Top Dog the TV series is based on bestselling Swedish author Jens Lapidus’s books The VIP Room, Stockholm Delete and Top Dog.
Top Dog is directed by Alexis Almström and Molly Hartleb. The script is written by lead screenwriter Veronica Zacco together with others.
The anticipated thriller series will premiere October 7 on C More.
Hans Rosenfeldt’s When Crying Wolf grabs the No. 2 spot on the official Swedish bestseller list for hardcovers this week. The just published title also features on the audio list, where it comes in at No. 5. Jo Nesbø’s The Kingdom claims the No. 3 spot in the same category.
Another newcomer is Kristina Ohlsson’s children’s horror title, The Haunted Mansion’s Secret, which debuts at No. 3 on the children’s list. The paperback list meanwhile sees Niklas Natt och Dag’s long-running bestseller 1794 land at No. 4.
Big, dangerous snow throwers have entrenched themselves at the world’s perhaps tallest mountain. Ella and Felix are tasked with helping the poor snow shufflers reclaim their mountain top. Can a proper duel settle who gets to build a snow fortress at the very peak?
In this thrilling fourth installment in the series about the Explorers’ Club we accompany Ella and Felix on an icy mission where snow shufflers, snow throwers and ski jumpers turn out to be everything but what you thought they were.
In The Explorers’ Club and the Snow Thrower Duel we once again return to the beloved whimsical universe where the children’s imagination saves them from menacing pirates and ferocious snow throwers.
Jørn Lier Horst dominates the Norwegian bestseller lists as his just published A Question of Guilt debuts at No. 1 – in hardcover as well as e-books. Horst also claims the No. 5 spot on the hardcover list together with illustrator Hans Jørgen Sandnes. They appear with the eighteenth book in the Detective Agency No. 2 series, Operation Red Ribbon.
In the US, Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People is No. 1 on the Washington Post hardcover bestseller list for week 39.
Lina Bengtsdotter’s For the Dead is officially longlisted for the MIMI Award – the German booksellers’ crime fiction prize. A jury of booksellers has selected 30 titles to be featured on the long list, and from September until the middle of December fans can vote for a nominee. Ten titles then continue to the short list, and in the second round, from the middle of December till the end of January, readers are again able to vote for their one favorite title to win the award.
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The spin-off series The Walking Dead: World Beyond expands the universe of The Walking Dead, delving into new mythology in a storyline that follows the first generation raised in a surviving civilization of the post-apocalyptic world. Two sisters along with two friends leave a place of safety and comfort to brave dangers, known and unknown, living and undead on an important quest.
The Walking Dead: World Beyond was co-created by The Walking Dead universe producer Scott Gimple and The Walking Dead writer Matthew Negrete, who also serves as showrunner. Magnus Martens is the director of the first two episodes.
The Walking Dead: World Beyond will premiere October 4 on AMC in the US and on Amazon Prime UK the following day.
A man wakes to the nightmarish sound of an industrial saw. Tied up and unable to move, he can only watch as the blade approaches…
Jeppe Kørner is on leave from the police force and has taken refuge on the island of Bornholm for the winter. Back in Copenhagen, Anette Werner is tasked with leading the investigation into a severed corpse discovered in a trunk buried in a downtown playground. Also on Bornholm, Esther de Laurenti is writing a biography on a female anthropologist with a mysterious past, Margrethe Dybris, all whilst coming to terms with her own crushing sense of loneliness. When Jeppe lends a helping hand at the island’s local sawmill, he unwittingly finds himself in the crosshairs of a sinister mystery rooted in the past, forcing him to once more team up with Anette and Esther to unravel the island’s secrets before the murderer strikes again.
Isola is the final installment in Katrine Engberg’s Copenhagen series, featuring the Police Sergeants Jeppe Kørner and Anette Werner.
In this much-awaited last installment about the world’s best code breaker, the final showdown awaits between William Wenton and Abraham Talley. Will William manage to save the world from luridium? And what about the luridium inside of himself? William has got to crack the code to Earth itself in this thrilling finale to one of our time’s most popular children series.
William Wenton and the Centrifugal Catastrophe is the sixth book in the William Wenton series.
The lauded drama series 22 July, created by Sara Johnsen and Pål Sletaune, has been awarded ‘Best Drama’ at the newly founded Norwegian Seriekritikerprisen.
Anna Bache-Wiig and Siv Rajendram Eliassen’s successful series Witch Hunt earned a nomination in the same category, and won ‘Best Actor’ for lead actress Ingrid Bolsø Berdal’s performance as the main character.
Seriekritikerprisen is the first Norwegian Critics Award solely for TV series. The jury consists of 18 critics from Norwegian media houses, and the awards come in three categories: ‘Best Drama,’ ‘Best Comedy’ and ‘Best Actor’.
Brazil, Companhia das Letras
Three-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Arab World, Al Arabi
Closed by Emma Granberg
Sri Lanka, Sunera Publishers
Closed by Emma Granberg
Spain, RBA
Closed by Tor Jonasson
Lithuania, Lectio Divinia
Three-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Galicia, Rodolfo e Priscila
Closed by Emma Granberg
I loved The Isle of a Thousand Stars because it reached a deep, hidden part of my soul – a place where emotions need no name. /…/ As for a seventh-grader like me, The Isle of a Thousand Stars may simply be the saddest yet most beautiful dream I’ve ever experienced.
– VnExpress
Johana Gustawsson and the Norwegian Thomas Enger form a unique duo, delivering a successful thriller where the city of Oslo isn’t there for exoticism, but becomes, as the pages turn, a character in its own right—cold, silent, and terribly human.
– GAEL
[E]ven though it’s all very sad, reading this book is incredibly comforting.
– Bayern1 Radio
Bestselling authors Johana Gustawsson and Thomas Enger deliver an addictive psychological thriller. /…/ [Enger and Gustawsson] skillfully dole out clues and are masters of plot twists, maintaining a brisk pace and constant suspense. We eagerly await the sequel!
– S2PMag
[A] dark and gripping crime novel that launches a new series already destined for international success.
– Envols
What does it really mean to be in debt to someone? How does our financial worth permeate the ways we think and feel? And what do we lose when we supposedly win? ‘Small Comfort’ skewers its characters, slyly implicating the reader along the way.