Isak works in home care in a small town in Småland. One day, he is contacted by his father, an internationally known artist who left Isak when he was a child. The father is dying and wishes to reconcile. He also wants Isak to inherit his fortune, but there are certain reservations. Isak and his girlfriend Madde go to visit his father and get involved in a psychological game wherein the line between reality and nightmare blurs — a game of life and death.

The Fireman is Ulf Kvensler’s second stand-alone psychological thriller, following his best-selling suspense novel Sarek.

The nominations are out for this year’s Kristallen Awards. Aron Levander’s Detective #24 is nominated for Best Drama Series, together with Blackwater which is written by Karin Arrhenius and Maren Louise Käehne.

Tove Eriksen Hillblom’s The Meaning of Life is nominated for Best Comedy and No Angel, directed by Tuna Özer, received a nomination for Best Teen Drama.

The Kristallen Awards ceremony will be held August 28 at Cirkus in Stockholm and will be aired live on SVT.

Kristina Ohlsson’s Icebreaker celebrates five weeks on the German bestseller list. Icebreaker is the lauded sequel to Storm Watch, and the second installment in the August Strindberg series.

Sofi Oksanen’s The Dog Park has just been shortlisted for the Christine Award 2023. The award is issued by Bücherfrauen – Women in Publishing, a German organization which works to support women in publishing. The Christine Award was established in 2021 and is given every two years to a writer who through their writing contributes to gender equality and empowers women. The winner, endowed with 10 000 euros, will be announced on October 19th at the Frankfurt Bookfair. 

Kristina Ohlsson’s Icebreaker, the second installment in the August Strindberg series, shoots to No. 4 on Der Spiegel’s list for trade paperbacks.