The twenty-sixth Detective Agency No. 2 title, Operation Eeny Meeny, has just been published in Norway. This time around Detective Agency No. 2 is up against their biggest task so far, with no less than seven suspects. The snow is melting in Riverton, and as it does a pile of mysterious things are uncovered beneath a drift: a balaclava, a pair of gloves, a few pieces of wood, and a crowbar. What has happened? Detective Agency No. 2 soon comes across traces of a crime with many suspects. Can they find out who is behind it all?

The paperback edition of Jo Nesbø’s Killing Moon is No. 1 on the Sunday Times bestseller list for the second consecutive week.

The official trailer for Daniel Espinosa’s new feature film, Madame Luna, has been released.

Inspired by true events, Madame Luna is a thrilling drama about an Eritrean refugee who is washed ashore in Libya, and with time becomes one of the most notorious human smugglers with deep ties to the Italian Mafia.

The film is written by Maurizio Braucci, Suha Arraf and Espinosa, and produced by David Herdies for Momento Film.

Jørn Lier Horst’s latest title in the William Wisting series, The Traitor, along with Jo Nesbø’s Killing Moon, and Liza Marklund’s The Mire, were at the start of January chosen by Estonia’s leading crime critic Jaan Martinson as three of 2023’s best novels.

Martinson gives this glowing review of The Traitor:

“Every time I finish even one-quarter of another crime novel by Jørn Lier Horst, I wants to shout that this is probably the best crime writer there is, and his best work to date. This time, the author finds an opportunity to place the main character of his novels, probably one of the most human and big-hearted police inspectors, William Wisting, in a situation where he has to abandon all his beliefs and turn his back on both himself and the whole system that he’s a part of and has shaped his soul and life. To save his loved ones, he must swim against the current, all the while doubting what he’s doing and fearing failure.”

And The Mire:

“The return of Liza Marklund. /…/ An utterly dark and tragic story.”

The voting is now open for this year’s Finnish Storytel Awards. 

Sofi Oksanen is in the running for the title of best Fiction with Same River Twice – Putin’s War Against Women. The Non-Fiction category meanwhile sees Anders Hansen compete for the top spot with The Happiness Cure.

The winners will be announced at the Storytel Awards gala on March 21, 2024.