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.
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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.
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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.
Back in the Day, Oliver Lovrenski’s highly anticipated debut novel, shoots to No. 1 on the official hardcover and e-book bestseller lists in Norway. The title also comes in at No. 1 on the list for Norwegian original language publications.
Around Halloween, strange things are always happening in the town where Nelly and Valle live. This year, the two agents have received a mission from the Monster Academy to find out why.
This particular night, the Halloween swim meet is taking place, and the oddities are soon piling up! The water turns to slime, the trampoline is as soft as cooked spaghetti, and a huge shark suddenly appears in the pool. There is definitely something supernatural going on. Could Nelly and Valle’s classmate Bim have something to do with it?
Nelly Rapp and the School of Higher Magic is the twenty-fourth installment in Martin Widmark’s spooky series about monster agent Nelly Rapp.
Bulgaria, EMAS
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Greece, Memento
Closed by Emma Granberg
China, Beijing Science and Technology
Five-book deal closed by The Grayhawk Agency on behalf of Ida Schabbauer
Poland, Smak Slowa
Two-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Lithuania, Pflaŭmbaŭm Publishing House
Closed by Emma Granberg
Germany, Hoffmann und Campe
Closed by Julia Angelin
There are a lot of things to unravel in this pitch-black homecoming novel and Bengtsdotter succeeds really well in doing so on just under 300 pages.
– Göteborgs-Posten
It’s a powerful opening. In just a few pages, Selåker paints a portrait of a deeply flawed man on the verge of breaking point, while also capturing loneliness so vividly that the silence inside the house seems to scream from the pages. /…/ I’m looking forward to returning to the Wilderness Road and its surroundings, which Selåker portrays with a sharp eye in this dark and compelling first installment.
– Göteborgs-Posten
[A] brilliant thriller. /…/ [Winter Grave] is unsettling, occasionally hilarious and constantly thrilling. /…/ I make no secret of the fact I’m a fan of Heine Bakkeid’s writing (…). Winter Grave is also dark noir on an elite level.
– Harstad Tidene
You’re the One I Write About tells a tale as old as time. But it does so with fire and not without finesse. /…/ The result is a book you can read during a free period, but will carry with you much longer. Why? Perhaps because Åstot succeeds in capturing exactly how words fall between young people in this moment.
– Expressen
The Clan /…/ is recommended for anyone looking for a hard-hitting, contemporary thriller that delves into themes of power, loyalty, and violence.
– Münchner Merkur
Late at night, a doctor burns to death inside the closed forensic psychiatric institution Helix. The interrogations with staff and inmates are complicated due to patient confidentiality and psychotic illnesses. After another death in the same ward, Saga Bauer accepts a top-secret assignment.