Eighteen Below Zero, Stefan Ahnhem’s third Fabian Risk novel, is No. 1 also this week on the official Norwegian bestseller list for paperback novels.
Operation Mummy meanwhile comes in at No. 4 on the official bestseller list for fiction, all genres. Operation Mummy is the twelfth installment in Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Detective Agency No. 2 series.
Thomas Engström’s award-winning novel about Ludwig Licht, former Stasi agent and CIA informant, is to be made into a TV series for the international market.
West of Liberty, the title of both novel and TV series, takes place in among else Berlin, where the arrest of the corrupt leader of a whistleblowing site has thrown the city into turmoil. Clive Barner, chief of the CIA’s Berlin office and Ludwig Licht’s old contact when he worked as a double agent in the 1970s, calls in Licht. The former informant turned barkeep and freelance problem solver has to pray his old skills haven’t rusted as he’s pulled back into the shadow world of those who make a living finding – and killing for – intelligence.
The TV series will consist of six episodes of 45 minutes. Sara Heldt and Donna Sharp have written the script, and Barbara Eder will direct when shooting starts in spring 2018. Producers are Anagram Sverige AB and Network Movie (Germany). The TV series is already sold to YLE in Finland and TV2 in Norway.
Arne Dahl’s Hinterlands, the sequel to the international bestseller Watching You, is No. 5 on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for paperback fiction. Hinterlands has now featured on the German bestseller list for seven weeks.
Jo Nesbø’s The Snowman is No. 2 on the Sunday Times bestseller list. The Snowman is the seventh installment in the Harry Hole series.
Jo Nesbø’s The Snowman, the seventh installment in the Harry Hole series, is No. 1 on the paperback bestseller list at Bog & idé. Arne Dahl’s Watching You claims the No. 4 spot on the same list. At Arnold Busck Hinterlands, the second installment in Arne Dahl’s series about Berger and Blom, is No. 4 on the crime fiction list while Watching You climbs to No. 2 on the paperback list. Bog & idé and Arnold Busck are the two biggest book retailers in Denmark.
Katrine Engberg has been shortlisted for the 2017 Author of the Year Award by the Danish book chain Plusbog. The winner will be announced at Bogforum in Copenhagen on November 10th.
Indie production company No Trace Camping is set to produce Fredrik Backman’s novella The Deal of a Lifetime. The book, to be published in the US by Atria on October 31st, tells the story of a man who’s sacrificed his family in his single-minded pursuit of success, and the courageous little girl fighting for her life who crosses his path.
Jeff Arkuss, David Gross and Jesse Shapira of No Trace Camping will produce the picture, while Backman, Neda Shafti Backman and Tor Jonasson will serve as executive producers.
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Eighteen Below Zero stays at No. 1 on the official Norwegian bestseller list for paperback novels. Eighteen Below Zero is the third installment in Stefan Ahnhem’s Fabian Risk series.
Celebrating one month on the German Der Spiegel bestseller list for hardcover fiction, Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst this week comes in at No. 3. Arne Dahl’s Hinterlands likewise comes in at No. 3, in the paperback category.
Operation Mummy, the twelfth and newest installment in Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Detective Agency No. 2 series, is No. 5 on the official Norwegian bestseller list for fiction, all genres.
Croatia, Egmont
Closed by Emma Granberg
Brazil, Companhia das Letras
Three-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Arab World, Al Arabi
Closed by Emma Granberg
Sri Lanka, Sunera Publishers
Closed by Emma Granberg
Spain, RBA
Closed by Tor Jonasson
Lithuania, Lectio Divinia
Three-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
The Night Hunter is a brilliant hybrid of Swedish crime fiction and neo-Gothic horror, fully equipped with haunted church ruins and castles with secret passageways.
– NRK
A rollicking Scandi-action ride. /…/ One may feel nervous about Netflix getting its brash American hands on another beloved Scandi-detective property. But Nesbo has scripted this, deftly weaving canonical backstory into his adaptation of The Devil’s Star, the fifth book in the series, while cleverly maintaining the frenetic pacing of his prose.
– The Times
A thrilling and chilling Nordic Noir. /…/ Kinetic, suspenseful, and with some true jaw-dropping twists, this Nordic Noir is a masterclass in Norwegian crime sagas.
– FandomWire
Joel Kinnaman delivers a career-best performance to display Waaler’s chilling pragmatism, making him seem both magnetic and menacing. Tobias Santelmann is no less compelling as the show’s lead
– ScreenRant
A genuine nail-biter. (…) [T]his is a flying start of a new series. Psychologist Kari Voss is an expert on body language, a fascinating field.
– Hemmets Veckotidning
A serial killer plagues summertime Oslo, and Harry Hole is teamed up with his archenemy Tom Waaler to crack the case. The murders bring up questions of fidelity and betrayal, while Waaler enlists Harry in his clandestine band of police vigilantes, imposing their own brand of justice. Harry is forced to settle the score with Waaler once and for all, and at the same time solve the riddle of the devil’s star. In a breath-taking chase through Oslo, Harry manages to do both.