The eight installment in Hjorth & Rosenfeldt’s thrilling Sebastian Bergman series The Guilt You Carry comes in at No. 2 on the bestseller list for paperback this week. Meanwhile, Anders & Anette de la Motte’s murder mystery Death on Capri, claims the No. 5 spot on the hardcover list.
The official statistics of the bestselling titles in Sweden during the second quarter of 2024 have just been published. The fourth book in Kristina Ohlsson’s bestselling August Strindberg series, Beyond Rescue, is No. 2 in the hardcover category.
An exclusive first trailer of So Long, Marianne, the Norwegian-Canadian drama series about the life of Leonard Cohen created by Øystein Karlsen, has just been released on Deadline.
The eight-part series tells the story of the Canadian singer and poet’s love story with Marianne Ihlen, who became his muse after they got together in the 1960s and is an intimate tale of two, lonely people falling in love, during a period of their life when they are trying to figure out who they are and their place in the world, while one is becoming one of the most famous singers of all time.
Alex Wolff (A Quiet Place: Day One, Oppenheimer) plays Cohen, with Thea Sofie Loch Næss (The Last Kingdom, Delete Me,) playing Marianne. Also cast are Anna Torv (The Newsreader, The Last of Us, Mindhunter), Noah Taylor (Preacher, Peaky Blinders, Game of Thrones) and Peter Stormare (American Gods, Fargo).
The show premieres on NRK in Norway and German streaming pubcaster ARD Mediathek on September 22 before launching on Crave five days later. Further rollout follows later in the year.
To watch the trailer and read the full article in Deadline by clicking ‘Read More’ below.
It’s now official that Ellen Helinder, Kelly Gale, Agnes Kittelsen and Frank Kjosås are joining the star-studded cast of Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole, Netflix’s forthcoming crime series based on the Harry Hole novels from Jo Nesbø.
Director Anna Zackrisson (Deliver Me, The Helicopter Heist) has also joined the production, which as previously reported, will star Tobias Santelmann, Joel Kinnaman and Pia Tjelta. Created and written by Nesbø, the show’s other director is Øystein Karlsen. The cast will also include Peter Stormare, Simon Berger and Anders Baasmo, among else.
Tor Arne Øvrebø is producing the series, which hails from Working Title Television and Universal International Studios. Executive producers include Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Katy Rozelle, Rene Ezra, Øystein Karlsen, Jo Nesbø, Niclas Salomonsson. The show is slated to debut on Netflix in 2026.
To read the full article in Deadline, please click ‘Read More’ below.
Stefan Ahnhem’s thrilling stand alone Nothing But the Truth stays put at No. 1 on the bestseller list for paperbacks for the second consecutive week.
Jo Nesbø’s Blood Ties, to be published in Slovakia on September 10th, is already No. 1 on Martinus, Slovakia’s biggest online retailer.
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The period drama The Swedish Torpedo, directed by Frida Kempff, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this September.
The Swedish Torpedo is set in 1939 and follows the story of Sally Bauer as she pursues her dream of becoming the first Scandinavian woman to swim across the English Channel.
The cast is lead by Josefin Neldén (Border, 438 Days) as Sally Bauer, with Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair, Borgen) and Lisa Carlehed (The Emigrants) supporting.
Jo Nesbø’s latest novel Blood Ties is back at No. 1 on the official Norwegian bestseller list for hardcover fiction this week.
All In, the first stand alone installment in Simona Ahrnstedt’s High Stakes-series, features on TIME Magazine’s list highlighting the 50 best romance novels out there. The list has been curated from romance releases throughout history, taking into account factors including ingenuity, commercial success, acclaim and impact. In the motivation, the novel is described as ‘a riveting, high-stakes love story that helped popularize the romance genre in her home country of Sweden’ and the way that ‘[Ahrnstedt] imbues emotional depth in the high-powered lovers, who each have their reasons for seeking revenge’ is lauded.
Stefan Ahnhem’s thrilling stand alone Nothing But the Truth claims the No.1 spot on the Swedish bestseller list for paperbacks this week.
China, Booky
Closed by The Grayhawk Agency on behalf of Ida Schabbauer
UK, Manilla Press
Two-book deal closed by Josephine Oxelheim
France, Buchet-Chastel
Two-book deal closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Netherlands, Gottmer
Three-book-deal closed by Linda Andersson
Estonia, Varrak
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Germany, HarperCollins
Closed by Senka Hasanovic
All in all, The Mother-in-Law is a brilliant book because it twists things around until you don’t know who to sympathize with in the end.
– WMN Magazin
When the Cranes Fly South is the kind of novel that goes straight to the heart. It’s both a beautiful and moving tale. I was completely captivated by the book and it will remain in my thoughts for a long time. It’s so wonderfully written, with sensitivity and empathy. For the first time ever, a book has moved me to tears.
– Randiglensbo.dk
When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén is an extremely evocative title, a delicate story about what one faces as we grow older and a touching novel about fathers and sons as well as what it means to say goodbye.
– Today
Oksanen’s prose resonates with clarity and conviction. /…/ An exquisite feminist critique of Russia’s oppressive tactics.
– Kirkus Reviews
[B]reathtakingly good.(…) Its appeal is truly international.
– Daily Express
Psychologist Kari Voss is grieving for her dead husband when she is thrust into a shocking local investigation, when two teenage girls are violently murdered in a family summer home in the nearby village of Son.
