Anders de la Motte’s The Mountain King, the first installment in the Leo Asker series, is the 2nd most sold title among all thriller and crime fiction titles in Denmark this week.
The nominations are out for this year’s Kristallen Awards. Aron Levander’s Detective #24 is nominated for Best Drama Series, together with Blackwater which is written by Karin Arrhenius and Maren Louise Käehne.
Tove Eriksen Hillblom’s The Meaning of Life is nominated for Best Comedy and No Angel, directed by Tuna Özer, received a nomination for Best Teen Drama.
The Kristallen Awards ceremony will be held August 28 at Cirkus in Stockholm and will be aired live on SVT.
The first installment in a new series by Anders de la Motte, The Mountain King is once again No. 1 on the official Swedish bestseller list for paperbacks this week.
Kristina Ohlsson’s Icebreaker celebrates five weeks on the German bestseller list. Icebreaker is the lauded sequel to Storm Watch, and the second installment in the August Strindberg series.
Anders de la Motte’s The Mountain King is No. 1 on the official Swedish bestseller list for paperbacks. The Mountain King is the first installment in the Leo Asker series.
Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ The Search for the Viking Treasure climbs the Norwegian bestseller list for children’s fiction again, landing the No. 1 spot this week.
Photo: Toni Härkönen
Sofi Oksanen’s The Dog Park has just been shortlisted for the Christine Award 2023. The award is issued by Bücherfrauen – Women in Publishing, a German organization which works to support women in publishing. The Christine Award was established in 2021 and is given every two years to a writer who through their writing contributes to gender equality and empowers women. The winner, endowed with 10 000 euros, will be announced on October 19th at the Frankfurt Bookfair.
Kristina Ohlsson’s Icebreaker, the second installment in the August Strindberg series, shoots to No. 4 on Der Spiegel’s list for trade paperbacks.
Liza Marklund’s The Mire is No. 1 on the official paperback bestseller list. The Mire is the standalone sequel to The Polar Circle, Marklund’s critically acclaimed return to the crime genre.
Samira Karlsson and Elsa of Purrendelle have been entrusted with a new, exciting mission. Shu the rat has asked the cat spies for help in catching a venomous snake threatening Shu’s terrified relatives.
Elsa of Purrendelle and Samira Karlsson look up an agent going under the code name Prawn Cocktail, since he might have important information about the sinister snake. But when they meet Prawn Cocktail at the salsa club Havana, they become suspicious – he is not acting the way a real spy would. Something is not right.
Samira Karlsson and the other cats are once again embroiled in a sweat-inducing drama set to the beat of a luscious salsa. Who is lying, and why?
Our Cat in Havana is the fifth installment in Anja Gatu’s bestselling series The Cat Spies of Rosengard.
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.