Sara Osman (b. 1992) lives and works in Stockholm as a lawyer. Everything We Didn’t Say is her literary debut, a work teeming with razor-sharp observations on society and people. Recognizability and suspense combine to make it an unforgettable read and a modern classic.
Aliette Opheim will appear in Netflix’s upcoming Icelandic drama series Katla, set to premiere this June 17. Directing the series is Baltasar Kormákur.
Katla: One year after the violent eruption of the subglacial volcano Katla, the peace and tranquility in the small town of Vik has been dramatically disturbed. As people evacuate the area, mysterious elements that have been deeply frozen into the glacier from prehistoric times, start to emerge from the melting ice and cause consequences no one could ever foresee.
The just published seventh activity book in the hit series Detective Agency No. 2, The Search for the Unicorn, appears at No. 2 on the official Norwegian bestseller list for hardcovers this week.
Today it was announced that Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People is officially on the shortlist for the prestigious 2021 CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger Award in the UK. The winning title will be announced on July 1.
Lise Villadsen’s Don’t Fall, Don’t Drown, Don’t Die has been awarded with Danish newspaper Horsen’s Posten’s Book of the Year Award 2020 in the category ‘Best Young Adult Novel’. A jury nominated a shortlist consisting of five works in each of the eight categories and the readers then went on to elect their favourite reads.
The Finnish entertainment service Elisa Viihde has commissioned an original series based on Antti Tuomainen’s bestselling novel The Man Who Died. The series, which will start shooting in June 2021, is produced by Markku Flink and will be directed by Samuli Valkama. The screenplay is written by Brendan Foley (Cold Courage). The six-episode series will follow the plot of the book closely, centering on the main character, the mushroom entrepreneur Jaakko Kaunismaa (played by Jussi Vatanen) who learns that he is slowly dying from poisoning and decides to find out who wants him dead.
“The Man Who Died is definitely one of the funniest novels I’ve read in years. Although the story is truly as Finnish as can be, it will surely delight an international audience who enjoys the dark humor of the Coen brothers and Wes Anderson,” says Markku Flink.
Jonas Bonnier’s The Congregation, a novel inspired by the real-life story of the Knutby sect, will be made into a six-episode TV series for TV4 and C More. Shooting is slated to start this summer. Head writer for the series is Fredrik Agetoft, who is joined by episode writer Anna Platt and the novel’s author and now screenwriter, Jonas Bonnier.
The drama TV series will depict the fateful events of Knutby, 2004, when a free church in small-town Sweden became the epicenter of a murder plot that shook the country. Playing the role of the figure at the plot’s center, Kristi Brud – “Eva” in the series – is Aliette Opheim (Caliphate, Beartown). The pastor arrested for brainwashing his lover into killing will be played by Einar Bredefeldt (Beartown), and the nanny by Alba August (Quick). The director of the series is Goran Kapetanoviç (Caliphate).
He has extorted. He has abused. He has raped. He has sacrificed souls as a means to reach the very top. In every way, he is a despicable man. His name is Kim Sleizner and he works as a police chief in Copenhagen.
Dunja Hougaard has gone underground to covertly investigate her former boss, Sleizner. For months, Dunja and her team have been gathering information. When a high-ranking man within the Danish intelligence service and an unknown woman are found dead at the bottom of a lake outside Copenhagen, the trap is finally ready to close. The only question is: whom will it catch? And meanwhile, on the other side of the strait in Helsingborg, the Swedish police Fabian Risk receives a message that changes everything.
Stefan Ahnhem is back with The Final Nail – the sixth and final installment in the internationally bestselling and award-winning Fabian Risk series.
Ulf Lundell continues to reign supreme on the Swedish bestseller lists, and this week Weekdays 4 comes in at No. 1 in both hardcover and e-books.
Førstegangstjenesten, the popular NRK comedy series written by Rolf-Magne Golten Andersen together with co-writers Herman Flesvig and Marit Støre Valeur, was this weekend chosen as the winner of the Golden Screen award for ‘Best Comedy’ in Norway. The Golden Screen awards (Gullruten) is the Norwegian equivalent to the Emmys.
Croatia, Ibis Grafika
Closed by Ida Schabbauer
Latvia, Zvaigzne ABC
Two-book deal closed by Ida Schabbauer
Netherlands, Bruna
Three-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Czech Republic, Host
Closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Slovakia, Ikar
Closed by Emma Granberg
Italy, Nord
Closed by Federico Ambrosini
– De Telegraaf
Entertainingly enough the biggest emotions are here hidden within the smallest of actions, that are also hugely relatable. /…/ The questions it raises are many, the tone is light and the plot firmly down to earth – however flavoured with an astounding psychological insight.
– Familiejournal
Roslund builds an incredibly exciting story that kept me up way too long because I wanted to know how it ends.
– Expressen
Amazingly good, of course. /…/ [Some series] really are so incredibly good that you want nothing else but for them to continue.
– Kapprakt
The Devil’s Trick is, exactly like the other Hoffman & Grens novels, a really cleverly told story. With a combination of social engagement, psychological depth, and action, Anders Roslund shows who is the boss of suspense novels.
– Ljudboksklubben
A touching and poignant tale of an aging father and his middle-aged daughter, exploring themes of nurturing and reconciliation, and the profound layers of life often hidden from those closest to us – a story about love, and about making things right, before it’s too late.