‘The Sons’ and ‘Three Minutes’ in the Dutch Detective & Thriller Guide
Roslund & Thunberg’s The Sons and Roslund & Hellström’s Three Minutes have each received five stars in the Dutch Detective & Thriller Guide. Out of the 618 crime and thriller novels published in the Netherlands during the past year, only six novels received five stars.
The guide motivates its choice of the novels with the following statement about The Sons: “The dialogue and the characters are impeccable, the relationships are edgy, and the atmosphere is almost tangible.”
And about Three Minutes: “This thriller is not just a page-turner, it’s an emotionally packed story about the human cogs caught in an unchanging system, and once you get to know them, you’ll want to keep the bad guys alive.”
‘A Man Called Ove’ on the New York Times Best Seller List
Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove has now been on the New York Times Best Seller List for combined print and eBook for a full year, coming in at No. 11 this week. On the bestseller list for paperback fiction A Man Called Ove claims the No. 5 spot in its 74th week on the list.
New Author – Sofia Lundberg
Sofia Lundberg (b. 1974), a journalist and former magazine editor, is the debut author behind the Swedish word-of-mouth and blog sensation The Red Address Book. Sofia lives in Stockholm with her son.
‘Top Dog’ published in Sweden
For decades, a secret network in Stockholm has been exploiting young girls, ruthlessly eliminating anyone who threatens to reveal their secret.
In the third book about the odd duo Teddy and Emelie – the thug and the lawyer – the noose tightens. The police force has established a special team to find out just who’s involved in the network, but can’t seem to get close enough. And who is it that’s trying to silence Teddy and Emelie, using any means necessary?
Top Dog is the powerful resolution of the drama that began in the hit novels The VIP Room
and Stockholm Delete.
Francesco Carrozzini to direct Jo Nesbø’s ‘Midnight Sun’
Italian producer Cattleya (the production company behind Gomorra and Romanzo Criminale) has set Emmy-nominated filmmaker Francesco Carrozzini to direct Jo Nesbø’s bestselling stand-alone novel Midnight Sun. Cattleya intends to turn it into an English language film. Jo Nesbø and Niclas Salomonsson are Executive Producers on the project.
Carrozzini: “When I read Midnight Sun I was drawn to the complexity of the main character, Ulf – he’s inherently a good man forced to do bad things in order to save his own life and his loved ones. The exploration of this tension, plus the remote, otherworldly backdrop of the Norwegian coast made me want to bring this book to screen right away.”
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All star cast assembled for ‘Three Seconds’
It is now official that Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Jack Reacher), Clive Owen (Closer, Children of Men, Sin City), Joel Kinnaman (The Killing, Suicide Squad) and Common (Selma, Suicide Squad) are all set to star in Three Seconds – the movie adaptation based on Roslund & Hellström’s best-selling novel with the same name. Andrea DiStefano (Escobar: Paradise Lost) will direct.
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Leif GW Persson and Jørn Lier Horst nominated for the CWA International Dagger
Leif GW Persson and Jørn Lier Horst have been nominated for the CWA International Dagger 2017. Leif GW Persson is nominated for his stand-alone The Dying Detective, and Jørn Lier Horst for his When It Grows Dark, a prequel to his Wisting Quartet.
‘Sus’ published in Denmark
Jonas T. Bengtsson is finally back to immerse the reader in the grungy yet poetic world of Copenhagen’s lost souls. His highly anticipated fourth novel tells the story of the nineteen-year-old girl Sus. Though almost an adult in years, Sus could still be mistaken for a child, in fact routinely is. It is as if time stopped, just for her and her family. For her brother in the hospital, grenade shrapnel digging into his brain. For their father, in prison for killing their mother. But time is about to start again, and Sus has been preparing for it for a long time. When the prison gates open, she will be ready.
Sus is a story of revenge: its all-encompassing passion, purity of purpose, and untamed beauty. Award-winning Jonas T. Bengtsson’s new novel celebrates humanity at its very darkest.
‘Buried Lies’ No. 4 in Germany
Kristina Ohlsson’s Buried Lies climbs Der Spiegel’s bestseller list again, landing at No. 4 in its 6th consecutive week on the German list.
‘The Thirst’ on New York Times Best Seller list
Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst, published in the US on May 9th, debuts at No. 6 on the New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover fiction.