A Question of Guilt, the final installment in Jørn Lier Horst’s lauded Cold Case Quartet, debuts on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for trade paperbacks this week, going straight to No. 6.

The Katharina Code, the first installment in Jørn Lier Horst’s Cold Case Quartet, is No. 4 on the official bestseller list for the month of March in Iceland.

Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ latest Detective Agency No. 2 title, Operation Cover-up, debuts on the Norwegian hardcover list at No. 3. The paperback list sees Anders de la Motte place at No. 4 with Rites of Spring.

Sweden’s leading newspaper Dagens Nyheter has chosen Stina Jackson’s The Last Snow, Jørn Lier Horst’s The Inner Darkness, and Kristina Ohlsson’s Storm Watch as three of their “Best Crime Novels of 2020.” Literary critic Lotta Olsson gives the following reviews:

“Stina Jackson debuted with The Silver Road two years ago: a brilliantly told story of rural villages, forests, and lonely girls. The Last Snow is at times even better.” (The Last Snow)

“Jørn Lier Horst raises the suspense level to horror proportions.” (The Inner Darkness)

“Kristina Ohlsson succeeds in combining suspense, feelgood and social realism.” (Storm Watch)

Detective Agency No. 2’s seasonal booklet for 2020, The Search for the Gingerbread Man, sails to No. 2 on the official Norwegian bestseller list for children’s fiction. However, it isn’t the only title from the series that’s featured: Operation Red Ribbon appears at No. 4.

Lars Kepler’s The Mirror Man is No. 1 in e-books on the list covering week 48 in Norway. Jørn Lier Horst features at No. 4 on the same list, with A Question of Guilt.

Jo Nesbø and Jørn Lier Horst are two of the authors shortlisted for the Norwegian book industry publication BOK365’s Book of the Year Award. Nesbø is nominated for his stand-alone The Kingdom, while Horst features on the list with A Question of Guilt, the fourth installment in the Cold Case Quartet.

Kristina Ohlsson’s third Martin Benner title, To Him Who Knocks, stays put at No. 5 on the paperback list in Norway. Lars Kepler also repeat their performance from the past weeks, coming in at No. 1 in e-books with The Mirror Man. The No. 5 spot goes to Jørn Lier Horst’s A Question of Guilt.

The Petrona Award’s jury has just presented its shortlist for the 2020 Petrona Award for ‘Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year.’ The list of six nominees include Antti Tuomainen’s Little Siberia, Stina Jackson’s The Silver Road, Jørn Lier Horst’s The Cabin, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir’s The Absolution and Thomas Enger’s Inborn.

A quote from the judges about the titles shortlisted for this year’s award:

“The Petrona Award judges selected the shortlist from a rich field. The six novels stand out for their writing, characterisation, plotting, and overall quality. They are original and inventive, often pushing the boundaries of genre conventions, and tackle highly complex subjects such as legacies of the past, mental health issues and the effects of grief.”

The winning title, usually announced at the international crime fiction convention CrimeFest, will now be announced on Thursday 3 December, 2020.

Lars Kepler’s The Mirror Man stays at No. 1 on the official e-book bestseller list in Norway. Not far behind is Jørn Lier Horst’s A Question of Guilt at No. 3. Kristina Ohlsson meanwhile lays claim to the No. 5 spot on the paperback list with To Him Who Knocks.

Operation Red Ribbon, Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ eighteenth Detective Agency No. 2 book, is No. 2 on the children’s books bestseller list for the month of October. The No. 5 spot goes to William Wenton and the Centrifugal Catastrophe, the sixth William Wenton book by Bobbie Peers.