The acclaimed series Mafia which saw its US release last week, now premieres on Viaplay in UK.

Mafia has received great reviews, among else The Wall Street Journal calls it a “sophisticated six-part thriller” that “separates itself from the teeming pack of TV crime thrillers with a notable level of sophistication about global politics, character and the creation of suspense. Peshang Rad, who suggests a Serbian De Niro circa “Godfather II,” is Radovan “Jakov” Jakovic.”

Mafia is also included as one of New York Times 30 Shows To Watch This Summer.

The strong cast of Mafia features Peshang Rad, Katia Winter, Helena af Sandeberg, Nemanja Stojanovic, Jens Hultén, Christian Hillborg Cedomir Djordjevic and Dragomir Mrsic. Mafia is helmed by two high-profile directors — Mani Maserrat and Tomas Jonsgården, and Axel Stjärne serves as the lead writer.

Midnight. Stockholm is in motion – then everything changes. A series of spectacular deeds paralyze the city, the whole community. The police management are convinced that they can stop new acts of madness, but criminal inspector Mariana Hermansson can sense that something is not right.

While Mariana’s bosses are lead astray, her search leads her to ward 5 at a forensic psychiatry clinic. Someone has been planning crimes no one has ever seen before, crimes beyond the imaginable. There is only one way that she can solve them: she has to get to the other side of the walls and barbed wire. By her side are the police force’s foremost infiltrator, detective Ewert Grens, and the criminal Piet Hoffman. This will be their final joint adventure.

The thriller series Mafia will start rolling out episodes on June 19 in US, on Viaplay.

The strong cast of Mafia features Peshang Rad, Katia Winter, Helena af Sandeberg, Nemanja Stojanovic, Jens Hultén, Christian Hillborg, Cedomir Djordjevic and Dragomir Mrsic. Mafia is helmed by two high-profile directors — Mani Maserrat and Tomas Jonsgården, and Axel Stjärne serves as the lead writer.

Lisa Ridzén’s runaway bestseller When the Cranes Fly South has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize of 2025 in the UK. The accolade is a celebration of exceptional first novels and emerging talent in fiction of all forms, voted for by Waterstones booksellers. When the Cranes Fly South is the first ever translated debut to be nominated. There are six novels on the shortlist and the ultimate winner will be announced on July 24th.

Bea Carvalho, Waterstones Head of Books says:

“We are delighted to present six astonishingly impressive and inspiring new voices as this year’s nominees. Our shortlist tackles weighty themes and has a lot of fun along the way, celebrating art and transgression, first love and hedonistic summer holidays, and the joy of chosen family. We love these books and look forward to championing these six writers for a long time to come.”

To learn more about the shortlist, click the link below.

Margrethe is an elderly care worker and she is sick of everything. Sick of social services, bureaucrats, and bus drivers. She has lost faith in humanity and has not seen her daughter in eight years – not since she left with the flatscreen TV and all of Margrethe’s cash.

Luka has once again cheated on an assignment at business school and receives an ultimatum: re-take the year or get kicked out. Instead, Luka walks out on his own. But where to now?

Goran manages a gambling hall. He takes care of both the slot machines and all the retirees who come to throw away all their money. But Goran is also a criminal, and soon he is faced with a life-changing decision.

Erik has lost his wife and is on the brink of losing his relationship with his teenage daughter. He does what he can to win her back. But he is not thinking as clearly anymore, and one day he loses his grip.

All of them have been sidelined, and all of them are determined to regain what they have lost. But can relationships really be salvaged when it seems like they are irrevocably ruined? And is there even the slightest possibility of getting a new chance in life?

Copenhagen Blues is a captivating, sad, and humoristic novel where four destinies are tied together.

Bo-Göran Bodin is one of Sweden’s most distinguished and awarded journalists. He has received great praise for his investigative documentaries for TV and radio, both in Sweden and internationally. His awards include Kristallen, Stora Journalistpriset and the Prix Europa.

Bodin was part of the team that revealed Sweden’s secret arms cooperation with the dictatorship of Saudi Arabia, which led to the resignation of the Swedish Minister of Defense and a major international scandal in 2012.

Since 2018, Bodin has been working as editor at Sveriges Television’s documentary department, where he has written and directed several acclaimed series such as Skamlös (2023) and Att rädda ett barn (2020).

In 2023, Bodin began his screenwriting education at the esteemed Alma Löv Script Academy. In several ongoing projects, he now combines his recognized knowledge in research and in-depth interviews with driven fiction reporting.

Oslo swelters in the summer heat when a series of shootings shakes the city. An unknown assailant opens fire in crowded areas, and fear spreads quickly. The capital turns into a city under siege. In the middle of the chaos, Emma Ramm’s sister becomes an apparently random victim.

Together with Alexander Blix, a former police investigator, Emma throws herself into the hunt for a killer the police can’t understand. To Blix, it looks like more than random violence. He senses a pattern—a hidden plan with a personal motive for revenge.

As the death toll rises and panic spreads, Blix and Ramm try to stop a man who has lost everything—and has nothing left to lose.

Outcast is the sixth installment in the Blix & Ramm series by Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger.