‘The Sons’ published in Sweden
The Sons, the stand-alone sequel to the award-winning and internationally acclaimed The Father, has been published in Sweden.
Leo is wiping up the blood in the hallway. He’s fourteen and cleaning up after his dad for the last time. They’re on their own now. He will be taking care of his younger brothers while their father is in jail and mother in the hospital. And he knows how to do it. He’ll put on a disguise and do his first heist.
Years later, the gates to the prison open and Leo is free once more. He’s paid his dues for the series of brutal bank robberies he carried out in the past. Now he has one goal: to commit the perfect crime and reclaim that which doesn’t exist – the money that society forgot.
This time he won’t involve his brothers, won’t leave any traces leading back to him. But then it happens: the mistake that opens a window for Detective John Broncks and changes the rules of the game permanently. If you pull my brother into it, I’ll take you and yours to hell.
‘Eighteen Below Zero’ No. 3 in Germany
Stefan Ahnhem’s Eighteen Below Zero has shot up to No. 3 on Der Spiegel’s best seller list in Germany. Eighteen Below Zero is the third installment in the Fabian Risk series, and was published in Germany at the beginning of January.
Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes dominate 2016’s Norwegian children’s books bestseller list
Of 2016’s 15 most sold children’s book titles in Norway, as many as 7 belong to the Detective Agency No. 2 series by Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes. Starting at No. 3, the bestselling titles are:
Operation Plastic Bag (Detective Agency No. 2, book 8)
Operation Thundercloud (Detective Agency No. 2, book 1)
Operation Summer Island (Detective Agency No. 2, book 5)
Operation Shadowman (Detective Agency No. 2, book 2)
Operation Bronze Square (Detective Agency No. 2, book 7)
Operation Sunset (Detective Agency No. 2, book 3)
Operation Windblast (Detective Agency No. 2, book 6)
Photo: Thron Ullberg
New Author – Stefan Ahnhem
Stefan Ahnhem (b. 1966) is one of the most successful new voices to appear on the Scandinavian crime fiction scene in recent years. A screenwriter with over two decades of experience, Ahnhem has since his debut in 2014 with Victim Without a Face built an authorship where the suspense and atmosphere of Nordic noir is combined with the cinematic qualities of screenwriting. To date three novels have been published in the internationally bestselling and award-winning Fabian Risk series.
Trailer premiere of Anders Weidemann’s upcoming film ‘Monky’
The first trailer for Monky, one of this year’s most anticipated family feature films, has now been released. Starring a computer-generated monkey as its main character, Monky will premiere on December 25th, 2017. The original idea and screenplay of the film is written by Anders Weidemann.
‘A Man Called Ove’ 5th most sold novel of 2016 in the US
Fredrik Backman’s long-running international bestseller A Man Called Ove became the fifth most sold printed title in the US in 2016. The novel also reached the No. 8 position on the list of most sold Amazon Kindle titles.
‘A Man Called Ove’ and ‘My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry’ on the New York Times Best Seller List
A Man Called Ove is back up to No. 2 on the New York Times’ print list in its 54th week, and My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry has shot up to No. 6 in its 38th week. On the combined print and eBook list, A Man Called Ove is No. 4.
‘The Rabbit Hunter’ Most Sold Novel of the Year 2016
Lars Kepler’s The Rabbit Hunter, Joona Linna #6 (published on October 24th), was the Most Sold Novel of the Year 2016 in Sweden. Thus, this is the fourth consecutive Joona Linna novel that becomes the most sold crime novel of the year in Sweden.
‘Those Who Follow’ most sold eBook of 2016
Ingar Johnsrud’s internationally acclaimed debut novel Those Who Follow became the most sold backlist title of 2016 on the Norwegian eBook list. Those Who Follow is the first installment in the series following Fredrik Beier and Kafa Iqbal. The second installment in the series, As We Fall, was published in Norway in August.
Fredrik Backman dominates the US independent lists
A Man Called Ove continues to dominate the US regional independent bestseller lists, hitting No. 1 on all but one of the nine lists. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry too features in the top 10 of eight of the lists, coming in just behind A Man Called Ove at No. 2 on the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and Midwest Independent Booksellers Association’s lists.
On the New York Times Best Seller List, A Man Called Ove claims the No. 3 spot in its 53rd consecutive week on the list. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry places at No. 8 in its 37th week.