‘Rivals in Rome’ published in Sweden

Food, glamour, history – and a rivalry with deadly consequences.

A Swedish director and his stars travel to Rome to seek inspiration from the legendary life of Queen Christina ahead of an upcoming major motion picture. But after tours of Roman ruins, the treasures of the Vatican, and the film sets of Cinecittà, it becomes clear that the group harbors both tensions and secrets, and the glamour is abruptly shattered when a body is discovered in one of Rome’s most magnificent palazzos.

In the Eternal City, shaped over millennia by rivalry and power struggles, tour guide Lara Belmonte and history teacher Hugo Lind are once again drawn into a deadly mystery. Somewhere beneath the Italian sun, a murderer is hiding.

Rivals in Rome is the third book in the bestselling Murders Under the Sun series, featuring sun-drenched settings, great food, and intriguing murder mysteries.

‘Wolf Hour’ No. 2 in Iceland

Jo Nesbø’s standalone Wolf Hour is No. 2 also on April’s official bestseller list in Iceland.

‘The War’ published in Sweden

Josef has served his sentence but outside the prison walls life is not what it once was. He’s determined not to return to a life of crime, but reality hits him hard. Can you really make up for your crimes in a society that has judged you for all eternity?

On the opposite side of the planet, Antonia is trying to escape her past. When she suddenly finds herself all alone she realizes it’s time to return to the Stockholm suburb where she grew up. A whole other battle awaits there, and Antonia needs to create a new life for herself while drugs are still controlling her every thought.

The Mansour family protects their territories with all their might, but they must also find new ways to expand. Josef is pulled into the clan’s plans and Antonia risks getting caught in their web. Soon, the war is on.

The War is the second installment in The Clan trilogy and a stirring portrayal of gang criminality’s reckless violence and effect on our society, a violence designed to uphold a power balance that is constantly challenged by the ongoing gang wars.

‘The Achilles Heels of Your Brain’ No. 1 in Sweden

Anders Hansen’s The Achilles Heels of Your Brain continues its No. 1 streak on the official Swedish bestseller list for nonfiction. This is the book’s second week at the top.

‘The Last Case’ No. 2 in Poland

Jørn Lier Horst’s latest installment in the William Wisting series, The Last Case, has secured the No. 2 position on two of Poland’s largest online e-book retailers just weeks after its publication.

‘The Doubt’ published in Norway

One year after the events in The Scream, true crime podcaster Markus Heger meets former financier Terje Wekre, who has been sentenced to the harshest penalty under the law for murdering his wife. Wekre claims he is innocent, and Markus is persuaded to listen – especially since his persistent father, Frank Drage, is in the cell next door.

The new podcast serial, A Shadow of Doubt, gets off to an explosive start. Markus suggests a possible miscarriage of justice, but gradually the evidence points in a completely different direction.

The Doubt is an intense and atmospheric thriller about guilt, revenge, and trust, and about how the past always finds a way back.

‘Salted Pearls’ published in Sweden

The secret life of a star chef.

Recently divorced and disillusioned by life, freelance journalist Desiree Swahn is handed a job by her new boss: to write a portrait of legendary star chef, Pierre Bernard. It’s an assignment far from the prestigious one she’d been promised. But Desiree and Pierre’s meeting will come to be more transformative than she could have ever imagined.

Pierre Bernard’s life hasn’t only been filled with culinary accomplishments, but also passionate love and heart-rending sorrow. He takes Desiree on a journey through time, from the Grand Hotel in Stockholm in the 1920s, to Paris and a war-torn London, to a Budapest in upheaval, and the most iconic wedding of the century. In Pierre’s stories, history is given scent, texture, taste. Desiree comes to know a man who has dedicated his life to discovering new culinary sensations, but has likewise sacrificed much. By the time the interview is over, everything has changed.

Salted Pearls is the debut fiction title of Michelin-starred chef Niklas Ekstedt and author Katarina Ekstedt.

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Adam Berg joins Salomonsson Agency

Adam Berg is a Swedish director known for his striking storytelling and meticulous visual style, and is widely regarded as one of Sweden’s most prominent commercial directors.

Berg has made commercials for brands including Volvo, Apple, IKEA, Nike, Playstation, Mercedes-Benz, Delta, and Lexus as well as Philips, for which he created the multi-award-winning Carousel. He is one of the industry’s most celebrated filmmakers, with honors from every major awards body, including multiple Cannes Lions, D&AD Awards, Clio Awards, British Arrows, as well as numerous AICP and Ciclope wins.

Berg made his feature film debut with Black Crab, which premiered on Netflix in 2022 and quickly became one of the world’s most-watched non-English-language films, topping the charts in over 90 countries. Black Crab is a dystopian thriller set in a frozen, war-torn landscape. The film, starring Noomi Rapace, highlights Berg’s ability to translate his visual sensibility into long-form storytelling, combining stark, atmospheric imagery with tense, character-driven drama.

Currently, Berg is working on a feature film project, soon to be made official.

Jørn Lier Horst No. 5 in the Netherlands

Jørn Lier Horst’s The Lake enters the Dutch bestseller list for crime and suspense titles at No. 5. The Lake is the seventeenth novel in the William Wisting series.