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.
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.
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.
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.
Photo: Camilla Lindberg
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.
Kristina Ohlsson’s debut in literary fiction, Beyond the Bridges, keeps its No. 1 spot on the official hardcover bestseller list also this week.
Anders Hansen’s The Achilles Heels of Your Brain jumps a placement, landing the No. 1 spot on the nonfiction list.
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.
The just released French edition of Lisa Ridzén’s debut When the Cranes Fly South enters the weekly bestseller list of Renaud-Bray at No. 2 in Canada. Renaud-Bray is the largest chain of French-language bookstores in North America.
The same night that actor Mauritz Möller drinks himself into oblivion in a hotel room in Stockholm, a young woman is found murdered in his apartment. The next morning, his memories are clouded by alcohol as he stands outside Hotel Diplomat, staring at a newly refurbished Saab for which he has just received the keys.
Unaware that he is wanted for murder, Mauritz leaves Stockholm. Through a series of text messages, he is given instructions that send him north along the coast of the Bay of Bothnia, and soon he realizes that he is not only on the run from the police. Someone else is following him on the roads.
Meanwhile, Inspector Claes Ståhl and his colleague Janina Ekström are leading a rigorous investigation into multiple murders. Could the missing Miriam de Brenner’s secrets hold the key to solving the case?
The Serpent Woman is the second part of the closely connected trilogy Maras Children – A story about how abundance, trauma, and lovelessness can affect a family for generations , and create people who are dangerous to everyone, even themselves.
Thomas Enger and Johana Gustawsson’s hit novel SON is nominated for Prix Babelio 2026 in France. The award includes ten categories, and SON is included in the “Crime and thriller” category along with nine other titles. The Prix Babelio is awarded yearly and each of the ten categories includes a selection of the ten highest ranking and most popular titles among Babelio’s over 2 million members.
Voting is open until May 26 and winners will be announced June 10. To vote, click “Read More” below.
Finland, Docendo
Three-book deal closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Lithuania, BALTO
Closed by Emma Granberg
Spain, Destino
Two-book deal closed by Federico Ambrosini
Poland, Media Rodzina
Closed by Ida Schabbauer
Poland, Znak
Closed by Federico Ambrosini
Netherlands, Bruna
Closed by Federico Ambrosini
Fact and fiction are woven together into a wonderful, rich, fragrant tale about passion for life’s delicacies. /…/ Salted Pearls has everything one could wish for in a novel…
– Ölandsbladet
There is a sense of simultaneity in the narrative that brings it to life. /…/ The final resolution is bold, surprising, and highly dramatic.
– Dagbladet
Let it be said right away: this collaboration works. /…/ The storytelling is even sharper in the second book. /…/Revenge, old sins, broken paternal dreams, and carefully planted red herrings collide in a spectacular, breathless, and unpredictable finale.
– Fredriksstad Blad
An empathetic debut. /…/ [The great international] success is undoubtedly due to the great accuracy with which the novel immerses us in Bo’s thoughts.
– Le Monde
I rooted for [Cassi] all the way.
– Daily Mail
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.