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2023, Psychological thriller
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Stefan Ahnhem
Stefan Ahnhem (b. 1966) is one of the most successful voices on the Scandinavian crime fiction scene. Ahnhem is a screenwriter with over two decades of experience. Since his debut in 2014 with Victim Without a Face, Ahnhem has built an authorship where the suspense and atmosphere of Nordic noir is combined with the cinematic qualities of screenwriting. Currently, seven novels have been published from the international bestselling and award-winning Fabian Risk series that has sold in over 3 million copies worldwide, together with a spin-off novel in the same universe. With Generation Zero, Ahnhem returns to Fabian Risk’s universe.
“Blacker than Stieg Larsson and more bleakly human than Henning Mankell.”
–Tony Parsons
“It’s time for other Scandinavian crime novelists to step aside and for readers of such to look up. Stefan Ahnhem has arrived and he’s terrifically compelling.”
–C.J. Box
“Stefan Ahnhem writes so damn well, it’s as simple as that.”
–Katrine Engberg
“Stefan Ahnhem holds his readers in a vice-like grip.”
–Jens Henrik Jensen
“With Stefan Ahnhem’s books you are always guaranteed 100% thrills.”
–Michael Katz Krefeld
Awards
| Shortlisted for the Mofibo Awards (Best Crime & Suspense) Denmark – X sätt att dö X Ways to Die | 2021 |
| Shortlisted for the Storytel Awards (Best Suspense) Sweden – X sätt att dö X Ways to Die | 2019 |
| Shortlisted for the Crimetime Specsavers Award (Crime Writer of the Year - Readers’ Award) Sweden | 2018 |
| Shortlisted for the Crimetime Specsavers Award (Crime Writer of the Year - Readers’ Award) Sweden | 2017 |
| Shortlisted for Lubimyczytac’s Book of the Year Award (Best Crime, Mystery, Thriller Novel) Poland – Offer utan ansikte Victim Without a Face | 2016 |
| Shortlisted for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards (RTÉ RADIO 1’s The Ryan Tubridy Show Listeners’ Choice Award 2016) Ireland – Offer utan ansikte Victim Without a Face | 2016 |
| MIMI Award (Best Crime Fiction Novel) Germany – Den nionde graven The Ninth Grave | 2016 |
| MIMI Award (Best Crime Fiction Novel) Germany – Den nionde graven The Ninth Grave | 2016 |
| Crimetime Specsavers Award Sweden – Offer utan ansikte Victim Without a Face | 2015 |
Bibliography
Stand-alone
Fabian Risk
Generation noll (#7)
Generation Zero
2025, Crime
Den sista spiken (#6)
The Final Nail
2021, Crime
X sätt att dö (#5)
X Ways to Die
2019, Crime
Motiv X (#4)
Motive X
2018, Crime
Arton grader minus (#3)
Eighteen Below Zero
2016, Crime
Den nionde graven (#2)
The Ninth Grave
2015, Crime
Offer utan ansikte (#1)
Victim Without a Face
2014, Crime
Malin Rehnberg
Related news
‘Generation Zero’ No. 1 in Norway
The latest installment in Stefan Ahnhem’s bestselling Fabian Risk series, Generation Zero, continues to hold the No. 1 spot on the hardcover list for the second consecutive week. In the e-book category, it claims the No. 2 position.
The Norwegian bestseller lists
This week, Stefan Ahnhem’s Generation Zero, climbs to the No. 1 spot on the hardcover list. Meanwhile, Lars Kepler’s The Sleepwalker is No. 1 in the paperback category, closely followed by Jørn Lier Horst & Jan-Erik Fjell’s The Scream, at No. 4. In the children’t category, Jørn Lier Horst’s and Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ latest installment in the Activity books series, The Search for the Samurai Sword, claims the No. 3 spot.
‘Generation Zero’ on the Norwegian bestseller list
The latest installment in Stefan Ahnhem’s bestselling Fabian Risk series, Generation Zero, debuts at No. 5 on the Norwegian bestseller list for general fiction and at No. 1 in the e-book category this week.
The April bestseller lists in Sweden
The official Swedish bestseller lists for the month of April have been released and Stefan Ahnhem’s newly published Generation Zero, the 7th installment in the Fabian Risk series, claims the No. 5 spot on the hardcover list.
In the paperback category, Kristina Ohlsson’s Beyond Rescue, the fourth installment in the August Strindberg series, comes in at No. 1.
Kristina Ohlsson and Stefan Ahnhem on the Swedish bestseller lists
Kristina Ohlsson’s Beyond Rescue, the fourth book in the August Strindberg series, makes its debut at No. 1 on this week’s paperback list. Meanwhile, Stefan Ahnhem holds steady at No. 5 on the hardcover list for the second consecutive week with Generation Zero, the latest installment in the Fabian Risk series.
‘Generation Zero’ published in Sweden
One late summer night, large parts of Skåne suddenly turn pitch black. Fabian Risk witnesses the blackout from his sailing boat with his daughter Matilda.
Back in Helsingborg, Fabian and his colleagues are faced with a number of seemingly inexplicable cases in the aftermath of the mysterious blackout. Cases where witnesses behave strangely and nothing seems to add up. In the middle of all this, an old girlfriend of Fabian’s contacts him after her daughter has gone missing. Has she been kidnapped, or does her father have something to do with her disappearance? In the search for the girl, Fabian starts to discern a pattern. But what is he missing?
One decade after the events in The Final Nail, Fabian Risk returns in Generation Zero, a new, thrilling installment in Stefan Ahnhem’s bestselling series.
‘Nothing But the Truth’ still No.1 in Sweden
Stefan Ahnhem’s thrilling stand alone Nothing But the Truth stays put at No. 1 on the bestseller list for paperbacks for the second consecutive week.
‘Nothing But the Truth’ No.1 in Sweden
Stefan Ahnhem’s thrilling stand alone Nothing But the Truth claims the No.1 spot on the Swedish bestseller list for paperbacks this week.
Ahnhem and Roslund on the Swedish bestseller lists
The just released paperback for Stefan Ahnhem’s Nothing But the Truth shoots to No. 2 on the Swedish bestseller list. Anders Roslund’s Run, the eighth installment in the Hoffman & Grens series, meanwhile features at No. 4 on the hardcover list.
‘An Entirely Different Story’ – 10 weeks on the Norwegian Bestseller List
This week, Stefan Ahnhem’s An Entirely Different Story celebrates 10 whole weeks on the official bestseller list in Norway.
Stefan Ahnhem No. 3 in Sweden
Stefan Ahnhem’s highly acclaimed psychological thriller, Nothing But the Truth, is No. 3 on the official monthly bestseller list for April in Sweden.
Stefan Ahnhem No. 2 in Sweden
Stefan Ahnhem’s Nothing But the Truth makes its debut on the official Swedish bestseller list, where it lands the No. 2 spot in the hardcover fiction category. Thomas Enger likewise makes his first appearance with the just published The Book of the Gallows, coming in at No. 6.