Leo Asker has started to get the Department of Lost Souls in order, and a promotion is within reach. However, the vengeful Jonas Hellman cannot accept this and tempts Asker with a cold case he’s sure will break her.

It concerns a decade-old murder of a woman in an abandoned barn, where the method bears eerie similarities to a body buried in the same forest two thousand years earlier. The case resurfaces when a confused young woman surprises some urban explorers at the crime scene, holding the severed finger of the victim.

Once again, Asker turns to Martin Hill for help in solving the puzzle with the seemingly mythological ties back to the Iron Age. What secrets are hidden in the Rust Forest?

The Rust Forest is the third installment in the bestselling Leo Asker Series.

End of Summer, based on the bestselling novel by Anders de la Motte, is a six-part psychological thriller, set to premiere soon on SkyShowtime in the Nordics. The series stars Julia Ragnarsson (Midsommar, The Bridge) and Erik Enge (Tigers, The Sandhamn Murders).

The plot follows Vera, a Swedish psychologist whose brother mysteriously disappeared when she was a child. Two decades later, during a group therapy session, she encounters a young man who triggers memories of her past, pulling her back to her rural hometown. Determined to solve the mystery of her brother’s fate, Vera embarks on a gripping journey for the truth.

The series is directed by Jens Jonsson (Young Wallander) and Henrik Georgsson (The Bridge) with lead writers Stefan Thunberg (Wallander) and Björn Carlström (Hunters), who also produced the series with Per Janérus (Hunters).

In the children’s category, Martin Widmark’s The Space Mystery, claims the No.1 spot for the third consecutive week. Meanwhile, the second installment in the Leo Asker series, The Glass Man, is once again No. 1 on the paperback list.

Martin Widmark remains at No. 1 in the children’s category with The Space Mystery this week. Meanwhile, Anders de la Motte’s The Glass Man, takes the No. 2 spot on the paperback list, closely followed by Stina Jackson’s Ruin the World Tonight, which comes in at No. 4.

The second installment in the Leo Asker series, The Glass Man, continues dominating the paperback list, coming in at No.1. In the children’s category, Martin Widmark’s The Space Mystery, claims the No.1 spot. Meanwhile, Jo Nesbø’s horror novel, The Night House, shoots to No. 4 on the hardcover list.

The second installment in Anders de la Motte’s bestselling Leo Asker series, The Glass Man, shoots to No.1 on the bestseller list for paperbacks this week.

End of Summer, based on the bestselling work of Anders de la Motte, is a six-part psychological thriller starring Julia Ragnarsson (Midsommar, The Bridge) and Erik Enge (Tigers, The Sandhamn Murders), which will have its premier on July 6 on BBC Four.

The story revolves around Swedish psychologist Vera, whose brother vanished when she was a child. When she meets a familiar young man 20 years later in a group therapy session, she’s drawn back to her rural hometown, determined to uncover her brother’s fate.

The series is directed by Jens Jonsson (Young Wallander) and Henrik Georgsson (The Bridge) with lead writers Stefan Thunberg (Wallander) and Björn Carlström (Hunters), who also produced the series with Per Janérus (Hunters).

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The BBC just announced that they have acquired two Swedish crime dramas, End of Summer, based on the bestselling work of Anders de la Motte, and the thriller series Jana – Marked for Life, directed by Henrik Björn and Felix Herngren, with Daniel Sawka and Maria Karlsson as head-writers.

End of Summer, based on former police officer Anders de la Motte’s novel of the same name, is a six-part psychological thriller starring Julia Ragnarsson (Midsommar, The Bridge) and Erik Enge (Tigers, The Sandhamn Murders). Viaplay produced End of Summer with Harmonica Films in a co-production with SF Studios and Film i Skåne. The series is directed by Jens Jonsson (Young Wallander) and Henrik Georgsson (The Bridge) with lead writers Stefan Thunberg (Wallander) and Björn Carlström (Hunters), who also produced the series with Per Janérus (Hunters).

Jana – Marked for Life follows the investigation of a murder of a high-ranking official at the Swedish Migration Agency. When the main suspect is also found dead, Jana immediately recognizes something on his scarred body. To understand her own traumatic past, Jana must reach the killer ahead of the police. The six episodes are created and directed by Henrik Björn and Felix Herngren. Daniel Sawka is head-writer together with Maria Karlsson. The series is an adaptation of Emelie Schepp’s bestselling novel of the same name, and in Sweden it will premiere on Prime Video on April 19.

“End of Summer is a complex and absorbing mystery drama in a beautiful setting. Jana – Marked for Life is an intriguing and suspenseful thriller. We are so pleased to be adding these two compelling series to our rich catalogue of Nordic Noir” says Sue Deeks, Head of BBC Programme Acquisition.

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Anders de la Motte’s The Mountain King, is one among four other crime titles that has been shortlisted for the newly founded Norwegian crime award Glasskniven. The award is given to the best translated crime novel published in Norway in the last three years.

The Mountain King is the first installment in the bestselling Leo Asker series, and the jury praises it in the following way: “Anders de la Motte writes wistfully beautifully. He has a language that flows easily, with an underlying nerve that spreads beyond the action. The story is dark but still fresh, with things happening in the shadows that could scare the living daylight out of most people. The book is composed with a lot of action and intrigue, but the interest is maintained throughout the novel. This was simply a unique reading feast and a thrilling mystery, with condensed action, written in a literary language that few other crime writers can boast.”

The winner will be announced the 15th of May.

The voting is now open for this year’s Norwegian Storytel Awards, which pay particular respect to the audio book narrators working on the nominated titles.

Among those whose works have been nominated in the category Crime & Suspense are Anders de la Motte with The Mountain King, Anders Roslund with Sweet Dreams, Jørn Lier Horst with The Traitor, Jo Nesbø with Killing Moon, and Lars Kepler with The Spider.

Thomas Seltzer’s American Karmageddon is nominated in the category Narrated by Author.

The first installment in Anders de la Motte’s Leo Asker series, The Mountain King, is No. 3 on the official bestseller list for fiction in Spain, and No. 5 on the Catalonian fiction list. The novel was published in Spain and Catalonia earlier this month.

Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger claim the top spot on Norway’s 2023 bestseller list with Victim, their fifth Blix & Ramm novel. Horst then makes a second showing in the top ten with The Traitor, which features at No. 4. Also appearing twice in the top ten is Jo Nesbø, with Killing Moon at No. 3, and The Night House at No. 8. A non-Norwegian author in the top is Anders de la Motte, whose The Mountain King comes in at No. 6. The highest-placing female writer is Anne Holt, with Twelve Untamed Horses at No. 9.