”
-Niklas Natt och Dag
Erik Axl Sund’s Porcelain Dolls is No. 6 on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for trade paperbacks in Germany. Arne Dahl claims a spot on the list as well, coming in at No. 8 with Friheten.
In September 2020, Hans Rosenfeldt will publish his first own suspense novel, When Crying Wolf. The title is the first installment in a new series about the Haparanda police Hannah Wester.
Hans Rosenfeldt is the creator of the acclaimed TV series The Bridge and Marcella, and has together with Michael Hjorth written six novels about Psychological Profiler Sebastian Bergman, to date translated into 34 languages and sold in more than 4 million copies around the world. This will be the first suspense series Rosenfeldt has written on his own, and it has already been sold to six territories.
“Hans Rosenfeldt has written an incredibly thrilling story – we already know that he’s a master of that craft – but I’m also utterly impressed by how expertly he has carved out the gallery of characters, especially the middle-aged police detective Hannah, how he has captured the environment and atmosphere of Haparanda, and last but not least, the high level of his prose. This publication will be one of the biggest events of the year,” says Eva Gedin, CEO at Norstedts.
When Crying Wolf is set in Haparanda, close to the border to Finland. When human remains are found in the stomach of a dead wolf, Hanna Wester knows that this summer will be unlike any other. The remains can soon be linked to a bloody drug deal across the border in Finland. Hannah and her colleagues leave no stone unturned. But time is scarce, and they aren’t the only ones looking.
“This is the first time in a very, very long time that I have written something all by myself. The Sebastian Bergman series is one I’ve co-written with Micke, and all the screenplay projects I do are always more or less collaborative. In that sense, When Crying Wolf was more of a challenge than I’d expected, but at the same time there is something incredibly inspiring in getting to do something that feels so new and exciting after so many years in the business – stepping out of my comfort zone, so to speak,” says Hans Rosenfeldt.
When Crying Wolf is the first part in the series about the Haparanda police Hannah Wester, and is set to be published in Sweden by Norstedts on September 21, 2020.
Lina Bengtsdotter and Sofia Lundberg are officially winners in the March selection for the 2020 Prix des Lecteurs du Livre de Poche. Bengtsdotter’s debut suspense novel For the Missing was voted the winner of the ‘crime & thriller’ category, while Lundberg’s The Red Address Book won in the ‘literary’ category. They are now competing in the grand finale taking place in September.
Norway, Cappelen Damm
Three-book deal closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Croatia, Ibis Grafika
Closed by Ida Schabbauer
Latvia, Zvaigzne ABC
Two-book deal closed by Ida Schabbauer
Netherlands, Bruna
Three-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Czech Republic, Host
Closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Slovakia, Ikar
Closed by Emma Granberg
Between the threads of this tightly woven narrative, Engman manages to bring to life a whole gallery of characters who are very likable yet no less complex—all of them memorable, even the minor ones.
– Télérama
The reason for [Ahnhem’s] success is simple: he writes like a god and keeps us on the torture rack until the very last page. /…/ Generation Zero has all the ingredients to be this summer’s big crime novel. It is thrilling, realistic, and impossible to put down.
– Nettavisen
This novel explores the different facets of a divorce in order to examine all the little things that extinguish love. Fascinating.
– Version Femina
– De Telegraaf
Entertainingly enough the biggest emotions are here hidden within the smallest of actions, that are also hugely relatable. /…/ The questions it raises are many, the tone is light and the plot firmly down to earth – however flavoured with an astounding psychological insight.
– Familiejournal
A touching and poignant tale of an aging father and his middle-aged daughter, exploring themes of nurturing and reconciliation, and the profound layers of life often hidden from those closest to us – a story about love, and about making things right, before it’s too late.