A bomb goes off in the Islamic Council’s building in Oslo, killing several of the Council’s members. The Police and Security Service suspect an Islamist organization to be behind the attack; a feeling that only grows stronger when yet another, bigger explosion rocks the capital.
Offline is the ninth and penultimate book in Anne Holt’s series about Hanne Wilhelmsen.
The new generation of the Lauritzen family takes centre stage. At the fore stands the oldest daughter, Johanne. Already at the start of the war she worked as a courier for the Norwegian resistance. Now, she finds herself in the midst of Stockholm’s criminal world of espionage, deceit and betrayal, recruited by the British espionage organisation SOE. By her British employers Johanne is given a code name: the Blue Star.
The Blue Star is the fifth installment in The Great Century series.
IFC Films has acquired the 3D car crash drama Every Thing Will Be Fine, written by Bjørn Olaf Johannessen and directed by Wim Wenders. The film will have its North American premiere in Toronto and stars James Franco, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rachel McAdams and Marie-Josée Croze.
Scandinavia’s biggest sales company TrustNordisk has come on board to represent Erik Skjoldbjærgs’ anticipated chilly drama Pyromaniac in international markets.
Penned by critically-acclaimed screenwriter Bjørn Olaf Johannessen, who also wrote Wim Wenders’ Every Thing Will Be Fine, Pyromaniac is based on a true story depicted in Gaute Heivoll’s best-selling novel Before I Burn.
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Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin (b. 1978) of Huskvarna, Sweden, began his career as a behavioral scientist and linguist before turning his talents to writing. His major breakthrough came in the form of the children’s book The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep, a literary phenomenon hailed by parents all over the world as a lifesaver. Written to help young children fall asleep, the book uses a unique blend of soothing tones and pedagogic techniques. The self-published The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep made history when it became a No. 1 international bestseller.
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Fredrik Reinfeldt (b. 1965) has been active in Swedish and international politics for 25 years, and is regarded as the most popular party leader of the past three decades in Sweden. As the prime minister of Sweden during the years 2006-2014, and the chairman of the New Moderate Party (centre-right) 2003-2015, Fredrik Reinfeldt transformed Swedish politics. He helped unite the country’s centre-right parties and create the Alliance – a unique collaboration between Sweden’s most prominent centre-right parties. In September 2006, Reinfeldt was elected prime minister. Together with the Alliance parties Reinfeldt went on to win two successive elections, serving for eight consecutive years – the longest any non-socialist government has sat in modern times in Sweden.
Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin’s The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep rules supreme on The Bookseller’s Children’s bestseller list, and holds the position of No. 2 on its UK Top 50 bestseller chart.
We now have the pleasure of working with Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin and his worldwide phenomenon, The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep. Self-published, the book is currently No. 1 in the US, the UK, France, Spain, and several other countries. It is the first time ever that an independent author has topped Amazon’s best seller charts.
Jo Nesbø’s highly anticipated novel Midnight Sun has gone straight to No. 1 on the Norwegian besteller list. The sequel to the groundbreaking Blood on Snow, Midnight Sun tells the story of Ulf, a secretive stranger seeking refuge among the native Sami and Læstadiansin of a small village in the far north.
Portugal, Cultura
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Portugal, Quetzal
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Türkiye, Timas
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
UK, Orenda
Closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Denmark, Modtryk
Closed by Josephine Oxelheim
The Netherlands, House of Books
Three-book deal closed by Federico Ambrosini
[A] thrilling novel about what a crime can do to a person—whether you are a victim or a perpetrator.
– Ölandsbladet
(…) with his background in crime fiction and her Italian roots, the result is, naturally, cozy Italian murder mysteries.
– Tara
The Doubt delivers quality from the very first page. Guilt, revenge, and trust are the key ingredients, and the author duo weaves them together masterfully. There’s no doubt that this series is here to stay.
– Randaberg24
With impressive brilliance, Jørn Lier Horst ties together the two plot lines of a breathlessly thrilling criminal drama. It doesn’t get any better than this.
– Aftonbladet
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
It’s a warm summer day when the truck rolls in over the farmyard, unloading something strange: not quite a caravan or an RV, but a massive cube. From the cube steps a boy. His name is Marjo. Who is he? And why has he come to the farm?
