Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger No. 1 in Norway

Death Deserved, the first installment in Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger’s Blix & Ramm series, is No. 1 on the official Norwegian paperback bestseller list also this week.

Avicii’s posthumous album ‘Tim’ released today

Today is the worldwide release date of the album that Tim “Avicii” Bergling was working on before he passed away. The posthumous album, Tim, is a 12-track collection of new music, including collaborations with Chris Martin, Imagine Dragons and Aloe Blacc among others.

All profits from sales of the album will go towards the Tim Bergling Foundation.

Click here to listen to the full album on Spotify.

‘Knife’ published in Norway

Harry Hole is not in a good place. Rakel – the only woman he’s ever loved – has ended it with him, permanently. He’s been given a chance for a new start with the Oslo Police but it’s in the cold case office, when what he really wants is to be investigating cases he suspects have ties to Svein Finne, the serial rapist and murderer who Harry helped put behind bars. And now, Finne is free after a decade-plus in prison – free, and Harry is certain, unreformed and ready to take up where he left off.

But things will get worse. When Harry wakes up the morning after a drunken blackout, with blood on his hands, it’s only the very beginning of what will be a waking nightmare the likes of which even he could never have imagined.

Knife is the twelfth installment in the Harry Hole series.

‘For the Missing’ No. 9 on German bestseller list

Lina Bengtsdotter’s For the Missing is No. 9 on this week’s Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for paperbacks.

Katrine Engberg shortlisted for the Martha Award

Katrine Engberg has been shortlisted for the Martha Award by Denmark’s largest book retailer Bog & idé. The Martha Award is an extraordinary author award since it honors Bog & idé and the Danish readers’ favorite author. Previous winners include Jussi Adler-Olsen, J.K. Rowling and Stephen King. The winner will be announced later this year.

New Author – Frida Ramstedt

Frida Ramstedt (b. 1979) is a highly sought-after lecturer in trends, social media and entrepreneurship. She runs Scandinavia’s biggest interior design blog, Trendenser.se, and is the author of the just published and already No. 1 bestselling interior design handbook Make Yourself at Home: The Ultimate Guide to Interior Decorating.

‘To Him Who Knocks’ published in Sweden

Defense attorney Martin Benner has a weakness for antiques. When his friend Henry dies, Martin is given an offer too good to turn down: to take over Henry’s partial ownership of an antiques store in New York. But his good fortune is short-lived – a man shows up claiming that Henry didn’t die from illness but was murdered. At the same time Martin notices that he’s being watched. Someone is leaving footprints in the snow around his house and his surveillance equipment is sabotaged.

Martin is soon drawn into a feverish hunt for the truth about Henry. His search brings him to a series of supposedly closed hotels with shady business occurring on their premises, a church with too much power, and antiquities containing deadly secrets. The line between truth and lie and friend and enemy grows ever more blurred.

Who was Henry Schiller? And was there more to his death than meets the eye?

To Him Who Knocks is Kristina Ohlsson’s third book about Martin Benner and a riveting and intricate crime novel about a past that won’t let itself be forgotten.

‘Macbeth’ shortlisted for the Public Book Awards in Greece

Jo Nesbø’s Macbeth has been shortlisted for the Greek Public Book Awards in the ‘Translated Novel’ category, alongside Stephen King, Paul Auster, Elena Ferrante and others. The readers’ choice-awards are organized by Public, the biggest book retailer in Greece, and the winners will be announced on June 13th at an awards ceremony in Athens.

Emma Karinsdotter shortlisted for the 2019 Swedish Radio’s Children’s Novel Award

Emma Karinsdotter’s The Isle Of A Thousand Stars has been shortlisted for the 2019 Swedish Radio’s Children’s Novel Award. The Swedish Radio’s Children’s Novel Award is an annual award and the winning author and title will be decided by a jury of children from fifth and sixth grade. The winner will be announced on November 1st.