Hyvällä tai sahalla The Fresh Cut
The setups are masterfully connected. /…/ Gripping, funny and touching (…) everything about The Fresh Cut is sharp as can be.
– Crime Fiction Lover
Eighteen Below Zero doesn’t budge from the No. 1 spot on the official Norwegian bestseller list for paperback fiction, claiming the top spot for the fifth week in a row.
Add variety to your child’s bedtime routine with the third and latest book from the author of The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep, the New York Times and international bestseller that parents have been raving about! The Tractor Who Wants To Fall Asleep features child-tested, parent-approved techniques to reclaim bedtime and provide a sweet and tender end to each day.
Let your child be lulled to sleep with the story of the little red tractor Alex, the tiredest little tractor around. Alex the Tractor takes your child on a relaxing and cozy ride across the countryside, where they encounter friends like Yawning Carrot, Half-Asleep Leon and the sleepy apples. Written with the purpose of helping your child fall asleep easier, The Tractor Who Wants To Fall Asleep’s design encourages relaxation, sereneness and sleep.
Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin’s The Tractor Who Wants To Fall Asleep includes new and improved materials such as insightful sleep tips and answers to frequently asked questions that will help guide families to an even more satisfying nighttime routine!
Operation Mummy, the new glow-in-the-dark book from the Detective Agency No. 2 series, claims the No. 1 spot on the official Norwegian bestseller list for the month of October. Operation Mummy is the twelfth installment in the Detective Agency No. 2 series.
Niklas Natt och Dag’s 1793 has now been sold to 25 territories! 1793 is Natt och Dag’s debut novel; a compelling, vivid, frightful and utterly fascinating portrait of Stockholm at the end of the 18th Century.
In The Pact, Ravn puts it all on the line in order to find out who killed his girlfriend Eva in their home five years ago. New clues lead Ravn to an aging killer-for-hire and a group of corrupt police officers with ties to a terrifyingly influential person in the highest echelon of society. But it isn’t till Ravn forms a pact with the gangster kingpin Kaminsky that he gets the crucial knowledge and connections that will allow him to bring Eva’s killer to justice. But everything has a price. And in this case, the price is 71 million missing Danish kroner.
The Pact is the fifth installment in Michael Katz Krefeld’s bestselling Ravn series, and the novel wherein the mystery of Ravn’s girlfriend’s murder is solved.
Matias Faldbakken’s The Hills has been shortlisted for the Brage Prize, handed out by the Norwegian Publishers Association, as one of four nominees in the ‘Fiction’ category. The prize, named after the Norwegian god of writing, has established itself as Norway’s most prestigious literary award since its inception 25 years ago.
The judges have the following to say about The Hills: “A novel with a warm sense of humor, effortless elegance, and a playful and disarming feeling of nostalgia. As a whole, it sharply distinguishes itself through its charming play on traditions. But there are darker elements beneath the surface, which give the seemingly playful novel both seriousness and gravitas.”
The winner of the 2017 Brage Prize will be announced on November 21st.
Jørn Lier Horst dominates the September bestseller lists in Norway, coming in at No. 1 on the bestseller list for fiction as well as for children’s fiction. On the fiction list it is Horst’s The Katharina Code that claims the No. 1 spot, while it’s the Detective Agency No. 2 series by Jørn Lier Horst and Hans-Jørgen Sandnes that occupies the majority of the positions on the children’s list. At No. 1 is Operation Ghost, No. 2 Operation Circus, and at No. 5 comes The Search for Captain Krogh’s Gold, the first activity book of the series.
Tom Malmquist’s award-winning and acclaimed In Every Moment We Are Still Alive has been chosen by El País, the most circulated newspaper in Spain, as one of this past decade’s nine best novels about life and death. In Every Moment We Are Still Alive was published in Spain last week.
The adventure continues!
When Big Ben suddenly stops ticking, William knows something big is about to happen. And sure enough, a mysterious figure calling himself the Orbulator Agent shows up, marking the start of a new whirlwind adventure for William and his best friend Iscia. What does the Orbulator Agent want with William? … And what on earth is an orbulator, anyway?
Dark secrets and seemingly impossible-to-crack codes fill the pages of the third installment in the internationally acclaimed William Wenton series, William Wenton and the Orbulator Agent. Bobbie Peers’ return to the Wenton universe is a sparkling parade of ingenious twists and turns, smart-mouthed robots, and bravery – in all its shapes and sizes.
Türkiye, Hep Kitap
Closed by Emma Granberg
Italian, Fazi
Closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Taiwan, Prophet
Closed by Emma Granberg
Czech Republic, Euromedia
Closed by Tor Jonasson
Finland, WSOY
Closed by Anna Carlander
Czech Republic, Zlin
Closed by Anna Carlander
The setups are masterfully connected. /…/ Gripping, funny and touching (…) everything about The Fresh Cut is sharp as can be.
– Crime Fiction Lover
Author Maja Lunde is brilliant at penetrating our thick climate-skin, so also in [Shutter Speed]. /…/ It’s the primal emotions that stay with you here.
– Kulturnytt
A firework of a novel. (…) Reading Annette Bjergfeldt’s third novel The Remarkable Re-Invention of Sofia Meucci is like diving into an ocean of sparkling intellectual vitality. /…/ The novel is voracious by nature – hungry for knowledge, too. (…) With solid research Annette Bjergfeldt thus embraces both the scientific and the passionate. /…/ Five dazzling shooting stars for Annette’s wonderful arrival in the literary solar system.
– Kristeligt Dagblad
Engman’s novel is more than just a thriller; it portrays a society in which laws have been replaced by arbitrary rule.
– Bremer Nachrichten
[Seltzer’s] Visions is a tribute to life, energy, and music, a superhero of a book with enough stories to keep the conversation going for a few more extended adolescences.
– Klassekampen
An epic tale stretching across a whole century, multiple lives, and an entire world.