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Kristina Ohlsson is shortlisted for this year’s BookBeat Award in the “Crime Writer of the Year” category. The winner will be determined based on the audiobook service’s statistics from the past year.
The winning authors and titles will be announced during the Crimetime Awards ceremony at the Gothenburg Book Fair on September 28.
The second installment in Anders de la Motte’s bestselling Leo Asker series, The Glass Man, shoots to No.1 on the bestseller list for paperbacks this week.
The comprehensive sales statistics for Q2 2024 have been published, and the fourth installment in the August Strindberg series, Beyond Rescue, is the No. 1 most sold title on both the fiction list and the one for total sales. The lists highlight the top 20 bestsellers based on sales value, with total sales including all print and digital formats combined.
The eight installment in Hjorth & Rosenfeldt’s thrilling Sebastian Bergman series The Guilt You Carry comes in at No. 2 on the bestseller list for paperback this week. Meanwhile, Anders & Anette de la Motte’s murder mystery Death on Capri, claims the No. 5 spot on the hardcover list.
The official statistics of the bestselling titles in Sweden during the second quarter of 2024 have just been published. The fourth book in Kristina Ohlsson’s bestselling August Strindberg series, Beyond Rescue, is No. 2 in the hardcover category.
An exclusive first trailer of So Long, Marianne, the Norwegian-Canadian drama series about the life of Leonard Cohen created by Øystein Karlsen, has just been released on Deadline.
The eight-part series tells the story of the Canadian singer and poet’s love story with Marianne Ihlen, who became his muse after they got together in the 1960s and is an intimate tale of two, lonely people falling in love, during a period of their life when they are trying to figure out who they are and their place in the world, while one is becoming one of the most famous singers of all time.
Alex Wolff (A Quiet Place: Day One, Oppenheimer) plays Cohen, with Thea Sofie Loch Næss (The Last Kingdom, Delete Me,) playing Marianne. Also cast are Anna Torv (The Newsreader, The Last of Us, Mindhunter), Noah Taylor (Preacher, Peaky Blinders, Game of Thrones) and Peter Stormare (American Gods, Fargo).
The show premieres on NRK in Norway and German streaming pubcaster ARD Mediathek on September 22 before launching on Crave five days later. Further rollout follows later in the year.
To watch the trailer and read the full article in Deadline by clicking ‘Read More’ below.
It’s now official that Ellen Helinder, Kelly Gale, Agnes Kittelsen and Frank Kjosås are joining the star-studded cast of Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole, Netflix’s forthcoming crime series based on the Harry Hole novels from Jo Nesbø.
Director Anna Zackrisson (Deliver Me, The Helicopter Heist) has also joined the production, which as previously reported, will star Tobias Santelmann, Joel Kinnaman and Pia Tjelta. Created and written by Nesbø, the show’s other director is Øystein Karlsen. The cast will also include Peter Stormare, Simon Berger and Anders Baasmo, among else.
Tor Arne Øvrebø is producing the series, which hails from Working Title Television and Universal International Studios. Executive producers include Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Katy Rozelle, Rene Ezra, Øystein Karlsen, Jo Nesbø, Niclas Salomonsson. The show is slated to debut on Netflix in 2026.
To read the full article in Deadline, please click ‘Read More’ below.
Stefan Ahnhem’s thrilling stand alone Nothing But the Truth stays put at No. 1 on the bestseller list for paperbacks for the second consecutive week.
Jo Nesbø’s Blood Ties, to be published in Slovakia on September 10th, is already No. 1 on Martinus, Slovakia’s biggest online retailer.
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The period drama The Swedish Torpedo, directed by Frida Kempff, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this September.
The Swedish Torpedo is set in 1939 and follows the story of Sally Bauer as she pursues her dream of becoming the first Scandinavian woman to swim across the English Channel.
The cast is lead by Josefin Neldén (Border, 438 Days) as Sally Bauer, with Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair, Borgen) and Lisa Carlehed (The Emigrants) supporting.
Finland, Otava
Two-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
China, CITIC
Closed by The Grayhawk Agency on behalf of Emma Granberg
Brazil, Companhia das Letras
Two-book deal closed by Tassy Barham Associates on behalf of Emma Granberg
Denmark, Turbine
Closed by Linda Andersson
Latvia, Zvaigzne
Three-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Romania, Crime Scene Press
Three-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
When the Cranes Fly South is a quietly crushing novel. /…/[I]t takes you on Bo’s journey with a gentle and empathetic hand. It’s a must-read for anyone with ageing loved ones or for those contemplating the realities of growing older.
– Riotus
Ulf Kvensler is masterful at building a mood of impending catastrophe, creating tension between characters, and using the setting to reflect the characters’ emotions and situations — vulnerability, confinement, drama, and danger.
– Skånska Dagbladet
[Cassi is] for everyone who would like to read an entertaining and warm-hearted novel filled with odd characters and encounters.
– Westdeutscher Rundfunk
A a fresh take on what it is to be young in an environment where a positive future is but a dream.
– The Herald
[The Mother-in-Law] is a clever novel written with an assured hand and the drama moves briskly towards multiple surprising, twisty endings.
– Librarius
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.
