Anders de la Motte’s The Night Hunter, the latest installment in the Leo Asker series, and Pascal Engman’s The Clan, the first book in the Clan Trilogy, have been nominated for this year’s BookBeat Award in the “Crime Book of the Year” category.

Additionally, both authors have also been shortlisted for “Crime Writer of the Year.”

The winners will be determined based on BookBeat’s statistics from the past year, and will be announced during the Crimetime Awards ceremony at the Gothenburg Book Fair on September 26.

Rojda Sekersöz’s feature film Will You Care If I Die? (Blir du ledsen om jag dör?) opens in Swedish cinemas this Friday, August 21, and has already received fantastic reviews. Based on Nicolas Lunabba’s acclaimed autobiographical novel of the same name, the film tells the moving story of an unexpected friendship between youth worker Nic (Peshang Rad) and Elijah (Rudwan Socdal), a 14-year-old basketball talent growing up in a reality shaped by violence, vulnerability and the threat of gang crime.

Peshang Rad’s portrayal of Nic has received strong praise from critics. His nuanced and powerful performance has been singled out as one of the film’s major strengths, with critics even calling on the Guldbagge Awards jury to make sure Rad receives a Best Actor nomination.

A shocking phone calls forces Detective Sergeant Sakka Pienni to return to the place she has done everything to avoid: the dark land up north.

Shortly after coming home, the small village is hit with a tragedy. An entire family is found dead. Local police dismiss it as a murder-suicide, but Sakka suspects that the truth is more complex than that and starts digging. She is also seeking answers to questions that have tormented her for more than thirty years. Questions about her sister’s mysterious death and her mother’s disappearance. Did Nicci Pienni really leave the village voluntarily all those years ago, or is there another story than the one Sakka has been told?

The Waste Land is a suggestive crime novel about trauma, grief, and vulnerability. With atmospheric prose, Lina Bengtsdotter portrays small town secrets, the people who must carry those secrets, and how the past refuses to let go.

The only thing left is the kill shot.

New Year’s Eve, Oslo: Harry Hole is balancing on the balcony railing. He’s quit the police force, quit drinking, and the woman he loves is dead. Seventeen stories below him lies Oslo.

New Year’s Day and Oleg Fauke’s first day at the Homicide Unit opens with three bodies. The victims all have connections to the film industry. When the police are sent videos showing recreations of murders from film history, the question arises: has Oslo once again got a serial killer?

The killer is editing his masterpiece, and Harry is doomed to play a role in it.

The next take might be his last.

Kill Shot is the fourteenth installment in Jo Nesbø’s bestselling Harry Hole series.

The Swedish bestseller lists for the second quarter of 2026 are out, and Kristina Ohlsson’s debut in literary fiction, Beyond the Bridges, is the No. 1 highest grossing book across all genres. Anders Hansen’s The Achilles Heels of Your Brain comes in at No. 1 in the nonfiction category, and is No. 7 across all genres.

Following the success of the 2025 television series Life on Seacrow Island (Vi på Saltkråkan), SF Studios is bringing Astrid Lindgren’s beloved archipelago world to cinemas. The feature film is now in production, written by Karin Arrhenius and directed by Fredrik Edfeldt.

The TV series was one of the most acclaimed Swedish productions of 2025 and last week it received a Kristallen nomination in the Best Children’s Programme category.

“Seacrow Island has a way of staying with you. To return and tell more stories about these characters – this time for the big screen – is a privilege,” says Karin Arrhenius.

Karolin is finally back in control of her life. She’s gone through a divorce, secured a new apartment and is somewhat managing to make life work as a single parent. But when her mum suddenly ends up in hospital as well, it’s the final straw and Karolin realizes she’s in full crisis mode. Luckily she has got Saga to lean on, her very closest friend. Karolin and Saga have been inseparable since middle grade. Saga is much like a bonus child in Karolin’s family and the godmother of her daughter. But just as Karolin needs her friend the most, something has happened. Saga has met a new man and Karolin soon notices how Saga changes when she’s around him. How she seems to slip away from her. Isn’t he rather controlling? When Saga tells her that she and Jon are moving in together far from town, it comes as a shock to Karolin. Not only have things progressed so quickly, Saga has also made the decision without saying a word to Karolin.

Karolin tries to be happy for her. Tries to trust Saga’s judgment. Then out of the blue Saga severs her ties completely with Karolin – no explanation offered.

The Fallout is skillfully told from different perspectives, where both parties own their truth and experiences. It’s a psychologically perceptive novel about the dark sides to friendship: about loyalties, jealousy and betrayal – and what happens when your best friend dumps you without warning.

The nominations for this year’s Kristallen Awards have been announced.

My Brother, written by Karin Arrhenius, is nominated for Best Drama Series. Life on Seacrow Island, also written by Arrhenius, and Anders Sparring’s Lokes hemlighet are nominated for Best Children’s Programme.

Erik Svedberg-Zelman has received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the drama series Golden Boys and Moah Madsen is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for her performance in Diary of a Ditched Girl.

The winner will be announced on August 31^st at the Kristallen Gala in Stockholm.