Lina Bengtsdotter’s For the Missing is No. 9 on this week’s Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for paperbacks.
Katrine Engberg has been shortlisted for the Martha Award by Denmark’s largest book retailer Bog & idé. The Martha Award is an extraordinary author award since it honors Bog & idé and the Danish readers’ favorite author. Previous winners include Jussi Adler-Olsen, J.K. Rowling and Stephen King. The winner will be announced later this year.
Frida Ramstedt (b. 1979) is a highly sought-after lecturer in trends, social media and entrepreneurship. She runs Scandinavia’s biggest interior design blog, Trendenser.se, and is the author of the just published and already No. 1 bestselling interior design handbook Make Yourself at Home: The Ultimate Guide to Interior Decorating.
Defense attorney Martin Benner has a weakness for antiques. When his friend Henry dies, Martin is given an offer too good to turn down: to take over Henry’s partial ownership of an antiques store in New York. But his good fortune is short-lived – a man shows up claiming that Henry didn’t die from illness but was murdered. At the same time Martin notices that he’s being watched. Someone is leaving footprints in the snow around his house and his surveillance equipment is sabotaged.
Martin is soon drawn into a feverish hunt for the truth about Henry. His search brings him to a series of supposedly closed hotels with shady business occurring on their premises, a church with too much power, and antiquities containing deadly secrets. The line between truth and lie and friend and enemy grows ever more blurred.
Who was Henry Schiller? And was there more to his death than meets the eye?
To Him Who Knocks is Kristina Ohlsson’s third book about Martin Benner and a riveting and intricate crime novel about a past that won’t let itself be forgotten.
Jo Nesbø’s Macbeth has been shortlisted for the Greek Public Book Awards in the ‘Translated Novel’ category, alongside Stephen King, Paul Auster, Elena Ferrante and others. The readers’ choice-awards are organized by Public, the biggest book retailer in Greece, and the winners will be announced on June 13th at an awards ceremony in Athens.
Emma Karinsdotter’s The Isle Of A Thousand Stars has been shortlisted for the 2019 Swedish Radio’s Children’s Novel Award. The Swedish Radio’s Children’s Novel Award is an annual award and the winning author and title will be decided by a jury of children from fifth and sixth grade. The winner will be announced on November 1st.
The Magician’s Tome disappeared a long, long time ago. In it, Fredrik Fernando the Great recorded all his magic tricks: for example, how to saw a lady in two – and then put her back together again. Everyone who reads the book will know the secret behind the trick. But the tome also contains other terribly valuable secrets… and Detective Agency No. 2 aren’t the only ones looking for it.
The Search for the Magician’s Tome is the fifth activity book in Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Detective Agency No. 2 series.
The official Swedish bestseller lists of week 21 (May 20th-26th) see Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People appear at No. 4 on the hardcover list, No. 4 on the e-book list, and No. 5 on the audio list.
Stina Jackson’s The Silver Road claims the No. 5 spot on the Icelandic bestseller list for all books in week 22 (May 27th – June 2nd).
Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger’s Death Deserved is No. 1 on the official bestseller list for paperbacks in Norway. This marks the fourth consecutive week at No. 1, and ninth week in the top three. Hedvig Montgomery likewise stays in the top, but does so on the nonfiction list with The Kindergarten Age. The third book in her Parental Magic series is No. 3 also this week.
Denmark, Modtryk
Closed by Josephine Oxelheim
The Netherlands, House of Books
Three-book deal closed by Federico Ambrosini
North Macedonia, Antolog
Closed by Emma Granberg
Norway, Cappelen Damm
Two-book deal closed by Tor Jonasson
Slovenia, HKZ
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Germany, HarperCollins
Closed by Tor Jonasson
A wonderful reunion with the crime hero. /…/ The playful language complements the great intrigue. (…) A crime novel that will excite many this summer. All of these will, just like the undersigned, be hoping for new sequel novels.
– Adresseavisen
A clever and engaging book, filled with warmth and spookiness.
– Smålandsposten
The Ghost Detectives and the Case of the Lost Treasure is an exciting adventure that won’t disappoint the loyal readers of The Ghost Detectives.
– BTJ
Beyond the Bridges may be a work of literary fiction and not a crime novel, but being the driven author she is, Kristina Ohlsson can’t resist crafting an intricate and gripping plot…
– DAST Magazine
The book is, unsurprisingly, well written. After all, we are dealing with two of crime fiction’s leading authors. The narrative moves along smoothly and effortlessly, carrying the reader toward a final resolution that is dramatic, unsettling, and a little unexpected.
– Nettavisen
‘Elizabeth the Third’ is a contemporary novel infused with suspense, delving into family relationships, the search for belonging, and a toxic friendship that changes everything.
