
‘The Dog Park’ No. 1 in Estonia
Sofi Oksanen’s The Dog Park is currently No. 1 in Estonia.
Sofi Oksanen’s The Dog Park is currently No. 1 in Estonia.
Amazon Studios and Makeready, the production company behind stirring drama Queen & Slim, have teamed up to develop The Jealousy Man, an upcoming novel by Jo Nesbø, into a motion picture with William Oldroyd (Lady Macbeth) attached to direct. Roberto Bentivegna, who recently sold his high-profile Gucci screenplay to MGM with Ridley Scott directing and Lady Gaga starring as Patrizia Gucci, is adapting the script for The Jealousy Man. Makeready will produce along with Jo Nesbø and Niclas Salomonsson.
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A dead wolf. A drug deal gone wrong. A female assassin of rarely seen skill. Hannah Wester, a middle-aged policewoman in the remote northern town of Haparanda, finds herself on the precipice of chaos.
When human remains are found in the stomach of a dead wolf, Hannah Wester knows that this summer won’t be like any other. The remains can soon be linked to a bloody drug deal across the border in Finland. But how did the victim end up in the woods outside of Haparanda? And where have the drugs and money gone?
Hannah and her colleagues leave no stone unturned. But time is scarce and they aren’t the only ones looking. When the secretive and deadly Katja shows up, unexpected and brutal events start to pile up. In just a few days, life in Haparanda is turned upside down. Not least for Hannah, who is finally forced to confront her own past.
When Crying Wolf is Rosenfeldt’s first novel under his own name and the beginning of a series – the Haparanda series – that promises to be yet another milestone in Scandinavian crime fiction.
Stina Jackson’s The Last Snow is the second highest grossing title of the second quarter of 2020 in Sweden. The title has yet to be published in the paperback format, which is slated for December.
The Riverton police are investigating a series of mysterious thefts, but during their search they accidentally overlook some important leads. Chief of them that all the houses that have been broken into have been marked in advance!
Detective Agency No. 2 is on the case! Not only do Tiril, Oliver and Ocho have to find out who’s behind the burglaries, they have to capture the thieves before they skip town.
Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Detective Agency No. 2 series is crime fiction for the youngest – clever, engaging, and full of thrills! Join our heroes Tiril, Oliver and their dog Ocho as they solve mysteries that have even the adults of Riverton scratching their heads.
Operation Red Ribbon is the eighteenth installment in the Detective Agency No. 2 series.
The Kingdom, the newest stand-alone title from Jo Nesbø, is No. 1 in Norway also this week. The novel claims the top spot on both the hardcover and e-book list.
Hedvig Montgomery claims two top 5 spots on the official nonfiction bestseller list for August. Her fourth book in the Parental Magic series, The Elementary School Age, is No. 3, and the fifth installment, The Adolescent Years, comes in just after at No. 4.
William Wisting has entered the second week of his summer holiday. He observes from the sidelines how a local missing persons case grows into a national news story. Agnete Roll has now been missing for three days, and no clues can be found.
Even as the disappearance makes headlines, Wisting receives a mysterious letter containing a set of numbers and nothing else. He connects them to an old case code for a murder, one he wasn’t personally assigned to. One summer night in 1999, 17-year-old Tone Vaterland was killed on her way home from work. The case was quickly solved and the perpetrator sentenced and sent to prison. The case has nearly been lost to memory, but recent events now reveal connections that weren’t visible twenty years ago.
The letter is only the first in a series, all pointing to there being another truth behind the case then the one found by the police. Wisting will have to search for the sender as well as the true facts – but far from everyone are happy to have him shed new light on the past.
A Question of Guilt is the fourth and final installment in Jørn Lier Horst’s Cold Case Quartet.
Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People goes straight to No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list for hardcovers, right on the heels of the novel’s publication in the US.
In Canada, Anxious People debuts at No. 3 on the Original Fiction List in daily newspaper Toronto Star.
Interrogation, created by Anders Weidemann and John Mankiewicz, premiered earlier this year on CBS All Access to fantastic reviews lauding its innovative format and gripping story. The true crime drama stars Peter Sarsgaard and Kyle Gallner, both praised for their layered performances.
Interrogation will have its Swedish premiere on C More September 18.
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.