Tina Mackic’s latest Summer Shadow title, The Summer Shadow and the Water Trick, shoots to No. 1 on the children’s list this week. This marks the book’s third consecutive week on the bestseller list since its release.
A wounded family meet at the graveyard to remember the mother who passed away over twenty-five years ago. It’s Teddy, his father and his sister, along with Emelie, who has begun researching what really happened when Teddy’s mother died. The traces lead to a past no one knew existed, and soon, Emelie is drawn into a double game more dangerous than she could ever imagine.
Teddy, on the other hand, is not at all interested. He is preoccupied with maintaining his position as the new Mr. One, a path which forces him deep down into Stockholm’s underworld and its brutal conflicts. Then Max escapes from the youth detention center, and Teddy must decide what to do with the boy who murdered his beloved nephew. To seek revenge or not, that is the question.
Dead Man Walking is Jens Lapidus’ highly anticipated and breathtakingly thrilling story about the power of the past over the present, and the price we must all pay for our actions.
Katrine Engberg’s just published The White Nights is No. 1 on the Danish book retailer Bog & idé’s Top 10 list. It is also No. 1 in the “crime” category.
Photo: Kajsa Göransson
Tina Mackic (b. 1986) is an author, TV producer, screenwriter, and director who previously worked as a reporter and producer on Sveriges Radio. The Summer Shadow has helped shape a whole generation of kids with its tricks since its first appearance on Swedish kids TV in 2016. With the Summer Shadow, Mackic has created a space for children to recognize and face their fears through the beloved character. In 2019, Mackic made her book debut with the scary, beloved character, and it has since performed its shenanigans both on and off screen.
The Summer Shadow and the Water Trick is Mackic’s fifth and latest title in the series about the Summer Shadow.
Kristina Ohlsson’s The Case of the Weeping Ghost, the fifth book in The Ghost Detectives series, jumps to No. 2 on the official bestseller list for children’s books in Sweden. Niklas Natt och Dag meanwhile appears at No. 4 on the hardcover list with Hope and Destiny, where Johan Theorin’s Scratch Marks lands the No. 5 spot.
Hans Rosenfeldt’s adaptation of CJ Tudor’s bestselling novel The Burning Girls premieres today on Paramount+.
The British thriller series stars Samantha Morton and Ruby Stokes and follows Reverend Jack Brooks and her daughter as they make a fresh start in Chapel Croft, but soon the close-knit community’s dark history begins to reveal itself.
Netflix has released the teaser trailer for the upcoming Swedish crime-drama A Nearly Normal Family, which is based on the bestselling book of the same name by Mattias Edvarsson.
The six-parter is written by Anna Platt and Hans Jörnlind, and directed by Per Hanefjord.
A Nearly Normal Family lands on Netflix November 24.
Oliver Lovrenski continues to dominate the Norwegian hardcover list, coming in at No. 1 with Back in the Day. Anders de la Motte meanwhile debuts on the e-book list with his just published The Glass Man, which comes in at No. 5. The Glass Man is the second installment in the Leo Asker series.
Björn Natthiko Lindeblad’s international bestseller I May Be Wrong has been voted ‘Book of the Year’ by a wide margin on South Korean top book retailer YES24. It has also been bestowed by an award for ‘Book of the Year’ by Korean platform Bookseed, aimed at teachers and liberians.
Photo: Göran Hällström
Andreas Öhman’s film One Day All of This Will Be Yours will soon be joined by the documentary Lisa – en pusselbit som saknas on SVT.
One Day All of This Will Be Yours premiered in Swedish theatres early 2023 to fantastic reviews. Recently, the film was released on Netflix and reached a wide audience. For Öhman, the film is a personal story based on real events. Now comes a deep dive into these real events with the documentary which takes us back to the summer of 1994, when nine-year-old Andreas lost his older sister in an accident.
Lisa – en pusselbit som saknas will be released October 15 on SVT Play and October 17 on SVT 1.
Finland, Otava
Two-book deal closed by Tor Jonasson
Estonia, Varrak
Closed by Emma Granberg
Hungary, BookLab
Closed by Emma Granberg
Italy, Nord
Closed by Tor Jonasson
Slovakia, Barecz & Conrad
Closed by Emma Granberg
Finland, Atena Kustannus
Closed by Federico Ambrosini
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