Stefan Ahnhem

Stefan Ahnhem (b. 1966) is one of the most successful voices on the Scandinavian crime fiction scene. Ahnhem is a screenwriter with over two decades of experience. Since his debut in 2014 with Victim Without a Face, Ahnhem has built an authorship where the suspense and atmosphere of Nordic noir is combined with the cinematic qualities of screenwriting. Currently, six novels have been published from the international bestselling and award-winning Fabian Risk series that has sold in over 2,5 million copies worldwide, together with a spin-off novel in the same universe. Nothing But the Truth is his much anticipated stand-alone novel, delving into the psychological thriller genre.

“Blacker than Stieg Larsson and more bleakly human than Henning Mankell.”
-Tony Parsons

“It’s time for other Scandinavian crime novelists to step aside and for readers of such to look up. Stefan Ahnhem has arrived and he’s terrifically compelling.”
-C.J. Box

“Stefan Ahnhem writes so damn well, it’s as simple as that.”
-Katrine Engberg

“Stefan Ahnhem holds his readers in a vice-like grip.”
-Jens Henrik Jensen

“With Stefan Ahnhem’s books you are always guaranteed 100% thrills.”
-Michael Katz Krefeld

Awards

Shortlisted for the Mofibo Awards (Best Crime & Suspense) Denmark – X sätt att dö X Ways to Die 2021
Shortlisted for the Storytel Awards (Best Suspense) Sweden – X sätt att dö X Ways to Die 2019
Shortlisted for the Crimetime Specsavers Award (Crime Writer of the Year - Readers’ Award) Sweden 2018
Shortlisted for the Crimetime Specsavers Award (Crime Writer of the Year - Readers’ Award) Sweden 2017
Shortlisted for Lubimyczytac’s Book of the Year Award (Best Crime, Mystery, Thriller Novel) Poland – Offer utan ansikte Victim Without a Face 2016
Shortlisted for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards (RTÉ RADIO 1’s The Ryan Tubridy Show Listeners’ Choice Award 2016) Ireland – Offer utan ansikte Victim Without a Face 2016
MIMI Award (Best Crime Fiction Novel) Germany – Den nionde graven The Ninth Grave 2016
MIMI Award (Best Crime Fiction Novel) Germany – Den nionde graven The Ninth Grave 2016
Crimetime Specsavers Award Sweden – Offer utan ansikte Victim Without a Face 2015
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Bibliography

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Malin Rehnberg

Fabian Risk

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‘An Entirely Different Story’ – 10 weeks on the Norwegian Bestseller List

This week, Stefan Ahnhem’s An Entirely Different Story celebrates 10 whole weeks on the official bestseller list in Norway.

Stefan Ahnhem No. 3 in Sweden

Stefan Ahnhem’s highly acclaimed psychological thriller, Nothing But the Truth, is No. 3 on the official monthly bestseller list for April in Sweden.

Stefan Ahnhem No. 2 in Sweden

Stefan Ahnhem’s Nothing But the Truth makes its debut on the official Swedish bestseller list, where it lands the No. 2 spot in the hardcover fiction category. Thomas Enger likewise makes his first appearance with the just published The Book of the Gallows, coming in at No. 6.

‘Nothing but the Truth’ published in Sweden

This was just what Carl and Helene needed. A long vacation where they could reconnect with one another. They had just found their dream house in California, and swapped residences with a couple who would spend the summer in their Stockholm Archipelago-villa.

But as soon as they arrive to Santa Cruz, something feels wrong. Did the house really look like this in the pictures? And what does this other couple do in their home? Luckily, he has installed surveillance cameras in every room of the house.

Nothing but the Truth is Stefan Ahnhem’s highly anticipated stand-alone novel. A psychological thriller about how our dreams and fantasies can turn against us, to a point where we don’t even dare to trust ourselves. About how promises are made to be broken, and how the most beautiful of appearances can crumble by the great forces of passion.

Stefan Ahnhem and Kristina Ohlsson on the Norwegian bestseller lists

Stefan Ahnhem’s An Entirely Different Story climbs the hardcover fiction list this week, coming in at No. 4. Kristina Ohlsson meanwhile claims the No. 1 spot on the e-book list with the just published Dimmed Lights, also No. 5 on the hardcover list.

Stefan Ahnhem No. 1 in Norway

Stefan Ahnhem’s An Entirely Different Story leaps to No. 1 on the official e-book bestseller list in Norway. The just published hardcover also makes its debut on the hardback fiction list.

Horst & Sandnes and Stefan Ahnhem on the Norwegian bestseller lists

Operation Racing Stripes and Other Mysteries, Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ latest title in the Detective Agency No. 2 series, is No. 1 for the third week in a row on the official Norwegian bestseller list for children’s books. Stefan Ahnhem’s An Entirely Different Story meanwhile debuts on the e-book list, going straight to No. 4.

The 2023 Mofibo Awards

The Danish audio and e-book service Mofibo has announced this year’s nominees in the Mofibo Awards. Competing for the title of Best Crime & Suspense is Katrine Engberg with The Writing on the Wall. In the Translated Fiction category, Lars Kepler, Liza Marklund, Stefan Ahnhem and Hjorth & Rosenfeldt are vying for the top spot. Kepler with The Spider, Marklund with The Mire, Ahnhem with The Final Nail, and Hjorth & Rosenfeldt with As You Sow.

To cast your vote, click “Read more” below. Voting closes on January 29.

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‘An Entirely Different Story’ published in Sweden

In Stefan Ahnhem’s highly anticipated spin-off novel, An Entirely Different Story, famous lifestyle influencer is found murdered in a suite at one of Stockholm’s finest hotels. Is it a cold staged execution, or the result of erotic play gone too far?

The former colleague of Fabian Risk, Malin Rehnberg, recovered from the events in The Ninth Grave three years prior, receives the case on her desk and is forced to fight against her new boss who wants the regional criminal police to focus on an ongoing trafficking investigation. And at the same time, family life together with Anders out in Enskede is getting increasingly unstable.

When yet another murder occurs, everything turns on its head. Is there any connection between the victims, can these cases be part of something bigger, and what does that persistent stalker who keeps appearing in the investigation actually want?

 

Most sold books of summer 2022 in Norway

Stefan Ahnhem’s The Final Nail is the No. 1 most sold paperback novel of summer 2022 in Norway, closely followed by Jo Nesbø’s The Jealousy Man and Other Stories at No. 2.

The children’s books bestseller list is topped by Jørn Lier horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ The Search for the Camping King, the ninth activity book in the Detective Agency No. 2 series.

The weekly Norwegian bestseller list

This week’s bestseller lists in Norway have Stefan Ahnhem’s  The Final Nail claiming the No. 1 spot on the official paperback list for the seventh consecutive week followed by Jørn Lier Horst’s A Will to Serve at No. 2.

 

Ahnhem, Nesbø, Marklund, Theorin and Lier Horst on the Norwegian bestseller lists

This week’s bestseller lists in Norway have Stefan Ahnhem appear at the top of the official paperback list, claiming the No. 1 spot with The Final Nail for the sixth consecutive week. The title is followed by Jo Nesbø who features at No. 2  with The Jealousy Man and Other Stories and Liza Marklund who comes in at No. 3 with The Polar Circle on the same list. Johan Theorin claims the No. 5 spot with Weathered Bones on the official list for fiction.

Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Detective Agency No. 2 title  The Search for the Camping King comes in at No. 1 on the Norwegian bestseller list for children’s fiction for the second consecutive week.

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