Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ latest Detective Agency No. 2 title, Operation Sable Forest, claims the No. 3 spot on the official weekly hardcover bestseller list in Norway. Hedvig Montgomery’s Parental Magic comes in at No. 5 on the non-fiction list and Hjorth & Rosenfeldt shoot to No. 1 on the e-book list with A Higher Justice.
Jørn Lier Horst again nabs two of the top five spots on the official list for most sold children’s books in Norway this February. Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Operation Sable Forest, the fifteenth Detective Agency No. 2 book, comes in first at No. 1. It’s followed by the thirteenth book in the CLUE series, The Smuggler’s Shack, which comes in at No. 4, staying put at the same position also this month.
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Tom Malmquist’s All the Air That Surrounds Us is a haunting deep dive into an unsolved murder and the author’s own relation to the hidden killer behind the murder: loneliness and alienation. With his signature vibrating, sensitive prose Tom uncovers the story of Mikael K, a young man whose life was brutally ended in a cave one night in 1991. When Tom finds an old newspaper notice about the murder, he’s instantly pulled back in time to his childhood, and as he starts to investigate what really happened to Mikael K, Tom begins to see parallels to his own life. The case turns into an obsession. Who was Mikael K? And why did he have to die?
All the Air That Surrounds Us is a story of alienation, loneliness, transience, and the year that was 1991.
Rebecca Hall (Vicky Christina Barcelona) is set to play the female lead in Tales From the Loop, the TV series based on Simon Stålenhag’s debut work of the same title.
The eight episode series will explore the town and people who live above “The Loop,” a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe, making things possible that were previously relegated only to science fiction. In this fantastical, mysterious town, poignant human tales are told that bare universal emotional experiences while drawing on the intrigue of genre storytelling. The Golden Globe-nominated Rebecca Hall will play the character of Loretta, a gifted physicist.
Tales From the Loop will be co-produced by Amazon Studios and Fox 21 Television Studios. Writer Nathaniel Halpern (Legion) will serve as showrunner and executive producer for the series, and Mark Romanek (Never Let Me Go) will direct the pilot.
The official Swedish bestseller lists for week 8 (February 18-24th) have been announced, and Lars Kepler and Stina Jackson each occupy three positions on the lists. Lars Kepler’s Lazarus comes in at No. 2 in hardback, No. 1 in audio, and No. 3 in e-books. Stina Jackson’s The Silver Road meanwhile comes in at No. 2 on the paperback, audio and e-book lists. Concluding this weekly bestseller roundup is Niklas Natt och Dag, who places No. 5 on the paperback list with The Wolf and the Watchman.
Anders Rydell has received Region Uppsala’s Culture Scholarship for his novels The Looters and The Book Thieves.
Region Uppsala’s Culture Scholarships are annually handed out to eight people active in different art fields, and Rydell is the recipient of the scholarship for literature. With their choice, Region Uppsala hopes to support further studies of the history of Nazism.
The scholarship ceremony will be held on March 26, in Uppsala, Sweden.
Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ new Detective Agency No. 2 title, Operation Sable Forest, claims the No. 1 spot on the official weekly hardcover bestseller list in Norway. Operation Sable Forest is the fifteenth title in the series.
Hedvig Montgomery’s modern day child-rearing bible, Parental Magic, is No. 1 on Adlibris’ bestseller list, Sweden’s biggest online book retailer.
The thriller drama series Greyzone, created and written by Oskar Söderlund together with Morten Dragsted and Rasmus Thorsen, has received great attention in British press. The series was among else chosen by The Times as a Critic's Choice, and received great praise also in Entertainment Focus and The Telegraph.
“It’s a tense, intelligent and thought-provoking drama; one for fans of Homeland as well as Scandi dramas.”
–The Times
“Greyzone is a poignant and absorbing series which raises moral dilemmas and heartbeats alike. /…/ a must-watch.”
–Entertainment Focus
“[An] edge-of-the-seat thriller that explores the moral grey area (or grey zone) of, among other things, the captor-hostage relationship.”
–The Telegraph
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.
