Greed, betrayal and murder among the orchards, castles and blooming fields of Österlen.

When star real estate agent Jessie Anderson is found dead in connection with an open house showing, the conservative and somewhat surly inspector Peter Vinston finds himself embroiled in the investigation – despite only visiting the area. Assisting him is local officer Tove Esping, inexperienced but ambitious and alert. The newly formed duo clash but eventually form a reluctant friendship as they search for the truth. Somewhere in the carefully tended idyllic gardens of southern Sweden’s Österlen, a killer is waiting for them.

A House to Die For is the No. 1 bestselling first installment in Anders de la Motte & Måns Nilsson’s new whodunnit series, The Österlen Murders, in which beautiful milieus and eccentric characters meet the cold specter of death.

Sara Osman (b. 1992) lives and works in Stockholm as a lawyer. Everything We Didn’t Say is her literary debut, a work teeming with razor-sharp observations on society and people. Recognizability and suspense combine to make it an unforgettable read and a modern classic.

Aliette Opheim will appear in Netflix’s upcoming Icelandic drama series Katla, set to premiere this June 17. Directing the series is Baltasar Kormákur.

Katla: One year after the violent eruption of the subglacial volcano Katla, the peace and tranquility in the small town of Vik has been dramatically disturbed. As people evacuate the area, mysterious elements that have been deeply frozen into the glacier from prehistoric times, start to emerge from the melting ice and cause consequences no one could ever foresee.

Today it was announced that Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People is officially on the shortlist for the prestigious 2021 CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger Award in the UK. The winning title will be announced on July 1.

Lise Villadsen’s Don’t Fall, Don’t Drown, Don’t Die has been awarded with Danish newspaper Horsen’s Posten’s Book of the Year Award 2020 in the category ‘Best Young Adult Novel’. A jury nominated a shortlist consisting of five works in each of the eight categories and the readers then went on to elect their favourite reads.

The Finnish entertainment service Elisa Viihde has commissioned an original series based on Antti Tuomainen’s bestselling novel The Man Who Died. The series, which will start shooting in June 2021, is produced by Markku Flink and will be directed by Samuli Valkama. The screenplay is written by Brendan Foley (Cold Courage). The six-episode series will follow the plot of the book closely, centering on the main character, the mushroom entrepreneur Jaakko Kaunismaa (played by Jussi Vatanen) who learns that he is slowly dying from poisoning and decides to find out who wants him dead.

“The Man Who Died is definitely one of the funniest novels I’ve read in years. Although the story is truly as Finnish as can be, it will surely delight an international audience who enjoys the dark humor of the Coen brothers and Wes Anderson,” says Markku Flink.