Salomonsson Agency Fall 2019€¦ · till minne av en villkorslös kärlek (in Memory of an...

Fall 2019

L i t e r a r y F i c t i o n

Jonas Gardell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Kaspar colling nielsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Sofia Lundberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

niklas natt och Dag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Sofi oksanen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Matias Faldbakken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

tom Malmquist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Monika Fagerholm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Fredrik Backman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Simon Stålenhag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

n o n - F i c t i o n

Simon Stålenhag & anna Davour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Måns Mosesson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Markus torgeby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Hedvig Montgomery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Frida ramstedt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Hannes råstam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

c r i M e & S U S P e n S e

Sjöwall & Wahlöö . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

anders roslund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Jo nesbø . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

erik axl Sund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Lina Bengtsdotter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Heine Bakkeid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Jørn Lier Host & thomas enger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Katrine engberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Stefan ahnhem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Lars Kepler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Stina Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

arne Dahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Jørn Lier Horst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

yrsa Sigurdardóttir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Kristina ohlsson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

anne Holt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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till minne av en villkorslös kärlek (in Memory of an Unconditional Love)

Jonas Gardell (b. 1963) is one of the greatest and most distinctive voices in Swedish literature today. Since

his literary debut in 1985, the novelist, playwright, screenwriter and comedian Gardell has time and again

mesmerized the reading audience with moving, stylistically immaculate prose that ricochets off the page.

His unique mixture of humor and heartbreaking episodes fetched from his own life as a member of the

LGBTQ community has made Gardell a trendsetting authorship in Scandinavia. Deeply personal, utterly

unfazed by taboos, and with a humor you can’t guard against, he is finally back with the national No. 1

bestseller, In Memory of an Unconditional Love.


In Memory of an Unconditional Love is the story of the (in fiction) late author

Jonas Gardell and his family. A family that is much like any other, except

perhaps for the creative way in which it handles weakness. In the Gardell

family, secrets and unwanted truths have a tendency to change shape,

transforming into legends that – much like a skillfully executed magic trick –

dazzle the eye with a prettier truth.

The best teller of such legends was without a doubt Ingegärd Rasmussen, Jonas’ loving mother. The eccentric Free Church-raised

Ingegärd, born in the not-so-roaring Swedish twenties, was a woman surrounded on all sides by obstacles dictating what a woman

should be. The intrepid Ingegärd took on these ideas, and indeed the world, with the fierce battle cry, “I must be free!”

Ingegärd joins forces with Bertil, a man of the future. Together the two dreamers will face twentieth century Sweden, a rapidly

changing nation. But their life together nearly comes to an end when Ingegärd almost dies while giving birth to their youngest child,

Jonas. Looking down at the helpless bundle in her arms, she realizes that she must survive for the poor child’s sake. Then and there,

mother and son form a pact that’s never to be broken.

In Memory of an Unconditional Love is a novel of epic love, solidarity and betrayal as much as it is a portrait of a bewildering yet endlessly

charming woman. Written with an irrepressible joy and humor, it sparkles even as it cuts deep into life’s most painful moments.

Reading material Swedish edition (551 pp) and a full English translation.

• No. 1 National Bestseller

• The most sold literary novel of 2018 in Sweden

• More than 75 000 copies sold in Sweden alone

• Shortlisted for the Storytel Awards 2018 for ‘Best Fiction’

• Shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award 2019 in Sweden

Jonas Gardell

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Denmark, Turbine

Finland, Johnny Kniga

Norway, Vigmostad & Bjørke

Sweden, Norstedts

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[Jonas Gardell] is one of our country’s most important authors; the way in

which [he] tells a story is wonderful and necessary. What i feel for [his]

book is nothing more and nothing less than unconditional love.”

SvenSka DagblaDet (Sweden)“

Kaspar colling nielsen


Kaspar Colling Nielsen (b. 1974) is celebrated as one of the most original voices of contemporary Danish

fiction. With a style characterized by imaginative and tragicomic tales about life’s existential conditions and

dilemmas he has made a permanent mark on the Danish literary scene. Born and raised in Copenhagen, he

made his literary debut with the critically acclaimed Mount Copenhagen, for which he was awarded the Danske

Bank First Book Award. In 2017, Colling Nielsen won the Holberg Medal, one of the most prestigious

literary awards in Denmark.

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In When the Dinosaurs Were Little, Kaspar Colling Nielsen returns to the

narrative which made him a star on the literary sky. The universe in his stories

is as multi-layered and transmutable as ever, giving the reader insight into a

spectrum of topics stretching from that of the origins of dinosaurs, to the impact of surveillance drones on

individuals.

In this collection of short stories, Colling Nielsen guides us through the history of the world – everything that we

thought we knew, and everything that we do not. For example: that a girl’s genitals can talk, eat cheese doodles, and turn pretty

aggressive. Or, that a plumber might have good use of his experiences from a past life as a native American when repairing a

locomotive. Or, that the instinct for violence can be ignited even in the most peaceful family father on a summer day. In these tales,

there exist no limits for how an identity can be molded: all transformations are possible, and both heaven and hell are within reach.

Reading material: Danish edition (242 pp).

Rights sold

Denmark, Gyldendal

Dengang dinosaurerne var små (When the Dinosaurs Were Little)

On the Danish island of Lolland, a group of internationally renowned

scientists and entrepreneurs found a new community for the affluent, aiming

to combine the most idyllic and attractive elements of the old world with the

latest developments in technology. In this drone-patrolled countryside

paradise now lives gallery owner Stig, his wife, the brain scientist Elisabeth,

their idealistic daughter, Emma, and the painter Christian.

The European Spring is a grotesque and provocative story about freedom, equality and community

set in a near future that is all at once unthinkable, alarming and attractive.

Reading material: Danish edition (352 pp) and a full English translation.

• Shortlisted for the Prix du Livre Inter 2019 in France

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Croatia, Hena Com

Czech Republic, Zlin

Denmark, Gyldendal

Estonia, Varrak

Finland, Aula

France, Calmann-Lévy

Germany, Heyne

Lithuania, LWU

Norway, Cappelen Damm

Sweden, Mondial

Det europæiske forår (the european Spring)

i thought [The European Spring] was really good. /…/ there are other similarities [between us]. Like the fact that

[colling nielsen] likes to make up stories. in The European Spring he dreams up works of art. as have i, quite often.

/…/ there’s another thing he is good at, one that i myself am pretty skilled at as well. it’s rather subtle: to place real

facts, very probable facts, and facts that are much less probable, on the same level.”

Michel houellebecq“

och eken står där än (Where the oak Still Stands)

Sofia Lundberg (b. 1974), a journalist and former magazine editor, made her debut with the word-of-mouth

sensation The Red Address Book. Lauded by critics for her ability to sweep readers off their feet and take

them on journeys through time and space, love and loss, Lundberg is the shining new star of heartwarming

– and heart-wrenching – Scandinavian fiction.


A difficult divorce has left Esther adrift and the weekends without her son are

painfully lonely. Every other Saturday she goes to an old oak tree in a meadow

by the water. One day, Ruth is there waiting for her – an older lady with a

wonderful ability to focus on everything that’s beautiful in life. As Ruth

recounts her youth, Esther can’t help but be fascinated by her stories. An unexpected and steadfast friendship

blossoms between the two women. But everything isn’t as it seems. What secrets are Ruth hiding? The search for

answers takes Esther all the way to Italy and Lake Como, where she begins to see that there is far more to Ruth than she ever let on.

Sofia Lundberg’s Where the Oak Still Stands is a gripping novel about longing, guilt, undying friendship, and finding oneself again after

a destructive relationship.

Reading material Swedish edition (333 pp).

Sofia Lundberg

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Finland, Otava


Sweden, Forum

“Sofia Lundberg has done it again. She has written a book

that affects, captivates and compels its readers to ponder

the difficult questions in life. /…/ Where the Oak Still

Stands can be described with a single word: Magical.”

blekinge lÄnS tiDning (Sweden)

“one of the most beautiful novels i’ve read this year. /…/

[Where the Oak Still Stands] is exquisite, [Sofia Lundberg]

perfectly captures the joy in newfound friendships – no

matter at what age.”

SveRigeS RaDio (Sweden)

“tragic, hope-instilling, inspiring. [Where the Oak Still

Stands] has so many layers, so many emotions. i feel like

this story will stay with me for a long time. /…/ if you don’t

read it, you’ll be missing out on a truly engaging story.”

boktokig (Sweden)

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Den röda adressboken (the red address Book)


Life is a string of meetings, each one like a pearl on a necklace. We meet and love, we part

ways and reunite, we share in joy and defeat, and we have our hearts broken.

96-year-old Doris has had the same address book since 1928. The little red

book holds her very own pearl necklace, the people she has met and loved

throughout her life. Now Doris lives alone in an apartment in central

Stockholm. Most of the names in her book are crossed over, gone from this

world, and her only visitors are from the home care. Doris’ greatest source of joy are the calls

from her grandniece Jenny on the other side of the Atlantic. One day Doris begins to write

down the story of how she met the people that shaped her life, so that Jenny, who will be the

only one to remember Doris, will be able to share her most precious possession: her memories.

Reading material Swedish (288 pp) and English edition.

• International Bestseller

• Shortlisted for the Suomalainen kirjakauppa Book of the Year Award 2018 in Finland

• Shortlisted for LovelyBooks’ Der Leserpreis 2018 in Germany

• Shortlisted for a Prix des lecteurs Plume Libre 2019 in France

Rights sold

Albania, IDC Publishing

Brazil, Globo

Bulgaria, Hermes

China, Beijing Xiron (Simplified)

Croatia, Mozaik

Czech Republic, Euromedia

Denmark, People’sPress

Estonia, Eesti Raamat

Finland, Otava

France, Calmann-Lévy

Germany, Goldmann

Greece, Dioptra

Hungary, Alexandra

Iceland, Bjartur & Veröld

Israel, Modan

Italy, DeA Planeta

Korea, Moonye

Latvia, Zvaigzne ABC

Lithuania, Baltos Lankos

Macedonia, Antolog

Netherlands, Ambo Anthos


Poland, W.A.B.

Portugal, Porto

Romania, Litera

Russia, Ripol

Serbia, Laguna

Slovakia, Ikar

Spain, HarperCollins

Sweden, Forum

Taiwan, Spring Intl (Complex)

Turkey, Monokl

Ukraine, Nora-Druk

UK, The Borough Press

US, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“in a reader’s lifetime, there are a few books that will

be companions forever. For me, The Red Address

Book is one of them. it will comfort you, and remind

you of all the moments when you grabbed life with

both hands. it is also an homage to the wisdom of

women who have lived longer than most of us. one

is never too old to learn that love is the only meaning

of life — let’s listen to these women.”

nina geoRge

“Doris’s life story is magnetic, and it’s her strong personality and pearls of wisdom

[...] that drive the book. /.../ Fans of Fredrik backman will find much to like here.”

PubliSheRS WeeklY (US)

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1794 (1794)

Niklas Natt och Dag (b. 1979) debuted as an author with the historical literary novel The Wolf and the

Watchman. Natt och Dag himself has an undeniable connection to Swedish history, being a member of the

oldest surviving noble family in Sweden. When he isn’t writing or reading, Natt och Dag enjoys playing the

guitar, mandolin, violin, or the Japanese bamboo flute, shakuhachi.

Niklas Natt och Dag lives in Stockholm with his wife and their two sons.


The year is 1794. A mother mourns her daughter, killed on her wedding night.

When no one will listen to her suspicions, she begs the aid of the only one

left: a one-armed watchman grieving his dead friend. In a hospital on the

outskirts of the same city, Stockholm, a young nobleman agonizes over the

horrific crime he is accused of.

In 1794, the second installment of Niklas Natt och Dag’s historical noir

trilogy, the reader is reunited with Mickel Cardell, Anna Stina Knapp, and the bustling, rotten

world of the late 18th century. Stockholm is about to see its darkest days yet as veneers crack

and the splendor of old gives way to the darkness hiding in the city’s nooks and crannies.

Reading material Swedish edition (508 pp).


niklas natt och Dag

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Canada, Simon & Schuster

Croatia, Fraktura


France, Sonatine

Germany, Piper

Greece, Metaixmio

Japan, Shogakukan

Netherlands, Prometheus


Romania, Litera

Russia, Ripol

Slovakia, Tatran

Spain, Salamandra

Sweden, Forum

UK, John Murray

US, Atria

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niklas natt och Dag spellbinds readers with his 18th century depiction.

/.../ What makes one keep reading is the highly moral story set in this

morally decayed world which niklas natt och Dag portrays. in the midst

of all that darkness, there remains a fluttering light to guide you.”

geFle DagblaD (Sweden)“

1793 (the Wolf and the Watchman)


The year is 1793. More than a year has passed since the death of King Gustav

III of Sweden and the nation is ruled with an iron fist by lord of the realm

Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm. In the wake of the old king’s passing, trust has

turned into a sparse commodity. Paranoia and whispered conspiracies can be

found at every corner.

A mutilated body is discovered in the malodorous waters of Fatburen Lake on

the island of Södermalm. Missing both its legs and arms, the body has been disfigured beyond

recognition. Though Cecil Winge at the Stockholm Police is himself marked for an early death

by consumption, he takes on the case of solving the mystery of the Fatburen corpse. Cecil soon

finds himself entangled in a web of dark secrets and boundless evil, a web with threads reaching

all the way to the upper echelons of Stockholm society.

In his debut novel The Wolf and the Watchman, Niklas Natt och Dag paints a compelling portrait

of late 18th century Stockholm. Through the eyes of the novel’s four narrators the powdered

and painted veneer of the era is peeled back to reveal the frightful yet fascinating reality hidden

beyond the dry facts of history texts. With one foot firmly planted in literary tradition and the

other in hardboiled suspense literature, Natt och Dag has with The Wolf and the Watchman created

an entirely new genre of suggestive and realistic historical noir.


• No. 1 International Bestseller


• Awarded the Book of the Year Award 2018 in Sweden

• Awarded the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award 2017 for ‘Best Debut of the Year’

• Awarded the Crimetime Specsavers Award 2018 for ‘Crime Debut of the Year’

• Awarded the Storytel Award 2019 ‘Best Novel’

• Shortlisted for the Norway’s Golden Bullet Award 2019

• Shortlisted for Russia’s LiveLib Readers’ Choice Awards 2018 for ‘Best Crime Novel’

• Longlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

Rights sold

Brazil, Intrínseca

Bulgaria, Uniscorp


Catalonia, Empúries

China, Beijing Mediatime (Simplified)

Croatia, Fraktura

Czech Republic, Argo

Denmark, Rosinante



France, Sonatine

Germany, Piper

Greece, Metaixmio

Hungary, Alexandra

Iceland, Forlagi∂

Italy, Einaudi

Japan, Shogakukan

Korea, Sejong


Lithuania, Alma littera



Poland, Sonia Draga

Portugal, Penguin Random House

Romania, Litera

Russia, Ripol

Serbia, Samizdat

Slovakia, Tatran

Spain, Salamandra

Sweden, Forum

Taiwan, Fantasy Foundation (Complex)

Turkey, Dogan Egmont

Ukraine, Ranok

UK, John Murray

US, Atria

For Stieg larsson fans, a new voice – and an even darker side of Sweden. it’s early to be

pegging the year’s best books, but The Wolf and the Watchman, niklas natt och Dag’s stunning

debut, is sure to be one of them. /…/ Like eco’s novel [The Name of the Rose], The Wolf and

the Watchman is a cerebral, immersive page-turner whose detective is a rationalist trapped in a

world ruled by superstition. /…/ [it has] a moral heft reminiscent of works by graham greene.”

WaShingon PoSt (US)

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Brawny, bloody, intricate, enthralling – and the

best historical thriller i’ve read in twenty years.”

a J Finn“

In Sofi Oksanen’s The Dog Park, modern-day Helsinki intertwines with the past

of Ukraine’s post-Soviet independence. The corruption of the East meets and

feeds the greed of the West, and at this intersection stand two women. Their

story of loyalty, love and broken trust play out against a backdrop of power

struggles – between influential families, and between the sexes as the lifegiving

ability of the female body becomes a lucrative commodity.

Oksanen moves between psychological thriller and the acutely human as she weaves a

captivating narrative about a woman unable to escape the memory of her lost child, the powers

that still hunt her, and the lies that saved her life. Sharply observant and a master of portraits,

this time Oksanen turns her eye to the fertility business, illustrating the micro-realities of the

international baby-making factories.

Reading material: Finnish edition (405 pp) and an English sample translation.


Koirapuisto (the Dog Park)

One of the most awarded literary authors in Scandinavia and translated into more than 40 languages, Finnish-Estonian novelist and

playwright Sofi Oksanen (b. 1977) is an icon of her field. Called a “literary phenomenon” by The Times, Oksanen has since her

international breakthrough novel, Purge, proved time and again that she is a mistress of human drama, incorporating historical and

contemporary issues that move the reader. She is the recepient of some of the most prestigious literary awards in Europe, including

The Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, The Budapest Grand Prize, The Nordic Council’s Literature Prize, The Prix du

Roman Fnac, The Prix Femina Étranger and The European Book Prize.

The Dog Park is Oksanen’s sixth novel.


Sofi oksanen

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Denmark, Rosinante

Estonia, Varrak

Finland, Like

France, Stock

Germany, Kiepenheuer & Witsch

Hungary, Scolar

Iceland, Forlagi∂

Lithuania, LWU


Norway, Oktober

Poland, Znak Literanova

Romania, Polirom

Spain, Salamandra

Sweden, Albert Bonniers

US, Knopf

The Dog Park is one of the most breath-taking novels

of the fall. /.../ when [Sofi oksanen] succeeds, her

readers are blessed with something larger than life.

With [The Dog Park], [oksanen] truly does triumph.

[The Dog Park] is an incredible mixture of love, fear,

violence, oppression, hopes, and disappointments.”

★★★★★

kainuun SanoMat (Finland)

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Vi er fem (We are Five)

Matias Faldbakken (b. 1973) is one of Norway’s most critically acclaimed visual artists and writers. He is

represented by some of the best contemporary art galleries in the world, including Paula Cooper Gallery

(New York), Simon Lee Gallery (London), Galerie Eva Presenhuber (Zürich), Galerie NEU (Berlin) and

Standard (Oslo). Matias Faldbakken is the author of the highly successful Scandinavian Misanthropy trilogy,

written under the pen-name Abo Rasul and hailed as one of the most exciting and original literary projects

in contemporary Scandinavian fiction. The Hills was Faldbakken’s first novel in nine years and the very first

he wrote under his own name. His highly anticipated follow-up, We Are Five, will be published in Fall 2019.


On a barren plot of land three hours north of the Norwegian capital lives

Tormod Blystad, his wife Siv, and their two children. Having left his wild years

behind him, Tormod is now a dependable and trustworthy family man. But,

as in every family, some spaces have yet to be filled. Cue the arrival of

Snusken, the new family dog. When Snusken dies, he leaves behind a vacuum that must be filled. And so one night,

Tormod finds himself in front of the pug mill in the garage, mixing red clay and fertilizer. Unknowing to him, his

efforts will trigger powerful forces of which he does not yet know the scope.

Matias Faldbakken’s We Are Five is a sharply observant, unconventional and entertaining novel, blending adventure, horror, mythology

and science fiction with a hefty dose of raw realism. As unique as Faldbakken’s art, it displays an authorship with an inimitable point

of view and ability to execute it.

Reading material: Norwegian edition (288 pp) and a full English translation.

• Publication date: October 18th, 2019

Matias Faldbakken

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Germany, Heyne

Norway, Oktober

“Having successfully published Matias Faldbakken’s work in Germany since 2005, we are more

than thrilled to continue with him with his new novel. not only is Matias a brilliant writer of highly

original fiction, he is also a joy to work with. and he keeps surprising us with intelligent and

elegantly written stories and ideas. and his new novel might be his best so far. it is both moving

and human, then again full of vision and thought-provoking views on modern society. and Matias

is a master of drawing complex characters, both vivid and authentic. His portrayal of family life is

masterful. this surely is a work that will be up for awards. We are very happy to have him on our list.”

MaRkuS naegele

Publishing Director, heyne hardcore/encore

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the Hills (the Hills)


The restaurant The Hills stands at the center of Matias Faldbakken’s novel, a

story of waiters and regulars, chandeliers and cloakroom attendants,

mezzanines and storage cellars, bar managers and in-house pianists. It’s a

continental interior that greets the visitor as they enter the premises, a

downtrodden mosaic of concentric circles on the floor and walls covered in

portraits, drawings, paintings and stamps. The one who guides the reader

through this landscape is a waiter at the establishment, a veteran of thirteen years. With utter

discretion and a complete knowledge of all that goes on in his domain, he is the eyes and ears

of the novel.

The ideas and ambience of old Europe are carefully guarded at the run-down restaurant. A well-

established order wherein everything has its place rules, and little to nothing of the outside

world intrudes. Until the threat of unrest and change comes anyway, in the innocuous form of

a young woman quietly taking a seat among the regulars.

The Hills is an unexpected, smart and entertaining novel about collapsing structures and a world

caught somewhere between diligence and decay. Matias Faldbakken possesses a rare talent for

observation and an uncompromising eye for detail and humor as he pushes the performances of the novel to the point of absurdity,

and does so in a manner that evokes a sense of unease as well as gravity.

Reading material Norwegian (240 pp) and English edition.

• Awarded the ITB BuchAward 2019

• Shortlisted for the Brage Prize 2017

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Croatia, Fraktura


Denmark, Rosinante

France, Fayard

Germany, Heyne

Italy, Ponte alle Grazie

Netherlands, Meulenhoff Boekerij

Norway, Oktober

Russia, Corpus

Slovakia, Albatros

Spain, Duomo

Sweden, Mondial

Turkey, Timas

UK, Doubleday

US, Scout Press

“Faldbakken has a way with nonaction. He builds a delicious tension between the paucity of

events and the lavishness of the technique with which they are described. His waiter, though

taciturn while on duty, is a chatterbox as a narrator, providing a busy, intricate analysis until

each minor stumble achieves seismic status. Played in slow motion, his malfunctions

unspool as slapstick with an undertow of dread. as the story moves along, the waiter loses

his sense of who he is and what he’s supposed to be doing so completely that he starts to

seem like a man who could do anything. He’s like travis bickle played by buster keaton.”

neW YoRk tiMeS (US)

“Bringing to mind Mervyn Peake and Wes anderson, with some of nathanael

West’s deadpan grotesque, this is a beguiling, quirky entertainment.”

kiRkuS RevieWS (US) *Starred review*

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all den luft som omger oss (all the air that Surrounds Us)

Tom Malmquist (b. 1978) is the author of In Every Moment We Are Still Alive, the bestselling novel that took

the literary world by storm, and redefined what it means to write about love, longing and loss. A highly

acclaimed poet, Malmquist had already been published twice before his first work of prose reached the

reading audience and critics. Hailed as a “furiously beautiful” masterpiece by the press, In Every Moment We

Are Still Alive became the recipient of several of Sweden’s most prestigious literary awards.

All the Air That Surrounds Us is Malmquist’s second full-length work to date.


All the Air That Surrounds Us is a haunting deep dive into an unsolved murder

and the hidden killers behind it: loneliness and alienation. With a vibrating and

sensitive prose, Malmquist uncovers the story of Mikael K, a young man

whose life was brutally ended in a cave one night in 1991. When Tom finds an

old newspaper notice about the murder, he’s instantly pulled back in time to

his childhood, and as he starts to investigate what really happened to Mikael

K, Tom begins to see parallels to his own life. The case turns into an obsession. Who was Mikael

K? And why did he have to die?

Reading material: Swedish edition (288 pp) and a full English translation.

• Listed as one of 2019’s not-to-be-missed cultural events by Sweden’s leading newspaper, Dagens

Nyheter.

tom Malmquist

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Czech Republic, Bookmedia

Denmark, C&K


Finland, Schildts & Söderströms

France, Noir Sur Blanc

Italy, NN Editore

Norway, Gyldendal

Portugal, Porto

Serbia, Booka


“those who have read Paul auster will feel a sense of recognition, not only in

Malmquist’s investigative approach, but the existential void that suggestively

appears between the lines, a void that to me also seems to be the novel’s foremost

motif and fuel. /.../ Kafkaesque-spooky.”

aFtonblaDet (Sweden)

“an impressive study of masculinity and violence. /…/ the first half of All the Air That

Surrounds Us is set up like a crime novel, and a very suspenseful one at that. /…/

throughout the whole novel [tom Malmquist] shows an impressive authority as a

writer, and sense for explicit details.”

exPReSSen (Sweden)

“Malmquist’s old newspaper find has been turned into a poignant novel. /…/ an

existential page-turner. /…/ [Malmquist’s] narrative style is unadorned and

unsentimental, yet noticeably literary. All the Air That Surrounds Us is therefore just

as much a novel as it is a memoir or a ‘true crime’ piece; an utterly heart-breaking

work about life and death. about death’s brutality when it snatches loved ones from

us without our consent, but also the hopeful moments in which we can choose life.”

SvenSka DagblaDet (Sweden)

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Vem dödade bambi? (Who Killed Bambi?)

Finnish-Swedish Monika Fagerholm (b. 1961) has received the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, the

August Prize and the Runeberg Award, among many others, and is regarded as one of Scandinavia’s

finest literary authors. Her highly musical and literary prose, rich with local mannerisms, literary allusions

and repetitions in a fugue style, in combination with her deep love and understanding of popular music as

a mythical foundation in the lives of teenagers, makes her an outstanding artist. She is one of the truly

original interpreters and chroniclers of our common cultural heritage of the past forty years.


Saga-Lill and Emmy have known each other since childhood but are at vastly

different places in their lives: Emmy is a young mother and married to Mats,

an older investment consultant. Saga-Lill is a former theology student who has

lost her footing. Then there is Gusten Gripe, their friend who grew up in the

polished suburb where the greater part of the story takes place in. But beneath

the surface, the suburb is hiding an old wound: a brutal gang rape that took

place in the house by the lake, the “Crow’s Ship.” Once the home of the affluent Häggert family,

it now houses the only remaining son Nathan.

The violent incident is a thing of the past. The four perpetrators, “the boys,” were all sons of the community. But suddenly Cosmo

Brant, the entrepreneur, returns to the area to make a film about the crime. He wants to call it “Who Killed Bambi?”.

Monika Fagerholm is finally back with Who Killed Bambi?, a novel about female friendship and rivalry, boys at the mercy of each other,

and families breaking apart. This is a novel about careless living, and the death of innocence.

Reading material: Swedish edition (218 pp) and an English sample translation.

• No. 1 on Dagens Nyheter’s and Svenska Dagbladet’s critics’ lists

Monika Fagerholm

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Denmark, Turbine

Finland, Förlaget (Swedish)

Finland, Teos (Finnish)

France, Gallimard

Norway, Oktober


“an intricate novel characterized by a quiet rage. it’s a great

author that knows how to generate such linguistic energy.”

DagenS nYheteR (Sweden)

“it’s as if Fagerholm’s writing has given physical form to a

typical community; it’s devilishly skillful.”

exPReSSen (Sweden)

“the fantastic and fairy tale-like goes hand in hand with the

horrific in a tale wherein Fagerholm shows how destructive it

can be to wrap oneself in sorrow and pain, for the individual

as well as a community at large.”

Yle (Sweden)

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Folk med ångest (anxious People)

Fredrik Backman (b. 1981), made his literary debut in 2012 with the global sensation A Man Called Ove.

Wickedly funny, touching and wise, Fredrik Backman’s novels are odysseys of the ordinary man and

woman, and stunningly moving tales of everyday courage. To date Fredrik Backman has written six highly

acclaimed novels, two heartfelt novellas about life and love, and one non-fiction book about parenthood.

His books have sold more than 12 million copies in 46 languages. The film adaptation of A Man Called Ove

was nominated for two Academy Awards, and will be remade into an American version starring Tom

Hanks.


Anxious People is an unreasonably riotous comedy about a hostage drama

during an open house. A failed bank robber locks themselves in with an over-

enthusiastic real estate agent, two bitter IKEA-addicts, a pregnant woman, a

suicidal multi-millionaire and a damn rabbit. In the end the robber gives up

and lets everyone go, but when the police storm the apartment it is… empty.

In a series of dysfunctional testimonies afterwards, the witnesses all tell their

version of what really happened, whereupon a classic puzzle mystery develops around the

questions: How did the robber manage to escape? Why is everyone so angry? And: What is

WRONG with people these days?



Fredrik Backman

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Bulgaria, Ciela


China, Guomai (Simplified Chinese)

Czech Republic, Host


Estonia, Varrak


Germany, Goldmann

Greece, Kedros

Hungary, Animus


Italy, Mondadori

Korea, Dasan

Netherlands, Volt


Romania, Editura Art

Russia, Sindbad

Serbia, Laguna

Slovakia, Ikar

Slovenia, Mladinska


Sweden, Forum

UK, Michael Joseph

US, Atria

Film & TV rights

Sweden, FLX/Netflix

“Fredrik Backman is great at relatability. /…/ it’s the tone that

makes Backman so extraordinary, a tone that balances between

despair and reconciliation. He never ceases to make everyday

observations that puts words to our shortcomings and add spice

in the form of humor in surprising twists. yet he’s able to convey

hope; there’s always a hand to hold, a lifesaving community for

the abandoned. /…/ Fredrik Backman is one of the few

contemporary authors who is able to portray male loneliness.”


“an absolutely delightful story. /…/ Fredrik Backman is a comedian at heart. you can tell from his

drastic and charged way of expressing himself. He captures small and big truths with unexpected

examples. /…/ Fredrik Backman is a phenomenon. /…/ He speaks to his readers through practically

fairy tale-like stories. yet it feels like he is whispering secrets in your ear. it is as if he has cracked the

code that all writers look for, usually in vain; he knows the importance of having a sense of urgency.”

SYDSvenSkan (Sweden)

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Saker min son behöver veta om världen (things My Son needs to Know about the World)

To my son. I ask your forgiveness already now. For everything I’m going to do wrong. For

everything I’m not going to get. For the minibus. For the shorts. For the “Beer built this

beautiful body” T-shirt. For trying to high-five your friends. This book is for you. A book

about the things I think you need to know about the world. About soccer, IKEA, being a

man, God, and deep-fried Snickers ice cream. About missing car keys and why daddy had

to kill the singing plastic giraffe.

Most of all it is a book about trying to be a good parent. Because I want you to know that I really did the best

I could.

No one googled more than I.

Things My Son Needs to Know About the World is a father’s floundering attempt to explain the world

to a two-year-old. Fredrik Backman humorously strips away all the anxieties and shortcomings

of the 21st century parent in this charming book full of honest fears and unconditional

declarations of love that go straight to the heart.

Reading material: Swedish (201 pp) and English edition.


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Bulgaria, Ciela


China, Guomai (Simplified Chinese)

Croatia, Fokus

Czech, Host


Germany, Fischer

Hungary, Animus

Italy, Mondadori

Korea, Dasan

Netherlands, Volt


Russia, Sindbad


Sweden, Forum

Taiwan, Ten Points

UK, Michael Joseph

US, Atria

“Delightful, thoughtful essays on

fatherhood… Parents, especially

fathers, will appreciate Backman’s

witty and touching lessons.”

PubliSheRS WeeklY (US)

“each chapter is filled with Backman’s dry wit and brutal honesty, but behind all of the humor is real,

heartfelt sentiment and poignant advice. this will make readers laugh out loud, but new fathers

discovering the ups and downs of parenting will especially relate to this hilarious account of fatherhood.”

bookliSt (US)

“Splendidly entertaining…readers will find all the humor, profound insight and compassion that make his

fiction so irresistible. one needn't be a father—or even a parent—to treasure this collection. as with all

of his previous work, Backman artfully crafts his words to touch each person both individually and universally.”

ShelF aWaReneSS (US)

“Backman’s wit and candor shine as

he turns mundane errands, such as

couch shopping, into tender musings

chased by sharp humor.”

WaShington PoSt (US)

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Vi mot er (Us against you – Beartown #2)


A small community tucked deep in the forest, Beartown is home to tough,

hardworking people who don’t expect life to be easy or fair. No matter how

difficult times get, they’ve always been able to take pride in their local ice

hockey team. So it’s a cruel blow when they hear that Beartown ice hockey

might soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction that

all the former Beartown players, who now play for a rival team in the

neighboring town of Hed, take in that fact. As the tension mounts between the two adversaries,

a newcomer arrives and Beartown hockey gets a surprising new coach and a chance at a

comeback.

Soon, a team starts to take shape around Amat, the fastest player you’ll ever see; Benji, the

intense lone wolf; always dutiful and eager-to-please Bobo; and Vidar, a born-to-be-bad

troublemaker. But bringing this team together proves to be a challenge as old bonds are broken,

new ones are formed, and the town’s enmity with Hed grows more and more acute.

As the big game approaches, the not-so-innocent pranks and incidents between the

communities pile up and their mutual contempt intensifies. By the time the last goal is scored,

a resident of Beartown will be dead, and the people of both towns will be forced to wonder if,

after everything, the game they love can ever return to something as simple as a field of ice, two

nets, and two teams. Us against you.

Us Against You is a declaration of love for all the big and small, bright and dark stories that give

form and color to our communities. With immense compassion and insight, Fredrik Backman

reveals how loyalty, friendship, and kindness can carry a town through its most challenging days.



• More than 130 000 copies sold in Sweden

• More than 140 000 copies sold in the US

• Shortlisted for Goodreads Choice Awards in the US

• Filmlance International currently producing a miniseries for HBO Europe.

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Bulgaria, Ciela



Croatia, Fokus



Finland, Otava

France, Fayard

Germany, Fischer

Hungary, Animus


Israel, Yediot

Italy, Mondadori

Korea, Dasan


Montenegro, Nova knjiga

Netherlands, Volt


Poland, Sonia Draga


Russia, Sindbad

Slovakia, Ikar

Slovenia, Mladinska

Spain, HarperCollins Espanol

Sweden, Forum

Taiwan, Ten Points (Complex)

Ukraine, Knigolove

UK, Michael Joseph

US, Atria

Film & TV rights

Sweden, Filmlance/HBO

“if alexander Mccall Smith’s and Maeve binchy’s novels had a love child,

the result would be the work of Swedish writer Fredrik Backman. /…/ Backman’s

novels have wide appeal, and for good reason. Us Against You takes a lyrical look

at how a community heals, how families recover and how individuals grow.”

WaShington PoSt (US)

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Björnstad (Beartown – Beartown #1)

People say Beartown is finished. A tiny community nestled deep in the forest,

it is slowly losing ground to the ever encroaching trees. But down by the lake

stands an old ice rink, built generations ago by the working men who founded

this town. And in that ice rink is the reason people in Beartown believe

tomorrow will be better than today. Their junior ice hockey team is about to

compete in the national semi-finals, and they actually have a shot at winning.

All the dreams of this place now rest on the shoulders of a handful of teenage boys.

Being responsible for the hopes of an entire town is a heavy burden, and the semi-final match

is the catalyst for a violent act that will leave a young girl traumatized and a town in turmoil.

Accusations are made and, like ripples on a pond, they travel through all of Beartown, leaving

no resident unaffected.

Beartown explores the hopes that bring a small community together, the secrets that tear it apart,

and the courage it takes for an individual to go against the grain. In this story of a small forest

town, Fredrik Backman has found the entire world. Fredrik Backman knows that we are forever

shaped by the places we call home, and in this emotionally powerful, sweetly insightful story, he

explores what can happen when we carry the heavy weight of other people’s dreams on our

shoulders.



• More than 200 000 copies sold in Sweden

• More than 600 000 copies sold in the US

• Shortlisted for the Audie Awards 2018 in the US

• Shortlisted for Der Leserpreis in Germany

• Shortlisted for Goodreads Choice Awards in the US

• Shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award in Sweden

• Selected by Amazon.com as one of the top 20 titles of 2017

• Longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award 2019 in Ireland

• Filmlance International currently producing a miniseries for HBO Europe.

Rights sold

Albania, OMSCA-1

Bulgaria, Ciela



Croatia, Fokus



Finland, Otava

France, Fayard

Germany, Fischer

Hungary, Animus


Israel, Yediot

Italy, Mondadori

Korea, Dasan


Montenegro, Nova knjiga

Netherlands, Volt


Poland, Sonia Draga


Russia, Sindbad

Slovakia, Ikar

Slovenia, Mladinska

Spain, HarperCollins Espanol

Sweden, Forum

Taiwan, Ten Points (Complex)

Ukraine, Knigolove

UK, Michael Joseph

US, Atria

Film & TV rights

Sweden, Filmlance/HBO

“i wasn’t sure i would love a novel centred on hockey – but as with Friday Night Lights

this is actually a story about people – about strength and tribal loyalty and what we

unwittingly do when trying to show our boys how to be men. i utterly believed in the

residents of Beartown, and felt ripped apart by the events in the book.”

JoJo MoYeS

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Passagen (the electric State)

In late 1997, a runaway teenager and her yellow toy robot travel

west through a strange USA, where the ruins of gigantic battle

drones litter the countryside along with the discarded trash of a

high tech consumerist society in decline. As their car nears the

edge of the continent, the world outside the window seems to

unravel at an ever faster pace, as if somewhere beyond the

horizon, the hollow core of civilization has finally caved in.

Simon Stålenhag is the internationally lauded artist and author of Tales from the Loop and Things

from the Flood, the narrative art books that stunned the world with a vision of an alternative

1980’s and 1990’s Scandinavia, where technology has invaded the tranquil landscapes to form

an entirely new universe of the eerie and the nostalgic. Now, Stålenhag turns his unique vision

to America in a new narrative art book: The Electric State.



• An NPR ‘Best Books of 2018’ title in the US

• Voted ‘Illustrated Book of the Year 2018’ by readers of Mir Fantastiki in Russia

• Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in the UK

• Shortlisted for a Locus Award in the US

• Film adaptation to be directed by Andy Muschietti (It) and written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (Captain America: Civil War,

Avengers: Infinity War). Russo Brothers to produce along with Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti.

Rights sold

Brazil, Companhia das Letras

China, Guomai (Simplified)


Denmark, Alvilda


Germany, Fischer

Italy, Mondadori

Japan, Graphic-sha

Korea, Minumsa

Russia, Eksmo

Slovakia, Albatros

Spain, Roca

Sweden, Fria Ligan

Taiwan, Chi Ming (Complex)

UK, Simon & Schuster

US, Atria/Skybound Books

Film & TV rights

US, AGBO

“a jaw-dropping science fiction artbook. /.../ this quiet, sad adventure is an excellent and

visually stunning addition to any graphic novel, art, or science fiction collection.”

PubliSheRS WeeklY (US) *Starred review*

“[a] haunting illustrated novel. /.../ readers of bleak, emotionally rich dystopian science

fiction will be fascinated with the way Stålenhag doles out details – all the way to the

open-ended, heartbreaking conclusion.”

bookliSt (US) *Starred review*

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Simon Stålenhag (b. 1984) is the internationally acclaimed author and artist behind Tales from the Loop, Things

from the Flood, and The Electric State. His highly imaginative images and stories depicting illusive sci-fi

phenomena in mundane, hyper-realistic Scandinavian and American landscapes have made Stålenhag one

of the most sought-after visual storytellers in the world. Tales from the Loop was ranked one of the “10 Best

Dystopias” by The Guardian, along with such works as Franz Kafka’s The Trial and Andrew Niccol’s

Gattaca. Labyrinth is Stålenhag’s highly anticipated fourth book.

Simon Stålenhag


Flodskörden (things from the Flood)

The Loop is closed. Life is slowly returning to normal when the

pastoral countryside is suddenly flooded by dark water from the huge

abandoned underground facility. Rumors spread in classrooms and

schoolyards, stories about the flood and how it has brought something

with it. One thing is clear: the past is not ready to be forgotten.

In Things from the Flood, Simon Stålenhag continues the stories of Tales From The Loop, memories

of a Nordic childhood infused with strange machines and creatures from other dimensions.

The focus has moved from the 80s to the 90s, a decade of great change when the outside world

finally came to Scandinavia.


• National Bestseller

• An eight-part TV series based on Tales from the Loop and Things from the Flood started shooting in April, 2019. Nathaniel Halpern (Legion)

will serve as showrunner and Mark Romanek (Never Let Me Go) will direct the pilot. Produced by Amazon, Fox, and 6th & Idaho, the series will

debut globally on Amazon in more than 200 territories.

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Germany, Fischer

Hungary, Agave

Italy, Mondadori

Japan, Graphic-sha

Russia, Eksmo

Spain, Roca

Sweden, Fria Ligan


US, Design Studio Press (World English)

Film & TV rights

US, Fox/Amazon

Ur varselklotet (tales from the Loop)

Tales from the Loop is a heady journey through fantastical landscapes

eerily similar to our own, where children explore and engage with

abandoned robots, vehicles, machinery large and small, and

dinosaurs and other creatures wander the roads and fields.

Stålenhag’s paintings and stories take place in an alternate version

of Sweden in the 80s and 90s, but primarily in the countryside of Mälaröarna, a string of islands

just west of Stockholm. Tales from the Loop tells of how this technology-infused reality came

about: the development of the Loop, a large particle accelerator, and the side effects that this

massive project had.



• An eight-part TV series based on Tales from the Loop and Things from the Flood started shooting in

April, 2019. Nathaniel Halpern (Legion) will serve as showrunner and Mark Romanek (Never Let Me

Go) will direct the pilot. Produced by Amazon, Fox, and 6th & Idaho, the series will debut globally on Amazon in more than 200 territories.

Rights sold



Germany, Fischer

Hungary, Agave

Italy, Mondadori

Japan, Graphic-sha

Russia, Eksmo

Slovakia, Albatros

Spain, Roca

Sweden, Fria Ligan


US, Design Studio Press (World English)

Film & TV rights

US, Fox/Amazon

“See one of Stålenhag’s pieces once and it will stick to you like tar. Follow you home.

color your dreams. the reality he imagines is infectious. it’ll eat yours whole, and his

robots and dinosaurs and savage, blonde children will become yours, too. /.../ [Simon

Stålenhag’s] writing is simple, small and intimate; his voice affectless and pure.”

nPR (US)

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Simon Stålenhag & anna DavourSimon Stålenhag (b. 1984) is the internationally bestselling author and artist behind

The Electric State, Tales from the Loop and Things from the Flood. Anna Davour (b. 1975)

is a physicist and science journalist at one of Sweden’s most well-respected science

magazines. Images from Deep Time is their first joint work.

Internationally acclaimed artist and author Simon Stålenhag’s

works have spell-bound the world with their portrayals of all-too-

realistic alternative futures and pasts. Now, Stålenhag teams up

with science journalist Anna Davour to explore the prehistoric era

and its creatures.

In Images from Deep Time, everything from dinosaurs to ammonoids come alive in a series of captivating illustrations by Simon

Stålenhag. Initially made for the Swedish Museum of Natural History’s big exhibition on prehistoric creatures, the images have now

for the first time ever been gathered into one printed volume. Accompanying them are newly produced texts by science journalist

Anna Davour – fascinating accounts of the lives of, to us, near mythological beings.

Images from Deep Time is a journey back in time to when dinosaurs roamed the earth and the seas teemed with beasts great and small.

Whether it will be your first encounter with these creatures or a reunion with a childhood obsession, Images from Deep Time is

guaranteed to captivate.


Urtidsbilder (images from Deep time)

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Denmark, Alvilda

Romania, Paralela 45

Russia, Eksmo

Slovakia, Albatros

Sweden, Fria Ligan

“Stålenhag has a way of drawing […] that goes right to my little-boy heart. as it does

with my three-year-old, which isn’t the easiest feat. /…/ the images of this new book

are more than enough to stir the imagination, but the difference is that [this time] it isn’t

Stålenhag’s fantasy, but paleontology and evolutionary research that forms the basis of

the work. it’s crazy how the pictures trigger your imagination in the same way, but

instead of enjoying fantasies, i’m enjoying something which actually existed on earth.

the mind boggles! /…/ anna Davour’s texts work well as spice and context provider

for the pictures. /…/ i hope that this book will be widely ordered by school libraries all

over the world […] since it helps us understand that the earth is worth preserving.”

iStÄlletFöRbokciRkel (Sweden)

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The Authorized Biography

2 0 2 0

Already as a young boy, he was a sensitive and introspective individual who, like many teens,

struggled to find a place for himself. A timid and introverted kid with a unique gift for

“connecting the dots outside the box” and with a great aptitude for technology, he preferred the

computer to going out. He spent hours upon hours in his bedroom, safely shielded behind his

screen-name, mastering the art of online gaming. It was through his exceptional talent and

obsession with computer games that he first discovered music composer programs. There he

found a world on his own conditions, a world where he would feel comfortable and content,

where everything made sense. Little did he know that this was the springboard that would

launch him on his meteoric rise to prominence, leading him to become one of the most

influential composers, DJs and music producers of all time – an era-defining virtuoso in

contemporary pop music.

Tim’s suicide, at the mere age of 28, broke the hearts of millions of people now desperate to

understand the enigma that he was:

On the one hand, a boy in his early twenties living the life most his age desire but could only

dream of: traveling the world in private jets accompanied by an entourage of childhood friends, having millions of fans scream

one’s name in packed arenas, partying with celebrities, having an abundance of money, being surrounded by beautiful girls, staying

in luxury villas, having drinks by infinity pools… In short, Tim had reached the pinnacle of what many define as success and the

dream life.

On the other hand, a humble, fragile and beautiful artistic soul, a young seeker struggling with existential thoughts. Tim

increasingly felt that he wasn’t cut out for the top of the music industry and the expectations and business-machinery that came

with it. He was an extraordinary musical wunderkind who loved his craft but shunned the spotlight and social media, and who

fought to find peace of mind in a society that moves at a freakishly fast pace.

Tim Bergling has become a symbol of the times we live in, a reflection of our constantly plugged-in, exposure-hungry society and

how it fails to protect its own: an utterly important and high-profile example of the youth suicide epidemic that the world is

currently experiencing.

Through the exclusive cooperation with the Bergling family, Måns Mosesson will have access to those closest to Tim – family,

friends and collaborators – from birth and onwards, as well as his text archives such as diaries, notes and essays.

Reading material: Available in Spring 2020.

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Denmark, JP/Politiken

Estonia, Tänapäev


France, Michel Lafon

Germany, Droemer

Hungary, 21. Század

Italy, Mondadori

Netherlands, Kosmos

Norway, Gyldendal

Poland, Znak

Russia, AST

Spain, Salamandra


UK, Little, Brown

US, Little, Brown

avicii (the authorized Biography of tim “avicii” Bergling)


Måns MosessonMåns Mosesson (b. 1983) is an investigative journalist at Sweden’s biggest and most influential newspaper,

Dagens Nyheter. He is the winner of Stora journalistpriset (the Swedish equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize)

in the category ‘Storyteller of the Year’, Ikarospriset in the category ‘Reportage of the Year’ and Prix

Italia in the category ‘Best Documentary’.

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I believe in sleeping outdoors, surrounded by tall fir trees, darkness and cold. Lying on my back and looking up

at the stars, watching my breath form thin clouds. Something happens when you’re surrounded by an infinite room.

Twenty years ago, Markus Torgeby traded his hectic urban lifestyle for the serenity of a small hut in the forests of Jämtland, northern

Sweden. He ended up living there for four years, in solitude and perfect harmony with nature. Today, he and his wife Frida along with

their three children live in a house Markus built with his own hands, near the site where he once survived on nothing but oatmeal,

brook water and the forest’s pantry. Nature is their living room and behind their house stands Markus’ old wilderness hut, where one

can sleep when so inclined.

In Under the Open Skies: A Practical Guide to Living Close to Nature, Markus gives an inspirational account of his and his family’s outdoor

lifestyle and how it has in turn helped them find a balance in life. The book is also brimming with practical advice: Why is reindeer

skin superior to synthetic sleeping mats? How does one most effectively dry a couple of wet socks? Which kind of grass is the gentlest

on your behind when doing your business in the wild?

Under the Open Skies: A Practical Guide to Living Close to Nature is a groundbreaking, everyday-philosophical source of inspiration for

experienced adventurers and wilderness rookies alike.


Rights sold

Sweden, Offside Press

Sova ute (Under the open Skies: a Practical Guide to Living close to nature)


Markus torgebyMarkus Torgeby (b. 1976) is a Swedish marathon and ultrarunner who at age 20 decided to trade urban

life for a hut in the forests of Jämtland, northern Sweden. The ensuing four years of living as a hermit

inspired his bestselling non-fiction phenomenon The Runner along with the newly published wilderness

handbook Under the Open Skies: A Practical Guide to Living Close to Nature. A frequent lecturer at various

organizations and companies, Torgeby nowadays lives with his wife and three children near his old forest

abode.

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After twenty years as a family psychologist, I know that no one is born a good parent. But

I also know that almost everyone can become one – and that everyone can become better. The

role of parent to a child will be the most important role you’ll ever have in your life. It will

demand wisdom, knowledge, lots of courage, and even more self-knowledge. At times it will

demand more of you than you’d ever expect, but the beauty of it all is:

If you become a better parent, you will also become a better person. It’s in other words very

much worth the hard work.

How do you get a happy child? How do you foster confidence? How do you prepare a child for

sad things to come? How angry are you actually allowed to get? Which is the most common

mistake parents make? And what is really the most important job of parents during a child’s

infancy and adolescence?

Parental Magic is a modern-day bible for 21st century parents. In seven easy steps, psychologist

and family therapist Hedvig Montgomery guides parents and guardians towards what everyone

wishes for: children and adults who are content and happy with themselves – also when

together.

Parental Magic is the smart and simple book that will teach you how to become the parent you

wish to be. The Parental Magic series will have five installments.



• On the Norwegian bestseller list for 26 consecutive weeks

• 25 000 copies sold in Norway alone

Rights sold

China, Beijing United (Simplified)

Croatia, Ocean More


Denmark, Akademisk

Estonia, Sinisukk

Germany, Rowohlt

Greece, Metaixmio

Hungary, Partvonal

Israel, Matar

Italy, DeA Planeta



Netherlands, Bruna

Norway, Pilar

Poland, Foksal

Portugal, Presença

Romania, Trei

Russia, Azbooka

Serbia, Vulkan

Slovakia, Ikar

Spain, Grijalbo

Sweden, HarperCollins

Turkey, Domingo

Foreldremagi (Parental Magic)


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Hedvig MontgomeryHedvig Montgomery (b. 1968) is a psychologist and family therapist with more than two decades of

experience in the field. Besides practicing as a family therapist, Montgomery holds seminars at the

Norwegian branch of Famlab, an international organization that supports and educates parents and

guardians. Parental Magic is the fruit of decades of research and practical experience, a small book jam-

packed with wisdom and smart techniques. It’s a modern-day child-rearing bible that will give guardians

worldwide just the tools they need to guide their children – and themselves – to happiness.

“Hedvig Montgomery is the author behind the book that i myself

would have written as a modern version of Your Competent

Child. a book that acknowledges that nordic parents have

learned to take children’s vulnerability, wisdom and responses

seriously. it’s a great pleasure for me to read Parental Magic as it

skips psychological analysis and goes straight to the essence of

what parents need to know in order to experience the complete

joy of the one personal relationship that will last a lifetime.”

JeSPeR Juul

ParentaL MaGic

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5

2–6ÅR

åreneBarnehage-

HEDVIG MONTGOMERY

,, Går rett på essensen av det foreldre trenger å vite. – JESPER JUUL

Syv enkle steg for å lykkes med oppdragelsen i fantasiens tid

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ORSK VERDENSSENSASJO

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SOLGT TIL 23 LAND!

-SERIEN 2020

We know more about interior design today than ever before. Or rather: We

know more about knickknacks, furniture and trends than ever before. By

contrast, we are less familiar with the basic principles behind interior and

styling – what looks good and, most of all, why it looks good. Although we

spend more and more on our homes, it’s surprisingly few that are satisfied

with their renovations and decorating; the ingredients are all there, but there’s

still something missing. How does one go about creating a home that’s functional, balanced and

ultimately you?

Home styling guru Frida Ramstedt, the woman behind the blog that has coached an entire

Scandinavian generation in the art of creating a harmonious home, thinks it is time that we start

thinking about how we ought to decorate, not with what.

In Make Yourself at Home: The Ultimate Guide to Interior Decorating, Frida Ramstedt provides you

with a toolbox of ideas that will rewrite your old notions about interior design and give you the

tools you need to create a home you will love. This interior design book contains no glossy

photos of styled homes – instead it provides you with pedagogic explanations, in both text and

illustrations, of the stylists’ secret tricks, and teaches you basic principles that everyone can

enjoy and find useful no matter what their style or taste.

Reading material: Swedish edition (240 pp) and an English sample translation.


• More than 30 000 copies sold in hardcover in Sweden alone

Rights sold

Bulgaria, Bard

Canada, Appetite

China, Thinkingdom (Simplified Chinese)

Czech Republic, Metafora

Estonia, Sinisukk

Finland, Tammi

France, Flammarion

Germany, Ullstein

Hungary, Libri

Italy, Corbaccio

Japan, Filmart

Korea, Book.People.House


Netherlands, Atlas Contact

Norway, Pilar

Poland, Znak

Portugal, Lua de Papel

Romania, Publica

Russia, CoLibri

Slovakia, Tatran

Spain, Planeta/Zenith

Sweden, Roos & Tegnér

Turkey, Epsilon

UK, Particular Books

US, Clarkson Potter

Handbok i inredning och styling (Make yourself at Home: the Ultimate Guide to interior Decorating)


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Frida ramstedtFrida Ramstedt (b. 1979) is a highly sought-after lecturer in trends, social media and entrepreneurship.

Frida’s sharp sense for trends and style has awarded her prestigious prizes such as the Elle Decoration

Award for ‘Best Interior Design Blog’. She runs Scandinavia’s biggest interior design blog, Trendenser.se,

which has over 200 000 unique visitors per month. Her Instagram account has a staggering 143 000

followers and her Pinterest has over 3 million monthly views.

Thomas Quick has been convicted of eight murders and confessed to an

additional twenty-five. He is widely considered the most ruthless murderer,

rapist and cannibal in Scandinavian history.

In the spring of 2008, investigative journalist Hannes Råstam traveled to Säter,

the mental institution where Thomas Quick was serving a life sentence, to

meet Sweden’s most abominable serial killer in person. It was a meeting that

would have far-reaching consequences for both of them.

After that first, apprehensive meeting, Råstam proceeded to inspect all the documents from the

murder investigations, scrutinize each and every interrogation, and examine Thomas Quick’s

own accounts. He read and reread the verdicts and watched the police reenactments on repeat.

He managed to get access to material that was previously unaccounted for: medical journals

from Säter, the personal logs of police officers, and unseen police reports. Soon, a haunting

uncertainty began to take root in Råstam, and piece by piece, he reconstructed the story of how

Scandinavia’s worst serial killer was created. The answer to the mystery of Thomas Quick

turned out to be more terrifying than the man himself.

Thomas Quick – The Making of a Serial Killer is a real-life thriller about a bizarre personal destiny

and a tragic legal case. It reveals how Thomas Quick was transformed into a serial killer, and how six unanimous trial courts convicted

him of eight murders he didn’t commit.

Besides winning numerous awards, Thomas Quick – The Making of a Serial Killer was a No. 1 national bestseller in Sweden, and a best

selling book – across all genres and categories.



• Awarded the Per Wendel Prize 2012 for ‘Outstanding Achievements in Investigative Journalism’

• Awarded the Golden Spade 2012 for ‘Book of the Year in the Field of Investigative Journalism’

• Awarded the Carnegie Institute Journalism Award 2012

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Czech Republic, Paseka

Denmark, Information


France, Denoël

Germany, Heyne

Italy, Rizzoli

Japan, Hayakawa

Netherlands, Meulenhoff Boekerij

Norway, Aschehoug

Poland, Proszynski

Russia, Eksmo

Spain, Ático de los Libros

Sweden, Ordfront

Thailand, Matichon

UK, Canongate (World English)

Film & TV rights

Sweden, Brain Academy

Fallet thomas Quick (thomas Quick – the Making of a Serial Killer)


Hannes råstamHannes Råstam (1955–2012) was an investigative reporter at SVT (Swedish Public Broadcasting) and

produced several of the most important documentaries to examine the Swedish justice system and police

authorities over the past fifteen years. Råstam was a six-time recipient of the Golden Spade (awarded by the

Association of Investigative Journalists) and won the Great Journalist Award twice (1996 and 2008). Råstam

also won several international broadcasting awards. In 2013, Råstam was posthumously elected ‘Sweden’s

Best Investigative Journalist in 25 Years’ by trade publication Scoop. His book, Thomas Quick – The Making

of a Serial Killer, is an account of the largest judicial scandal in Scandianvian history, which he uncovered.

“it’s appalling, it’s true, and it’s utterly phenomenal reading.”

leiF gW PeRSSon

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Critics have called the ten

Martin Beck novels

among the best in

modern crime fiction.

Translated into 35

languages, they have sold

an estimated ten million

copies. Edgar Award

winning author duo Per

Wahlöö and Maj Sjöwall

had an ambitious goal: to

record the course of

society’s development over a decade. Beginning in 1965, they wrote one 30-chapter mystery every year

for ten years. The ten books were meant to be read as one long 300-chapter novel that amounted to a

dissection of Swedish society. The novel was called The Story of a Crime.

Reading material: Swedish and English editions.

• Introductions to all ten books available from:

Jo Nesbø, Michael Connelly, Jonathan Franzen, Dennis Lehane, Henning Mankell, Val McDermid, Lee Child, Arne Dahl, Lars Kepler, Åsa

Larsson, Liza Marklund, Jens Lapidus, Roslund & Hellström, Leif GW Persson, and Anne Holt.

roman om ett brott (the Story of a crime)

If any crime novels deserve to be called modern classics, it is the ten police proce-

durals about Martin Beck and his colleagues. With them, the Swedish author duo

Maj Sjöwall (b. 1935) and Per Wahlöö (1926-1975), virtually created the modern

detective novel. Written in the 60s and 70s, the decalogue is nothing short of a

national literary treasure, with countless contemporary imitators across the world.

Together, the ten books chronicle the painful creation of modern society.

Sjöwall & Wahlöö


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“a superb series of thrillers.”

lee chilD

“one of the most authentic, gripping and profound collections of police procedurals ever accomplished.”

Michael connellY

“Sjöwall and Wahlöö, beside writers such as Raymond chandler, Dashiell hammett and georges

Simenon, have shaped the genre and the readers’ expectations as to what crime fiction should be.”

Jo neSbø

“one of the series that most inspired me. /…/ they changed the genre. Whoever is

writing crime fiction after these novels is inspired by them in one way or another.”

henning Mankell

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Brazil, Record

Denmark, Modtryk

France, Rivages

Germany, Rowohlt

Israel, Keter

Italy, Sellerio

Japan, Kadokawa

Korea, Munhakdongne

Netherlands, Lebowski

Russia, Azbooka

Spain, RBA (World Spanish)

Sweden, Piratförlaget

Taiwan, Ecus (Complex)

Turkey, Ayriksi

UK, Fourth Estate

US, Vintage (incl. Canada)

Film & TV rights

US, Endeavor Content

Jamåhonleva (Knock Knock)

Anders Roslund (b. 1961) has published ten novels to date as part of the successful writing duos Roslund

& Hellström and Roslund & Thunberg. His books have been read by millions and he is the recipient of

numerous prestigious international awards, including The CWA International Dagger, The Glass Key

and The Konomys Award. Knock Knock is the first novel published under Roslund’s full name.


Five red candles on a cake. Anticipation. How was Zana to know that this day would

change so many people’s lives? All she wanted was to sing “Happy Birthday.”

When Ewert Grens enters the Stockholm apartment, the scent of spoiled

food and something far worse hits his nose. What he sees will stay with him

for years to come. Almost two decades have passed when he finds himself

back at the apartment again. Someone has returned, and is looking for Zana.

It will be a race against time to find her before they do.

Anders Roslund’s bone-chilling Knock Knock is a tale of revenge and treachery, and sees the

iconic duo Grens and Hoffman reunite as the world trembles during three explosive days.

Reading material Swedish (452 pp) and a full English translation.

• No. 1 National Bestseller in all original formats (hardcover, audio and e-book)


anders roslund

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Croatia, Znanje


Denmark, Modtryk


Finland, WSOY

France, Fayard

Germany, Ullstein

Greece, Livanis

Hungary, 21. Század Kiadó

Iceland, Ugla

Israel, Sela

Italy, Einaudi

Netherlands, De Geus


Poland, Albatros

Russia, Eksmo

Serbia, Laguna


UK, Harvill Secker

US, Putnam

Film & TV rights

US, Thunder Road

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that we stand before a new page-turner, told with an

economic and vigorous language, is evident. /…/ clever,

thought-provoking and incredibly well-written. all to the

tunes of a soundtrack of which we just want more.”

SvenSka DagblaDet (Sweden)“Knock Knock is […] a breathtakingly thrilling, heartbreaking story of unscrupulous arms

trading, shootings, and all their underlying causes. and above all, what an upbringing in close

connection with violence and guns can do to a child’s perspective. /…/ this definitely is one

of this year’s best and also most tragic crime reads.”

SkånSka DagblaDet (Sweden)“roslund deservedly belongs among the bestsellers and his novels always live up to a high

standard. [He is an] ambitious wordsmith who is able to carve out an escalating tension that builds

throughout. /…/ [Knock Knock] is among the best this year and rather impossible to put down.”

uPSala nYa tiDning (Sweden)“

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Harry Hole is back on square one. He’s

started drinking again, Rakel has thrown

him out, and he’s back at his old address on

Sofies gate, just in a different apartment.

Waking up to a massive hangover, Harry

looks down to find himself covered in

blood. It’s all over his hands and clothes. He remembers

nothing of the night before. But Harry soon learns that the

worst thing that could ever happen to him has occurred. As

the world comes crashing down around him, Harry will not

only have to face a deadly old foe, but try to survive his own

worst personal hell.

Reading material: Norwegian (520 pp) and English edition.


Rights sold

Brazil, Record

Bulgaria, Emas

Canada, Random House

Catalonia, Proa

China, Booky (Simplified Chinese)

Croatia, Fokus


Denmark, Modtryk

Estonia, Varrak


France, Gallimard

Germany, Ullstein

Greece, Metaixmio

Hungary, Animus

Iceland, Forlagi∂

Israel, Babel

Italy, Einaudi

Korea, Viche



Netherlands, Cargo

Norway, Aschehoug

Poland, Dolnoslaskie

Portugal, Dom Quixote

Romania, Trei

Russia, Inostranka

Serbia, Laguna

Slovakia, Ikar

Slovenia, Mladinska

Spain, Penguin Random House


Taiwan, Azoth (Complex Chinese)

Turkey, Dogan Egmont

UK, Harvill Secker

US, Knopf

Film & TV rights

US, Universal

Kniv (Knife)

“nesbø is the greatest contemporary writer of the thriller.”

neW YoRk tiMeS (US)

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12

Jo Nesbø (b. 1960) is the author of the critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling crime series fea-

turing Police Detective Harry Hole. He is also the author of several stand-alone novels and the Doctor

Proctor series of children’s books. Translated into over 50 languages, Nesbø’s novels have sold more than

45 million copies world wide. He is the recipient of countless international awards and is universally hailed

as one of the finest crime writers in the world.

Jo nesbø

Harry HoLe

“nesbø is one of the best thriller writers

on the planet and Knife may well be his

best novel yet. yes, it’s that good.”

DailY exPReSS (UK)

Sixteen-year-olds Nova and Mercy are in a stolen car, speeding away from the

facility where another young woman has gone missing. The two are being

chased. Maybe they have always been, from day one.

Detective Kevin Jonsson has been handed a new case concerning online sex

trade. He has to find the Puppet Master – a person using false identities to

procure tapes and pictures of young girls. The investigation leads Jonsson to

Nova and Mercy, but also forces him to confront secrets from his own past.

Porcelain Dolls is a dark suspense novel about the side of society most would rather pretend

doesn’t exist. Erik Axl Sund’s latest work is a deep-dive into a merciless Sweden, trafficking, and

the sex industry, but also the story of an undying friendship and hope.

Reading material: Swedish edition (428 pp).

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Denmark, Lindhardt og Ringhof

Estonia, Varrak

Finland, Otava

France, Actes Sud

Germany, Goldmann

Netherlands, Cargo

Poland, Sonia Draga

Russia, Corpus

Serbia, Samizdat

Slovakia, Ikar

Sweden, Ordfront

Dockliv (Porcelain Dolls)

A wave of suicides is washing over Sweden. All around the country, young

people are taking their own lives in the most horrible ways. The only thing

they have in common is a deep interest in the obscure one-man-band Hunger.

Detective Jens Hurtig investigates the tragic and perplexing suicides. Old

cassette tapes have been found in the homes of the dead young people. These

cassettes are home-recorded mix tapes from the 1980's, and it turns out that

all the tapes once belonged to the same woman. What is her connection to the dead young

people? Meanwhile, several murders take place. All the victims are influential men. Later, these

brutal murders will prove to be linked with the suicide wave. And the connection is more

terrifying than anyone could have imagined.

Glass Bodies is a dark thriller about music, art, desires, resignation, hate, love and revenge.

Following the lives of several fragile individuals, this suspenseful crime novel takes the reader

to the darkest corners of the human psyche and shows us how far people can go for Art – no

matter how dreadful and extreme the means might be.


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Estonia, Varrak

Finland, Otava

France, Actes Sud

Germany, Goldmann

Hungary, Libri

Netherlands, Cargo

Poland, Sonia Draga

Russia, Corpus

Serbia, Samizdat

Slovakia, Ikar

Sweden, Ordfront

Glaskroppar (Glass Bodies)


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erik axl SundErik Axl Sund is the pen name of Swedish author duo Jerker Eriksson (b. 1974) and

Håkan Axlander Sundquist (b. 1965). Previously, Håkan has worked as a sound

engineer, musician and artist, and Jerker as the producer of Håkan’s electro punk band

iloveyoubaby! and a prison librarian. The two are now full-time writers, but also run

an art gallery together.

as a fellow author i can only take my hat off and say: Utterly fantastic!”

DaviD lageRcRantz“


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Kråkflickan (the crow Girl)

In a Stockholm city park, police find the tortured body of a youth. Then, they

find two more, and it becomes clear that they are facing an extraordinary

case—and an extraordinarily twisted killer. Detective Superintendent Jeanette

Kihlberg heads the investigation, battling an apathetic prosecutor and a

bureaucratic police force. She turns to the therapist Sofia Zetterlund for her

expertise in psychopathic perpetrators, and under the pressure of the

investigation, their lives become inextricably intertwined. As the two women draw closer to the

truth about the killings, they begin to discover a hideous evil at work, and it’s much closer to

them than they think.

Mesmerizing and explosive, The Crow Girl is a tale of almost unfathomably heinous deeds and

of the catastrophic damage, and the profound need for revenge, left in their wake.




• More than 1,5 million copies sold in Germany alone

• Awarded the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Special Award 2012

Rights sold

Brazil, Companhia das Letras

Canada, Penguin Random House

Catalonia, Empúries

China, Shanghai 99 (Simplified Chinese)



Estonia, Varrak

Finland, Otava

France, Actes Sud

Germany, Goldmann

Hungary, Libri

Israel, Keter

Italy, Corbaccio

Japan, Kodansha


Macedonia, Heart Books

Netherlands, Cargo

Norway, Front

Poland, Sonia Draga

Portugal, Bertrand

Russia, Corpus

Serbia, Samizdat

Slovakia, Ikar

Slovenia, Ucila

Spain, Mondadori (World Spanish)

Sweden, Ordupplaget

Taiwan, Locus (Complex Chinese)

Thailand, Matichon

UK, Harvill Secker

US, Knopf

Film & TV rights

Sweden, Miso

it’s an extraordinary, complex, unpredictable piece of work

that clocks in at over 700 pages! But don’t let the size put

you off — you won’t be able to stop turning the pages.”

neW YoRk PoSt (US)“

Brutal, upsetting and brilliantly written, it is the best crime novel of

the year so far. /.../ the joint authors rage against misogyny and

sexism. they decry child abuse and human trafficking. and,

perhaps most importantly, they tell a brilliant story. this novel is dark

– jet-black dark. /.../ the authors’ biggest triumph, however, is to

make 750 pages whizz past /…/ terse, direct and compelling.”

MetRo (UK)

“

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Detective Inspector Charlie Lang is in the midst of a complicated

investigation in Stockholm when she first hears about Francesca Mild. The

teenage girl vanished in the vicinity of Charlie’s old hometown, Gullspång,

nearly thirty years ago. She soon discovers that not everyone in the community

appreciates her digging in the cold case, and that someone out there is willing

to do whatever it takes to keep the truth from coming out.

Linda Bengtsdotter’s sequel to her bestselling debut For the Missing is a gripping and suggestive

crime novel about loss and vulnerability.



Rights sold

Czech Republic, Grada

Denmark, People'sPress

Estonia, Pegasus

Finland, Otava

France, Marabout

Germany, Penguin


Israel, Kinneret Zmora

Italy, DeA Planeta

Netherlands, HarperCollins

Norway, Gyldendal

Poland, Burda

Russia, AST

Serbia, Vulkan

Slovakia, Grada

Spain, Planeta

Sweden, Forum

UK, Orion (World English)

Francesca (For the Dead)

“it’s a wonderful reading experience, returning to the universe created

by Lina Bengtsdotter. the classical ingredients of dysfunctional family

ties, silenced secrets and destructive deeds are given new shapes in

her intrusive and tender, yet never romanticizing, depiction of a small

community in decay, and all those left behind in it.”

SkånSka DagblaDet (Sweden)

“Both character and milieu depictions are written with great care and the claustrophobic small city feel,

smothering all those that deviate, is so palpable that one can almost touch it. yet one can also smell

the summer aromas, the teen angst, and the total betrayal when the adult world refuses to listen.”

göteboRgS-PoSten (Sweden)

“in a very refined yet empathetic way Lina Bengtsdotter tells a common and, at the same time, oh so

rare tale. the story has great drive to it and the author allows her characters to be human of flesh and

blood. For the Dead is a splendid thriller and a sequel is more than welcome.”

btJ (Sweden)

Lina Bengtsdotter (b. 1977) was raised in the small town of Gullspång, the setting of her lauded Charlie

Lager series. She has a background in teaching within the fields of Swedish and Psychology and started off

her literary career as a short story writer with works published in numerous newspapers in the Nordic countries.

Her full-length debut For the Missing landed her the 2017 Crimetime Specsavers Award for ‘Crime Debut

of the Year’ in Sweden and established a cutting-edge authorship on the world stage, defined by well-crafted

page-turner plotlines and captivating character portrayals.

Lina Bengtsdotter

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On a warm summer’s eve, seventeen-year-old Annabelle goes missing from

the small community of Gullspång. Detective Inspector Charlie Lager is

forced to return to the place she left behind at fourteen to help out with the

investigation of the missing girl. Whilst striving to get to the bottom of who

Annabelle really was and what has happened to her, Charlie makes frightening

discoveries about her own past. And, she is finally made to face her own worst

memory: the time when she let another person die.



• The most sold debut of 2017 in Sweden

• Awarded the Crimetime Specsavers Award 2017 for ‘Crime Debut of the Year’

annabelle (For the Missing)

“a brilliant crime novel. /…/ Like a seductive summer night, with lurking

shadows and treacherous undergrowth. everything is here, even if it’s

not obvious at first glance.”


“this may be the debut novel for Lina Bengtsdotter, but it immediately slots her into the pantheon of Scandi

noir greats. She is a seamstress. She weaves a wonderful, embracing picture of life in a down-at-heel,

dying, remote and rusty, Swedish industrial eyesore; and gradually unpicks the different threads, laying

each out, its sparse clarity giving the reader a myriad of separate storylines. /…/ i will be looking out for

more by Lina Bengtsdotter. For The Missing takes crime fiction to a disturbingly personal, high level.”

ShotSMag (UK)

“a powerful Scandi noir debut by a promising new author. /…/ atmospheric, evocative and with a heroine

who overcomes some of the genre’s clichés, this is a first-class procedural with all shades of grey unveiled

like onion peel as the narrative progresses. With various parallel story strands deepening the mystery

before they all come together in a flurry of unwelcome truths, this makes for an altogether excellent thriller.”

cRiMe tiMe (UK)

“this smash hit Swedish debut breathes new life into a few well-worn

det-fic themes to create a thriller that lingers in the memory.”

SunDaY tiMeS (UK)

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Denmark, People'sPress

Estonia, Pegasus

Finland, Otava

France, Marabout

Germany, Penguin

Greece, Psichogios


Israel, Kinneret Zmora

Italy, DeA Planeta

Netherlands, HarperCollins

Norway, Gyldendal

Poland, Burda

Portugal, Planeta

Russia, AST

Serbia, Vulkan

Slovakia, Grada

Spain, Planeta

Sweden, Forum

Turkey, Epsilon

UK, Orion (World English)

Former interrogation leader Thorkild Aske must return to his roots on

Iceland when his father Ulfur, an environmentalist with a checkered past, is

stricken with cancer. But Ulfur is also in jail: he has been charged with the

murder of his young lover. When Ulfur insists that he is innocent of the

crime, Thorkild and his sister find themselves searching for the truth and the

real killer. Their journey across Iceland and into the murky depths of the past – their own as well as that of Ulfur’s

radical environmentalist group – threatens to lay bare dark secrets best forgotten. The price of the truth will be exacted in lives.

We Shall Not Awaken is the third Thorkild Aske novel, and a true exploration of the gothic and sardonic universe of Heine Bakkeid’s

lauded protagonist.

Reading material: Norwegian edition (480 pp).

Rights sold

Finland, Into Kustannus

France, Les Arènes

Iceland, Ugla

Norway, Aschehoug

Vi skall ikke våkne (We Shall not awaken – thorild aske #3)


Heine BakkeidHeine Bakkeid (b. 1974) grew up in the rugged landscape of Northern Norway, where mist-shrouded

waters meet some of Scandinavia’s most striking mountain formations. Bakkeid made his literary debut

in 2005 when he published a spy novel for young adults. Since then he has gone on to write several novels

for young readers. The acclaimed I Will Miss You Tomorrow – the first installment in the Thorkild Aske

series – was Bakkeid’s first venture into crime fiction, and earned him the critics’ recognition as a virtuoso

of darkly atmospheric suspense. The series’ dark undertones and windswept landscapes are fetched from

Bakkeid’s own native North.

The stormy season is fast approaching when former interrogation leader

Thorkild Aske is released from prison. Having served a three-year sentence

for manslaughter, Thorkild is a pariah among his colleagues: a cop gone bad,

like the men and women he himself used to interrogate while still at the

Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs. Wracked by guilt and relentless

physical pain, Thorkild lets himself be persuaded to travel to a small town in

the remote North in order to find a missing young man, Rasmus Moritzen. Supposedly gone

missing while diving, Rasmus’ disappearance has been written off as a drowning accident by the

local authorities. However the boy’s mother won’t rest till his body has been returned to her.

And so it becomes Thorkild’s job to find the young man, and wrest him back from the sea. But

the windswept island and abandoned lighthouse he finds himself searching are hiding more

secrets than just the location of Rasmus’ remains. And as the winter storm whips the waves into

a frenzy, the body that is washed ashore isn’t that of Rasmus, but a faceless young woman.

I Will Miss You Tomorrow is Heine Bakkeid’s first venture into crime fiction and the first book

about former interrogation leader Thorkild Aske.


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Russia, AST

Slovakia, Premedia

Spain, RBA

Sweden, Massolit

Turkey, Beyaz Baykus

UK, Bloomsbury

Jeg skal savne deg i morgen (i Will Miss you tomorrow – thorild aske #1)

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An explosion rocks the city of Oslo on New Year’s Eve and Norway is put on

terror alert. Among the wounded is someone Alexander Blix knows well.

Ruth-Kristine Smeplass is the mother of 2-year-old Patricia, kidnapped ten

years ago. Blix was heavily involved in the investigation all those years back,

but no trace could be found of the missing girl. As the case gains public

attention once more, news blogger Emma Ramm is intrigued by the unsolved

mystery. Blix and Ramm both set out to penetrate the smoke screen that’s been put up to cover

the truth behind Patricia’s abduction.



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Poland, Smak Slowa


Slovakia, Premedia

Sweden, Wahlström & Widstrand

UK, Orenda

røykteppe (Smoke Screen – Blix & ramm #2)

It’s Oslo in 2018. The former queen of long-distance running Sonja

Nordstrøm never shows at the launch of her controversial autobiography,

Always No. 1. When celebrity blogger Emma Ramm goes to Nordstrøm’s

home later that day, she finds the door unlocked and signs of struggle inside.

A bib number – “1” – has been pinned to the television.

Police officer Alexander Blix still bears the emotional scars of a hostage

situation nineteen years earlier, when he fired his gun and killed the father of a five-year-old girl.

Blix is given the job of heading the missing person investigation. Traces of Nordstrøm soon

show up at different locations, but the timing of the clues’ appearance seems to be carefully

calculated. Is it all part of a greater plan they’re not yet seeing?

Circumstances force Blix and Emma to work together. Both are determined to find and stop

the merciless killer with an obvious taste for the dramatic. He’s hungry for attention and he’s

just gotten his first taste of it…



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Poland, Smak Slowa


Slovakia, Premedia


UK, Orenda

nullpunkt (Death Deserved – Blix & ramm #1)


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Jørn Lier Horst & thomas engerJørn Lier Horst (b. 1970) and Thomas Enger (b. 1973) are the internationally

bestselling Norwegian authors of the William Wisting and Henning Juul series

respectively. A former investigator in the Norwegian police, Horst imbues all his works

with an unparalleled realism and suspense. Enger’s trademark has meanwhile become

a darkly gritty voice paired with key social messages and tight plotting. Together they

have co-written the lauded and bestselling Blix & Ramm series.

It is a beautiful day in April when 15-year-old Oscar disappears. A typical

neglected middle child, Oscar is initially thought to have run away from home.

But the police cannot ignore the signs pointing to something more sinister.

Has the teen been taken against his will? The police have only one piece of

evidence to lead them to where he is: an ambiguous quote from a novel.

In Stray Bullets, Katrine Engberg’s talented investigators Jeppe Kørner and

Anette Werner reunite once more with Esther de Laurenti to uncover the truth of a mysterious

kidnapping case with unexpected depths.

Katrine Engberg’s Stray Bullets is the third novel about the Police Sergeants Jeppe Kørner and Anette Werner.



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Norway, Capitana

Spain, Maeva

Sweden, Forum

US, Scout Press

Vådeskud (Stray Bullets)


Katrine engbergKatrine Engberg (b. 1975) had already attained the status of acclaimed dancer and choreographer when

she began writing. Honing her voice and authorship while simultaneously continuing to contribute to the

Arts, both as a director and a choreographer, Engberg soon emerged as a virtuoso of sensitive portrayals

and ingeniously intertwined plot threads. Written in 2016, The Tenant is Engberg’s crime fiction debut and

the first book in the internationally acclaimed and bestselling Copenhagen series, hailed for its refreshing

style and lovable characters.

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coPenHaGen

#1 #2 #3

“engberg deserves kudos for bringing fine culture into a genre that has often been

shunned for being the opposite. /…/ She is one of the writers who stand out most clearly

on the crime writing scene at the moment. and she will no doubt hold on to this status

with this piece of well-researched contemporary copenhagen literature, with which she

manages to both entertain and enlighten. /…/ [engberg] will be the woman who’ll

challenge and renew the crime genre – as well as herself. She has the talent it takes.”

beRlingSke (Denmark)

“What a fantastic debut! i love the characters, the sparkling prose and

the depiction of copenhagen. Katrine engberg is an absolute star!”

caMilla lÄckbeRg

The naked body of a dead woman is found in a fountain in Copenhagen.

Bizarre, symmetrical cuts cover her skin and she’s bled to death. Police

Sergeant Jeppe Kørner is assigned to the case. Anette Werner is on maternity

leave – or should be. The investigation takes Kørner, his new partner, and

Werner into the heart of the healthcare system. It’s a world where great

empathy and care is shown, but ambitions fester under the surface.

Meanwhile, Esther de Laurenti is suffering from writer’s block, and possibly depression. As her

friend is admitted to the coronary care unit, Esther seeks help from a psychiatrist who

unbeknownst to her has ties to the ongoing case. Esther and her friend are now both at the

mercy of a system that’s hiding a killer, and the hours till the next death have started ticking.



• More than 50 000 copies sold in Denmark alone

• Shortlisted for the Martha Award 2018

• Shortlisted for the People’s Choice Award 2018

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Finland, Otava

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Hungary, Alexandra

Italy, Marsilio


Netherlands, Bruna

Norway, Capitana

Spain, Maeva

Sweden, Forum

US, Scout Press

Glasvinge (clearwing)


A young woman is found brutally murdered in her home, a pattern carved into

her face. Police Sergeants Jeppe Kørner and Anette Werner are assigned to the

case. A link is quickly established between the murder victim – Julie – and her

landlady, Esther de Laurenti. Seeing in Julie a shade of her own carefully

hidden past, the older woman has used Julie as a character in her still

unfinished mystery novel. Something that resulted in the young woman’s

death both on and off paper. But when the evidence points to Esther being the focus of a game

of vengeance rather than their killer, Jeppe and Anette must go back into the two women’s pasts

to uncover the secret that made them targets.

Reading material: Danish (368 pp) and English edition.


• More than 80 000 copies sold in Denmark alone

• Shortlisted for the BogForum Debutant Prize 2016

• Shortlisted for Plusbog’s Author of the Year Award 2017

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Finland, Otava

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Netherlands, Bruna

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Poland, Zysk

Russia, AST

Spain, Maeva

Sweden, Forum

US, Scout Press

Krokodillevogteren (the tenant)

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“it’s always a pleasure when there comes along a crime fiction debutant that writes so assuredly,

refreshingly and playfully, and has created intriguing and colorful characters. if you add a well-

constructed plot with a lush scenery to that, you have a crime novel well worth reading.”

veRDenS gang (norway)

Multiple threads are cleverly intertwined when

ahnhem delivers world-class suspense.”

★★★★★

aMelia (Sweden)“

Night is about to fall as an inflatable boat sets out from the docks of Råå

harbor. Onboard is a man with a sword strapped to his back. His mission has

been determined by the dice: One person has to die. He doesn’t know yet

whom.

For weeks the Helsingborg police department has been occupied by multiple

parallel, complex investigations. Finally, they believe them to be solved. But

when a new murder victim is discovered, the police must face the realization that everything

they thought they knew, is wrong.

X Ways to Die, the fifth novel in the hit series about Fabian Risk, picks up just seconds after the

end of Motive X. Stefan Ahnhem builds on his powerful crime epos and the ever-expanding

universe created around Risk and his colleagues in Öresund as the reader is invited to join the

final hunt for the man with the dice.



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Poland, Marginesy

Romania, Litera

Slovakia, Ikar

Sweden, Forum

UK, Head of Zeus

Film & TV rights

Denmark, Nordisk Film

X sätt att dö (X Ways to Die)


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FaBian riSK

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5

Stefan ahnhemStefan Ahnhem (b. 1966) is one of the most successful new voices to appear 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. To date five novels have been published in the

internationally bestselling and award-winning Fabian Risk series.

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Blacker than Stieg larsson and more

bleakly human than henning Mankell.”

tonY PaRSonS“

recalls henning Mankell at his best in its

whip-smart observations, flawed but

endearing characters and gruesome appeal.”

SunDaY tiMeS (UK)“As Fabian Risk watches over his gun-shot-wounded and comatose daughter

Matilda at the Helsingborg hospital, a Syrian refugee boy is brutally murdered,

throwing the city’s police into a complex new investigation with racist

overtones.

But nothing is as clear-cut as it would seem and when several more murders

are committed, Lilja, Klippan and the others at the Helsingborg police find

themselves in an ever more desperate hunt for more than one killer. In the end, Fabian is forced

back into service early even though he’d rather be focusing on his family, and Police Chief

Astrid Tuvesson has to cut short her twelve-step program to oversee the parallel investigations,

despite having just started her treatment.

Meanwhile, Fabian is struggling with the information left behind by his departed colleague

Hugo Elvin, and has begun his own secret investigation that might just come to change the

close-knit investigation team forever.

Motive X is Stefan Ahnhem’s fourth book in the series about Fabian Risk of the Helsingborg police.




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Romania, Litera

Slovakia, Ikar

Sweden, Forum

UK, Head of Zeus

Film & TV rights

Denmark, Nordisk Film

Motiv X (Motive X)


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A dead man is found in an apartment in Oslo. The victim transpires to be an

unknown grave defiler and trophy collector, and when the police open his

kitchen freezer, they make a terrible discovery. A few days later, Joona Linna

is contacted by a German police detective who asks for his help with a

murder outside Rostock. Joona understands that the pattern he’s starting to

see is insane, but at the same time it’s impossible to ignore.

Some would call it a miracle if someone returned from the dead – others would call it a

nightmare.



• The most sold novel of 2018 in Sweden


• Awarded the Storytel Award 2019 ‘Best Suspense’

• A film franchise and a TV-series is in development at Anonymous Content (Spotlight, The Revenant,

True Detective, Mr. Robot)

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Canada, McClelland & Stewart

Croatia, Fraktura


Denmark, Gyldendal

Estonia, Pegasus

Finland, Tammi

France, Actes Sud

Germany, Lübbe

Hungary, Animus

Iceland, Forlagi∂

Italy, Longanesi

Latvia, Mansards

Lithuania, Media Incognito

Netherlands, Cargo



Portugal, Porto

Russia, Corpus

Slovakia, Ikar



UK, HarperCollins

Film & TV rights

US, Anonymous Content

Lazarus (Lazarus)

Lars KeplerLars Kepler is the pseudonym of critically acclaimed husband and wife team

Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril (b. 1966) and Alexander Ahndoril (b. 1967), authors of

the No. 1 internationally bestselling Joona Linna series. With seven installments to

date, the series has sold more than 14 million copies in 40 languages. The Ahndorils

were both established writers before they adopted the pen name Lars Kepler, and

have each published several acclaimed novels.

Far more energetic than henning Mankell, as socially

involved as Stieg larsson but a better writer, Kepler

matches the great Jo nesbø for gothic excitement.”

the auStRalian (australia)“a raging journey through Kepler’s

elevated world. /…/ this author duo

undoubtedly writes considerably better

than most in the genre. they establish

an elevated, dark, fictional world – and

they know how to swiftly and stylishly

outline even peripheral characters to

make them come to life.”

aFtonblaDet (Sweden)

“Joona Linna

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7

In the frigid clime of Tumba, Sweden, a gruesome triple homicide attracts

the interest of Detective Inspector Joona Linna, who demands to investigate

the murders. The killer is still at large, and there’s only one surviving

witness – the boy whose family was killed before his eyes. Whoever

committed the crimes wanted this boy to die: he’s suffered more than one

hundred knife wounds and lapsed into a state of shock. Desperate for

information, Linna sees only one option: hypnotism. He enlists Dr. Erik Maria Bark to

mesmerize the boy, hoping to discover the killer through his eyes.

It’s the sort of work that Bark has sworn he would never do again – ethically dubious and

psychically scarring. When he breaks his promise and hypnotizes the victim, a long and

terrifying chain of events begins to unfold.

The No. 1 international bestselling phenomenon, The Hypnotist, combines the addictive power

of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo with the storytelling drive of The Silence of the Lambs, this

adrenaline-drenched tour de force is spellbinding from the very first page.



• The most sold crime novel of 2010 in Sweden

• One of the best selling Swedish crime novels of all time

• A TIME Magazine ‘Top 10 Fiction Books of 2011’ title

• A Wall Street Journal ‘Top 10 Mysteries of 2011’ title

• A film franchise and a TV-series is in development at Anonymous Content (Spotlight, The Revenant,

True Detective, Mr. Robot)

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Arab World, HBKU Press

Bangladesh, Kaloharaph

Canada, McClelland & Stewart

Catalonia, Ara

China, Beijing Fonghong (Simplified)

Croatia, Fraktura


Denmark, Gyldendal

Estonia, Pegasus

Finland, Tammi

France, Actes Sud

Germany, Lübbe

Greece, Patakis

Hungary, Animus

Iceland, Forlagi∂

Israel, Modan

Italy, Longanesi

Latvia, Mansards


Macedonia, Matica

Netherlands, Cargo



Portugal, Porto

Romania, Paralela 45

Russia, Corpus

Serbia, Vulkan

Slovakia, Ikar



Ukraine, KM Books

UK, HarperCollins

US, Knopf

Film & TV rights

US, Anonymous Content

Hypnotisören (the Hypnotist)


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Ferocious, visceral storytelling that

wraps you in a cloak of darkness that

almost blots out the light, but still

feeds the imagination. it’s stunning.”

DailY Mail (UK)“

“if any Scandinavian crime series is poised to top the characterization

and gripping action of Stieg larsson’s Millennium series, it’s this one.”

bookliSt (US) *Starred review*

For the last three years, Lelle has spent his summer nights driving. He traces

Route 95 with his car, cutting across northern Sweden’s isolated landscape in

a north-westerly direction until he reaches the Norwegian border. Three years

ago, his seventeen-year-old daughter went missing on this highway, a colorless

stretch of road that the midnight sun now illuminates in front of him, the

Silver Road. Her disappearance is tearing Lelle apart from within.

The small town of Glimmersträsk, an almost unnoticeable stop along the Silver Road, sees the

arrival of Meja and her mother. Meja is the same age Lelle’s daughter was at the time of her

disappearance. As the darkness of fall approaches, Lelle’s and Meja’s destinies become linked.

When another girl goes missing, their lives are forever entwined.

Stina Jackson’s debut novel The Silver Road is a haunting and moving work of suspense. A critic’s

favorite from day one, it’s a story about community, isolation, never giving up, and about having

the strength to go on even in the darkest of times.



• The most sold Swedish debut novel of 2018


• Awarded the Book of the Year Award 2019 presented by Bonnier’s Book Clubs

• Awarded the Glass Key 2019 for ‘Best Scandinavian Crime Novel’

• Awarded the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award 2018

• Shortlisted for the Storytel Award 2018 for ‘Best Suspense Novel of the Year’

• Shortlisted for the Crimetime Specsavers Award 2018 for ‘Crime Debut of the Year’

Rights sold

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Finland, Otava

France, Fayard

Germany, Goldmann

Greece, Dioptra

Hungary, Animus

Iceland, Ugla

Italy, Longanesi

Japan, Shogakukan

Korea, Sam & Parkers




Norway, Gyldendal

Poland, Świat Ksiazki

Portugal, Presença

Russia, Ripol

Serbia, Dokaz

Slovakia, Albatros

Spain, RBA


Taiwan, Gaea Books (Complex)

Thailand, Mono Generation

Turkey, Kitap Kurdu

UK, Corvus

Film & TV rights

Sweden, Bautafilm

Silvervägen (the Silver road)


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a brilliant debut. /…/ Stina Jackson skillfully twists

the perspective time and time again: loneliness

can be better than community, the great forests

can be safer than a house you can’t leave.”

DagenS nYheteR (Sweden)“

Stina JacksonStina Jackson (b. 1983) hails from the northern town of Skellefteå in Sweden. Just over a decade ago she

relocated to Denver, Colorado, where she penned her debut novel, the acclaimed The Silver Road. A runaway

bestseller, the novel established Jackson as a rising new star within Nordic suspense.

arne Dahl


Arne Dahl (b. 1963) is regarded as one of the finest literary crime writers in Scandinavia. An award-winning

author, critic, and editor, Dahl is the creator of the bestselling Intercrime series and Opcop quartet. His

books have sold more than four million copies, and been translated into 32 languages. For his eminent

authorship, Dahl has been awarded the premier crime writing awards of Germany, Denmark and Sweden.

In 2016 he began his new series about detectives Sam Berger and Molly Blom.

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Ellen Savinger, 15, has been missing for three weeks. Sam Berger fears that she

has been taken by a serial killer, but few of his colleagues at the Stockholm

police department are inclined to listen: if there’s no body, there’s no crime.

Sam then comes into contact with Nathalie, a woman who knows more than

she lets on about the series of disappearances that Sam is sure points to a

repeat kidnapper and killer. As he digs deeper into Ellen’s missing person’s case, a story with

sinister connections to Sam’s own life and past is unveiled. Soon the hunter becomes the hunted.

In the badlands the truth of a secret that many want to keep hidden is awaiting discovery.

Fast-paced and hauntingly evocative, Watching You displays a new side of Arne Dahl’s

internationally award-winning authorship. The first novel in a new series featuring Detective

Inspector Sam Berger and Security Service infiltrator Molly Blom, Watching You lays the

groundwork for a crime fiction series operating outside the confinements of traditional police

work, working much closer to the victims – and killers.




• Close to 250 000 copies sold in Germany alone

• Shortlisted for the ThrillZone Awards 2017 in the Netherlands

• Shortlisted for LovelyBooks’ Der Leserpreis 2016 in Germany

• An Aftenposten ‘Best Crime Novels of 2017’ title

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Denmark, Modtryk



Germany, Piper

Greece, Metaixmio

Italy, Marsilio

Japan, Shogakukan



Poland, Czarna Owca


Russia, AST

Serbia, Dokaz


Turkey, Hep Kitap

UK, Harvill Secker

Film & TV rights

UK, Sid Gentle Films

Utmarker (Watching you)

BerGer & BLoM

#1 #2 #3

Brilliant visceral writing with terrific pace, this book grips you

like a vice from the very first line and never lets you go.”

PeteR JaMeS“

A cold case heats up as the body of a young woman is found in the forest.

She’s been killed and dismembered in a manner that’s eerily reminiscent of

serial killer Tom Kerr’s signature m.o. But Kerr is currently serving his fourth

year behind bars and couldn’t possibly have committed the murder.

Everything points instead to the man the press named The Other - Kerr’s

never-found partner.

Adrian Stiller prepares a reconstruction in which Kerr will lead the police to the remains of an

old victim. The grave is in Eftang and Wisting is put in charge of security. His daughter Line

has been recruited to document it all. But the reconstruction goes terribly wrong and when Kerr

escapes, Wisting suddenly finds himself being made the scapegoat as both Kerr and The Other

are free once more.

Ill Will is the third installment in Jørn Lier Horst’s critically acclaimed Cold Case Quartet.



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Denmark, Modtryk

France, Gallimard

Germany, Piper

Norway, Capitana

Poland, Smak Slowa

Slovakia, Premedia


Ukraine, Nora-Druk

UK, Michael Joseph

Film & TV rights

Denmark, Good Company Films

illvilje (ill Will)


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tHe coLD caSe QUartet

#1 #2 #3 #4

2020

Jørn Lier Horst writes some of the best Scandinavian

crime fiction available. His books are superbly plotted

and addictive, the characters wonderfully realized.”

YRSa SiguRDaRDóttiR“

With Ill Will, Jørn Lier Horst claims the number one spot on the winner’s podium. /…/ Ill

Will is the most brutal and ruthless novel penned by Horst to date. a ruthlessness that

Horst delivers with elegance. /…/ the interplay between father and daughter, the police

man and the journalist, is once again brilliantly portrayed.”

★★★★★★

tveDeStRanDSPoSten (norway)

“

Jørn Lier HorstJørn Lier Horst (b. 1970) has with his award-winning novels about William Wisting joined the elite of

Nordic crime writers. Having worked as a head of investigations before becoming a full-time author, Horst

brings a unique brand of suspense and realism to the table. Besides his novels for grown readers, Horst has

gained recognition for his unparalleled ability to thrill even young readers with charming mysteries. His

standing as the Norwegian king of crime fiction for all ages was cemented when he created the Detective

Agency No. 2 and CLUE series, both the most popular children’s book series in their respective age

categories.

It’s that time of the year. For the twenty-fourth time, William Wisting gets out

the papers from when Katharina Haugen disappeared. The case was never

solved, and every year since Wisting has called on Katharina’s husband, Martin

Haugen. The steady contact between the police inspector and the bereaved

husband has over the years developed into a friendship. But this year,

Haugen’s house stands empty and dark when Wisting arrives. On the

anniversary of his wife’s disappearance, Martin Haugen has gone missing.

The same day, Kripos investigator Adrian Stiller comes to see Wisting. A young cold case

investigator for the National Criminal Investigation Service (Kripos), Stiller has uncovered a

connection between Katharina’s disappearance and the missing person case he’s working on.

The two must join efforts, but the collaboration with the complex Stiller will be a challenge for

the experienced Wisting. The two driven investigators must all the same find a starting point

they can agree on, and use their combined capabilities to solve the case.

The Katharina Code is the first installment in Jørn Lier Horst’s Cold Case Quartet.



• More than 100 000 copies sold in Norway alone

• The second most sold crime novel of 2017 in Norway

• The fourth most sold novel, all categories, of 2017 in Norway

Rights sold


Denmark, Modtryk


France, Gallimard

Germany, Piper


Japan, Shogakukan


Norway, Gyldendal

Poland, Smak Slowa

Slovakia, Premedia


Ukraine, Nora-Druk

UK, Michael Joseph

Film & TV rights

Denmark, Good Company Films

Katharina-koden (the Katharina code)

“The Katharina Code is the best and most ingenious

[novel] that Jørn Lier Horst has written thus far.”

★★★★★★

tveDeStRanDSPoSten (norway)

“[Lier Horst’s The Katharina Code] vibrates

with anticipation all the way to the finish.”

★★★★★

DagblaDet (norway)

“With The Katharina Code, Jørn Lier Horst again delivers

an excellent crime novel with a credible plot.”

★★★★★

øStlanDS-PoSten (norway)

“Horst invites the readers to join the investigation in a credible

manner that highlights professional practices [in the police]

and generates a new kind of suspense.”

★★★★★

bok 365 (norway)

“it can hardly get any better. /.../ Jørn Lier

Horst only gets better and better. and he

was damn good before.”

★★★★★

StavangeR aFtenblaD (norway)


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Jørn Lier Horst is one of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today.”

SunDaY tiMeS (UK)“

On a cold day in Reykjavik, a baby goes missing from her pram. In her place,

the father finds the body of a dead infant. The missing baby was born through

a surrogacy agreement, one that started off well but quickly deteriorated.

Eleven years have passed since the disappearance, when an isolated case of

measles results in the death of a young girl. Her father sets out to find the

responsible virus carrier in order to exact his revenge. In another part of the

city, a woman’s dismembered body is found in a deserted car, her head missing.

In The Fallout, the sixth instalment in the Freyja and Huldar series, Police officer Huldar and child psychologist Freyja must combine

their wits to solve a difficult case, where the fallout from previous misdeeds is relentless. The only common denominator in all three

cases is the wall of silence that encircles those involved.

Reading material: Icelandic edition (360 pp).

• Publication date: November 19th, 2019

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Finland, Otava

Germany, Btb


Norway, Kagge

UK, Hodder & Stoughton

þögn (the Fallout)


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FreyJa & HULDar

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6

“i can see why so many people are enthusiastic about

yrsa’s work. it’s very engaging, fresh and exciting.”

JaMeS PatteRSon

yrsa SigurdardóttirYrsa Sigurdardóttir (b. 1963) is an award-winning, No. 1 bestselling Icelandic crime fiction author.

Sigurdardóttir made her crime fiction debut in 2005 with Last Rituals, the first installment in the Thóra

Gudmundsdóttir series. She has since gone on to write a number of acclaimed stand-alone thriller novels,

and is to date translated into more than 30 languages. With The Legacy, the first novel in the award-winning

series about child psychologist Freyja and police detective Huldar, Yrsa Sigurdardóttir has consolidated her

position as one of the finest crime writers of our time, and a master storyteller at the top of her game.


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“We have always been able to rely on yrsa Sigurdardóttir for a good story

well told, and The Legacy is no exception. a strong sense of place,

interesting characters and a chilling plot make The Legacy a novel to savor.”

PeteR RobinSon

A young woman is brutally murdered in her home in Reykjavik. The only

witness is her seven-year-old daughter. When another woman is murdered

shortly thereafter, the police are at a loss. A radio-amateur receives peculiar

messages which connect him to both of the murdered women and his

curiosity drives him to begin an investigation of his own. Huldar, the police

officer in charge of the investigation, and Freyja, the psychologist entrusted

with the seven year old girl who is their key witness, are forced to work together. Their

collaboration is complicated by the fact that they recently spent the night together after meeting

in a bar where Huldar claimed he was a carpenter from out of town...

The No. 1 bestselling author Yrsa Sigurdardóttir shows once again how skilled she is at creating

nail-biting page-turners ripe with fast paced storytelling, lively prose, compelling characters and

intelligent plotting. The Legacy is the first installment in a series featuring the psychologist Freyja

and the police officer Huldar.

Reading material: Icelandic (380 pp) and English edition.


• Awarded the Blood Drop 2015

• Awarded the Danish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award 2016

• Shortlisted for LovelyBooks’ Der Leserpreis 2016

• Shortlisted for the Glass Key 2014

Rights sold

Bulgaria, Emas

Croatia, Znanje



Estonia, Varrak

Faroe Islands, Sprotin

Finland, Otava

France, Actes Sud

Germany, Btb

Greece, Metaixmio

Hungary, Animus


Italy, Mondadori


Macedonia, Antolog

Netherlands, Cargo

Norway, Kagge

Poland, Sonia Draga

Portugal, Quetzal

Romania, Trei

Russia, Eksmo

Serbia, Dokaz

Sweden, HarperCollins Nordic

Turkey, Koridor

UK, Hodder & Stoughton

US, St. Martin’s Press

Dna (the Legacy)

“The Legacy takes us into a world where secrets are buried deep, only to reappear decades later and

inflict harm on people who have no idea that they’re connected by past horrors. yrsa is a magnificent

writer who envelops her stories with atmosphere so thick that only care and a bit of luck can see through

it. Her characters spring vividly to life as they try their best to do just that, knowing that any mistake could

be deadly for another innocent person. impossible to put down.”

kaRin SlaughteR


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Defense attorney Martin Benner has a weakness for antiques. When his friend

Henry dies, Martin is given an offer too good to turn down: to take over

Henry’s partial ownership of an antiques store in New York. But his good

fortune is short-lived – a man shows up claiming that Henry didn’t die from

illness but was murdered. At the same time Martin notices that he’s being

watched. Someone is leaving footprints in the snow around his house and his

surveillance equipment is sabotaged.

Martin is soon drawn into a feverish hunt for the truth about Henry. His search brings him to

a series of supposedly closed hotels with shady business occurring on their premises, a church with too much power, and antiquities

containing deadly secrets. The line between truth and lie and friend and enemy grows ever more blurred.

Who was Henry Schiller? And was there more to his death than meets the eye?

To Him Who Knocks is Kristina Ohlsson’s third book about Martin Benner and a riveting and intricate crime novel about a past that

won’t let itself be forgotten.



Rights sold


Denmark, Modtryk

Finland, WSOY

Germany, Blanvalet

Iceland, Forlagi∂

Norway, Gyldendal

Slovakia, Ikar


Henrys hemlighet (to Him Who Knocks)

“the third installment of the delightfully hard-boiled Martin Benner series

is like a joyous blend of Raymond chandler, ian Fleming and Dan

brown. /.../ Kristina ohlsson is one of the most talented Swedish crime

authors out there. a driven stylist whose works are always fun to read.”


Martin Benner

#1 #2 #3

Kristina ohlssonKristina Ohlsson (b. 1979) is one of Sweden’s most successful authors of crime fiction and children’s books.

Before becoming a full-time writer in 2012, Kristina worked for the OSCE (the Organization for Security

and Co-operation in Europe), the Swedish Security Service, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Her crime

novels about Fredrika Bergman have repeatedly been shortlisted for the Swedish Academy of Crime

Writers’ Award for ‘Best Crime Novel of the Year’, and featured prominently on bestseller lists around the

world. Kristina Ohlsson has rapidly established herself as a highly popular author with a broad fan base of

adults as well as children.


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“Kristina ohlsson, who has a background in the Swedish Security Service,

appears to be the perhaps strongest card in our neighboring country’s

deck of crime authors. there is nothing cutesy-naïve about her novels:

they are strong, grim, dark, and unpredictable. and so very, very human.”

Politiken (Denmark)

BASED ON THE NOVELS BY KRISTINAOHLSSON

Where is Mio? This question won’t allow Martin Benner any peace of mind.

He’s been dragged into the pursuit of the missing four-year-old against his

will. Martin also needs to figure out who’s trying to frame him for murders he

didn’t commit. Investigators are closing in on him, and time is running out.

Meanwhile, the bodies continue to pile up. The people with whom Martin has

shared his story begin to die, one by one. Martin’s paranoia only grows worse,

and he doesn’t know who to trust anymore. The clues point in the most implausible direction.

It gradually becomes clear that the identity of the killer and that of Mio’s kidnapper are one and

the same. Martin realizes that he cannot save both Mio and himself. He has to choose.




• On the Der Spiegel bestseller list for 19 consecutive weeks

• One of the most sold translated titles of 2016 in Finland

Rights sold


Denmark, Modtryk

Finland, WSOY

Germany, Blanvalet

Hungary, Animus

Iceland, Forlagi∂

Italy, Salani

Korea, Bookrecipe

Latvia, Janis Roze

Norway, Gyldendal

Poland, Prószynski

Russia, Corpus

Slovakia, Ikar

Slovenia, Mladinska



Mios blues (the Lies We tell)

Bobby T brought the bad weather. Strong winds and heavy July showers

across the Swedish capital, with temperatures belying the season even by

Scandinavian standards. When Bobby barges into the law offices of Benner &

Miller, things begin to deteriorate further. Unbeknownst to Martin Benner, a

defense attorney at the very top of his profession and the social sphere, this

unexpected and somewhat frustrating visitor will come to change everything

with a deceptively straightforward case…




• The fourth most sold paperback of 2017 in Germany

• On the Der Spiegel bestseller list for 38 consecutive weeks

• One of the most sold translated titles of 2016 in Finland

Rights sold


Denmark, Modtryk

Finland, WSOY

Germany, Blanvalet

Hungary, Animus

Iceland, Forlagi∂

Italy, Salani

Korea, Bookrecipe

Latvia, Janis Roze

Norway, Gyldendal

Poland, Prószynski

Russia, Corpus

Slovakia, Ikar

Slovenia, Mladinska



Lotus blues (Buried Lies)

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Selma Falck wakes to a nightmare. She’s naked and trapped in a burning cabin

on a snow-covered mountain. She has no idea where she is or how she got

there. Hurt and bleeding, she barely makes it out in time. Wearing nothing

more than a pair of oversized rubber boots, she watches the cabin burn to the

ground. There are no signs of human habitation nearby, the temperature is

rapidly dropping, and a blizzard is approaching. She must survive.

As Selma fights the cold, the hunger and her own wounds, it comes back to her in bits and

pieces. She tries to put it all together, and eventually it forms a frightening picture of the past six months. Selma realizes that she not

only has to survive, but make it back to civilization, quickly. Murder has been committed, and a great injustice must be stopped. The

future of the nation itself is at stake.



Rights sold

Denmark, Modtryk

Finland, Gummerus

Iceland, Tindur

Italy, Einaudi

Norway, Gyldendal


UK, Atlantic Books

Furet / Værbitt (a necessary Death)

this book has something as rare in this

genre as a message. the fact that this

message has grown even more relevant in

the time between the novel was written

and published, almost makes it into a

piece of horror.”

DagSaviSen (norway)

“

[A Necessary Death] is a frighteningly

good social commentary.”

DagblaDet (norway)“[anne Holt is a] complete professional.

/…/ Frighteningly topical and important.”

veRDenS gang (norway)“

Anne Holt (b. 1958) is one of Scandinavia’s most successful crime writers with 10 million copies sold

around the world. Holt is a former Minister of Justice, Police Attorney, lawyer with her own firm, journalist,

and TV news editor and anchor. Her novels are intelligent, accessible and suspenseful, with engaging and

intriguing protagonists. Tight-knit crime plots are paired with a focus on relational drama. Anne Holt is the

author of three very successful crime series: the Inger Johanne Vik series (five installments), the Hanne

Wilhelmsen series (ten installments) and now, most recently, the Selma Falck series (two installments).

anne Holt

Stefan ahnhem

Simona ahrnstedt

Julie andem

Fredrik Backman

Heine Bakkeid

Lina Bengtsdotter

Jonas t. Bengtsson

Jonas Bonnier

Steinar Bragi

Kaspar colling nielsen

arne Dahl

Katrine engberg

thomas enger

Monika Fagerholm

Matias Faldbakken

nikolaj Frobenius

Jonas Gardell

Hjorth & rosenfeldt

Horst & enger

Johanna Holmström

anne Holt

Jørn Lier Horst

Stina Jackson

ingar Johnsrud

emma Karinsdotter

Jonas Karlsson

Lars Kepler

Jens Lapidus

Sofia Lundberg

Ulf Lundell

tom Malmquist

Liza Marklund

Hedvig Montgomery

Måns Mosesson

anders de la Motte

niklas natt och Dag

Jo nesbø

Kristina ohlsson

Sofi oksanen

Mats olsson

Bobbie Peers

Leif GW Persson

Frida ramstedt

Hans rosenfeldt

anders roslund

roslund & Hellström

roslund & thunberg

anders rydell

Hannes råstam

Hassan Loo Sattarvandi

yrsa Sigurdardóttir

Sjöwall & Wahlöö

Simon Stålenhag

Simon Stålenhag & anna Davour

Maja Säfström

erik axl Sund

Johan theorin

Markus torgeby

antti tuomainen

Per Wahlöö

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