Important Trash
Halldór Armand
On the day Iceland’s banking system collapses in 2008, trash collector Gómur Barðdal stumbles upon a severed human nose in a garbage bin outside a luxury home in central Reykjavík. Soon after, his cousin, Geir Norðann, a struggling poet, is employed as a poetry tutor for that same household.
As Icelandic society unravels, the two cousins—along with Zipo, the drive-through girl, Kata, the car dealer, and Didda, the trash lady and former prison guard of the year—set out to solve the mystery of the nose. Who does it belong to, and how did it end up in the trash? Their search pulls them into a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of Icelandic society.
Halldór Armand delivers a story that is equal parts thriller, satire, and razor-sharp social critique—an exhilarating literary ride where nothing, not even what you might find in the trash, is as it seems.
“A wildly entertaining comedy about the treasures found in Reykjavik’s trash cans, the crash we’re quickly forgetting, and how delightful life can be precisely when everything is falling apart.” heimildin, iceland
“Important Trash contains all of Halldór’s hallmarks but might be his most accomplished work to date. (…) The character creation in the book is a solid ten out of ten (…) The plot is clever, with intriguing twists and threads that invite deeper reflection. Important Trash is both laugh-out-loud funny and thought-provoking – a joy to read.” morgunblaðið, iceland
Halldór Armand (b. 1986) is one of the most sharp and daring young voices on the Icelandic literary scene, with a devoted following after his novels Vince Vaughn in the Clouds (2013), Drone (2014), After and after (2017), and Brother (2020). For several years he was a columnist and host of one of the most popular shows on Icelandic national radio. Halldór’s works have attracted attention for their incisive depictions of contemporary life, combining creativity with pointed social critique. published 2025, Flatkakan útgáfa (Iceland) pages 246
rights sold: France, Editions Métailié • Flatkakan útgáfa, Iceland
photo: Lamia Karic
The Sleepwalker Lars Kepler
published 2024, Albert Bonniers (Sweden) pages 523
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film rights: US, Hardy, Son & Baker / Apple TV+
An emergency call comes in the middle of the night, reporting an ongoing burglary at a winter-closed camping site in Bredäng outside Stockholm.
The nearest police car responds to the call. There is a light on in one of the fartherst caravans in the otherwise dark area, and when the officers open the door to the caravan, they are greeted by a horrific sight. Floors, walls, and furniture are completely covered in blood. A person has been killed with an ax and brutally dismembered. In one of the rooms, a young man is sleeping on the floor with a severed arm as his pillow. He is arrested and taken into custody at Kronobergshäktet. There he is identified as the 17-year-old Hugo Sand, son to a famous author.
It turns out that Hugo is suffering from a rare kind of somnabulism which is triggered by nightmares. He can either be the perpetrator or a witness, but claims, nevertheless, that that he remebers nothing from that night.
Joona Linna, who is asked to take on the case, contacts his old friend Erik Maria Bark in order to use hypnosis in the quest to find out what happened inside the caravan. This becomes the starting point of a complicated hunt for a bestial killer who has just entered an extremely active phase.
The Sleepwalker is Lars Kepler’s tenth novel featuring Joona Linna and was the most sold novel in Sweden of 2024.
“The ability of Kepler to ratchet up the tension en route to a stunning reveal and an eminently fair solution is remarkable.” publishers weekly, us
Lars 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 nine installments to date, the series has sold 17 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.
photo: Karl Nordlund
Playdate
Alex Dahl
rights sold: Bulgaria, Ciela • Czech Republic, Metafora/Grada • Norway, Kagge • Poland, Filia • UK, Head of Zeus
It was meant to be your daughter’s first sleepover. Now it’s an abduction.
Lucia Blix went home from school for a playdate with her new friend Josie. Later that evening, her mother Elisa dropped her overnight things round and shared a glass of wine with Josie’s mother. Then she kissed her little girl goodnight and drove home.
That was the last time she saw her daughter.
The next morning, the house was empty. No furniture, no family, no Lucia.
In Playdate, Alex Dahl puts a microscope on a seemingly average, seemingly happy family plunged into a life-altering situation.
Adapted into a TV-series, on Disney+ this spring
“Dahl plays with a scenario that is every parent’s nightmare as she slowly reveals the truth in this fastpaced and unsettling read.” the guardian, uk
Alex Dahl (b. 1982) is a half-Norwegian, half-American author. She grew up in Oslo and is a native speaker of both Norwegian and English. She studied Russian, German and international studies in Oslo and Moscow before earning a creative writing degree from Bath Spa University. She is the author of five psychological thrillers so far: The Boy at the Door – which was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger – The Heart Keeper, Playdate, Cabin Fever and After She’d Gone Girl Friends published in 2024, is her latest, highly anticipated, novel.
photo: Nina Rangoy
Son
Thomas Enger & Johana Gustawsson
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Psychologist Kari Voss investigates the murder of two teenaged girls in the small Norwegian town of Son, as suspicion is cast on multiple suspects. A mesmerisingly dark, twisty start to a nerve-shattering new series by two of the world’s finest crime writers…
Expert on body language and memory, and consultant to the Oslo Police, psychologist Kari Voss sleepwalks through her days, and, by night, continues the devastating search for her young son, who disappeared on his birthday, seven years earlier.
Still grieving for her dead husband, and trying to pull together the pieces of her life, she is thrust into a shocking local investigation, when two teenage girls are violently murdered in a family summer home in the nearby village of Son.
When a friend of the victims is charged with the barbaric killings, it seems the case is closed, but Kari is not convinced. Using her skills and working on instinct, she conducts her own enquiries, leading her to multiple suspects, including people who knew the dead girls well… With the help of Chief Constable Ramona Norum, she discovers that no one – including the victims – are what they seem. And that there is a dark secret at the heart of Son village that could have implications not just for her own son’s disappearance, but Kari’s own life, too…
“Blown away by this cracking thriller and I was already loving it before they hit me with THAT ending. Bravo!” trevor wood, uk
The Queen of French Noir Johana Gustawsson (b. 1978) and acclaimed Norwegian writer Thomas Enger (b. 1973) are the international bestselling authors of the Roy & Castells and Henning Juul crime series respectively, each published to great acclaim in twenty-odd languages. Son, which kickstarts their new crime series set in Norway, is the first collaboration of the two former journalists.
photo: Pia Bråthen
The Scream
Jørn Lier Horst & Jan-Erik Fjell
2024, Bonnier Norsk (Norway) pages 367
rights sold: • Arab world, Al Arabi • Bulgaria, Emas • Denmark, Politiken • Estonia, Eesti Raamat • Finland, Like • France, La Martiniére • Germany, Blanvalet • Iceland, Ugla • Japan, Shogakukan • Netherlands, Bruna • Norway, Bonnier Norsk • Portugal, Dom Quixote • Poland, Smak Slowa • Serbia, Laguna • Slovakia, Premedia • Sweden, Wahlström & Widstrand • Ukraine, Nora-Druk
From a podcast studio in the back of his camper, ex-military and former police student Markus Heger investigates old and new crime cases. “The scream nobody heard” was supposed to be a series about seven-year-old Leah Forsberg, who disappeared from Fagernes 15 years ago, but it only became one episode. Although Leah’s body was never found, her father was convicted of her murder. When another girl disappears, Markus finds himself drawn back into the case again, and information from a reliable source has him questioning if the right man was put behind bars.
Meanwhile, things from his past that he’s desperately been trying to push away keep resurfacing. His absent father writes from prison, asking to meet with him. Perhaps he can help Markus solve the case, and maybe they can mend their broken relationship at the same time.
“Entertaining and original.”
dagbladet, norway
“Separately, they are superb, but together they are, in my opinion, Norway’s best crime duo.” randaberg24, norway
Jørn Lier Horst (b. 1970) has, with his award-winning novels about William Wisting, joined the elite of Nordic crime writers. His books have sold in over 10 million copies and have been published in more than 30 countries. A former investigator in the Norwegian police, Horst imbues all his works with unparalleled realism and suspense.
Jan-Erik Fjell (b.1982) made his debut in 2010 with Tysteren. Fjell has sold over 1 million books and has been published in a dozen countries. The critically acclaimed series about Anton Brekke made him the youngest ever winner of the Booksellers Prize.
Collectively, the authors have sold more than 12 million copies. The Scream, the first installment in a new crime series about Markus Heger, is their first time writing together.
photo: Christopher Helberg
Death on Capri
Anders & Anette de la Motte
Sun, sea, food, wine – and then a mysterious death.
History teacher Hugo travels on a food and culture trip to Capri together with a group of other northerners. The organizer is Belmonte Travels, led by the clever Lara. Spirits are high, and the group is enjoying all that paradise has to offer. But a shadow falls over the charming island when a body is found in the water below the infamous Salto di Tiberio cliff. Who is the dead man, and why does he have a Belmonte Travels brochure in his pocket? Has a snake crept into paradise, or is there perhaps someone among the travelers who is on Capri for other reasons than to experience the good things the island has to offer?
“For those of us who prefer to travel from the comfort of our reading chairs, it is perfect to visit Capri without having to endure the real fear of heights, sunstroke, and
rights sold: Arab World, Al Arabi • Czech Republic, Euromedia • Denmark, Modtryk • Estonia, Varrak • Finland, Johnny Kniga • Hungary, General Press • Norway, Kagge • Serbia, Vulkan • Slovakia, DOT • Sweden, Forum • Ukraine, KM Books
Anders de la Motte (b. 1971) is one of Sweden’s most popular and successful crime authors, whose books have sold millions of copies. His wife, Anette de la Motte (b. 1970), who works as a language teacher and curriculum writer and is of Italian descent, has played a crucial role in these successes. For the very first time, they’re now writing together. Death on Capri is the first installment in their new whodunnit mystery series, Murders Under the Sun, which has both the Italian cuisine and culture as its backdrop.
photo: Jeffery Richt
Charlie’s Revenge
Simona Ahrnstedt
rights sold: Denmark, Gutkind • Finland, WSOY • Iceland, Ugla • Latvia, Zvaigzne • Sweden, Forum
Charlie holds her dream job at an antiquities auction firm, has an apartment and family that she adores and have always gone the extra mile to be a good citizen. When she crosses paths with the charming Philip, he sweeps her off her feet. Life is almost too good to be true, but at the luxurious birthday party he throws her, the police suddenly show up. In a state of utter disbelief, Charlie is accused of serious crimes and convicted to several years in prison.
Once she is finally released, her entire life is in tatters. Slowly she tries to puzzle the clues together. Charlie becomes determined to take revenge on those who have decimated her life and is willing to do whatever it takes to take them down.
Charlie’s Revenge is the first installment in a brand new series by No.1 bestselling author Simona Ahrnstedt and is a gripping novel about impossible love, elusive enemies and the worst betrayals of them all.
“I am IN LOVE with Swedish author Simona Ahrnstedt’s books.”
marian keyes
Besides being one of Sweden’s best-selling authors, Simona Ahrnstedt (b. 1967) is a licensed psychologist and cognitive behavioral therapist. Simona pioneered the romance genre in the Nordics, has been translated into 24 languages and has sold an astounding 1,5 million copies in Sweden alone. She was featured in TIME Magazine’s listing of the 50 most iconic romance titles out there.
photo: Peter Knutson
The Electric State & Sunset at Zero Point
Simon Stålenhag
published 2025, Fria Ligan (Sweden) pages 191 reading material English edition
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.
Adapted into a Russo Brothers motion picture, premiere on Netflix worldwide this year.
rights sold: Brazil, Companhia das Letras
• China, Guomai (Simplified Chinese) • Czech Republic, Argo
• Denmark, Alvilda • Finland, Johnny Kniga • France, Editions Akileos
• Germany, Fischer • Hungary, Agave • Italy, Mondadori • Japan, Graphic-sha •Korea, Minumsa • Poland, Zysk • Portugal, Asa
• Russia, Eksmo • Slovakia, Albatros • Spain, Roca • Sweden, Fria Ligan • Taiwan, Chi Ming (Complex Chinese) • Thailand, Earnest Publishing • The Netherlands, Lebowski
• Türkiye, Ithaki • UK, Simon & Schuster • Ukraine, Vydavnytstvo
• US, Atria / Skybound Books
rights sold: Germany, Fischer
• France, Editions Akileos • Sweden, Fria
Stålenhag’s most personal work yet, Sunset at Zero Point explores masculinity, friendship, and sexuality in a queer science fiction tale about two young men stuck in the past – and in each other’s orbit. Their story spans decades, as fleeting moments become defining memories, and they set out to explore a mysterious forbidden zone together.
Set in his native Sweden and based in an alternate version of Mälaröarna outside of Stockholm, the place where he grew up, and still lives to this day, Sunset at Zero Point juxtaposes giant futuristic machines and vehicles against the inner turmoil of the characters facing a social dystopia.
“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
Simon Stålenhag (b. 1984) is the internationally acclaimed author and artist behind The Electric State, Tales from the Loop and Things from the Flood. 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.
photo: Fredrik Bernholm
Know That We See You Eva Aagaard
Helene heads out to a desolate farmhouse to visit her friend Anita, who she has acquainted after they both accused the same famous TV-host of sexual harassment. Anita has gone underground, having been subjected to an intense witch hunt on social media from people believing she has made up the accusations. Helene has thus far managed to remain anonymous, but now the man stands before a comeback to the national TV-screens and wishes to be cleared of the accusations. Helene fears her identity will be revealed in the process. The two women have up until now supported one another, but throughout the stay Helene grows more and more doubtful about what really happened to Anita back then – and to herself. How well do they really know each other - and their respective hidden motives? And what will happen to them now that the media circus threatens to kick off all over again?
Know That We See You is a psychological drama about the fault lines between truth and lie when you’re in the eye of a media frenzy. And cannot get out.
“Know That We See You is written without unnecessary digressions, but with exactly the doses of little actions, small observations, little everyday things, subtle descriptions that frame the story and infuses it with life. /…/ [Eva Aagaard] is a fine writer. There is absolutely no doubt about that.”
berlingske, denmark
Eva Aagaard (b.1988) is a Copenhagen-born writer, translator and journalist. She attended journalist school in Aarhus and prestigious writer’s programs in Norway and Sweden. Having written for numerous Danish medias, she has also been a prominent voice in the national debates surrounding the treatment of sexual assault victims.
rights sold: Denmark, Alpha • Norway, Bonnier Norsk
photo: Nicolas Tobias Følsgaard
The Equation of Life
Sofia Lundberg
rights sold: Germany, Goldmann • Norway, Cappelen Damm • Sweden, Forum •
A touching and poignant tale of an aging father and his middleaged daughter, exploring themes of care, reconciliation, and the profound layers of life often hidden from those closest to us.
What is really going on in the study room at the university, on the dark autumn night? An elderly man wanders about, writing numbers on the walls. It’s Jack, a professor emeritus of mathematics, still dedicated to his work as he nears eighty. But his memory is faltering, and he senses that something is deeply amiss. Desperate to hold onto his past, Jack realizes his independence is slipping away. There is only one person who can help him—his estranged daughter, Malin. He realizes that he must call her and tell her about his memories before they are lost forever.
“The Equation of Life takes readers on an emotional journey through time, capturing the essence of an entire lifetime. Written with a gentle touch, it invites you to keep reading.” btj, sweden
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.
photo: Oskar Lundberg
Tool
Kristín Eíriksdottír
published 2022, Forlagid (Iceland) pages 349
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Film director Villa Dúadottir attends a Swedish film festival to present her documentary about the whaler Dimitri Óskarsson, with a dark and questionable past. Villa has been praised for her film, but questions raised during her press conference forces her to reassess her work and whether “Dimmi’s” story was really meant to be told. What was their relationship really like? How much did she truly know about his violent background and how much has she opted to cover up? Has she simply used his story as a means to further her own interests? And will fiction turn out to be more authentic than reality? Step by step, Villa is forced to confront her own past and unearth buried memories.
“Tool is a complex, ambitious, and exceptionally wellstructured novel that I look forward to continue discussing with the people around me.”
víðsjá, iceland
“ A thoughtful and intricate work of fiction in its conversation with conscience and compassion.” women’s literary prize jury
“It is a matter of celebration that we have an artist of this caliber who writes fiction with the gravitas that is displayed here. a remarkable and important novel that has an urgent message for our time (…) Kristín Eiríksdóttir is one of our greatest authors that delivers wonderfully true and original work.” stundin, iceland
Kristín Eiríksdóttir (b. 1981) is one of the most tonesetting and influential Icelandic authors of her generation. Her breakthrough novel A Fist or a Heart earned her the Icelandic Literature Prize and the Women’s Literature Prize, as well as a nomination for the Nordic Council Literature Prize. Her latest novel Tool similarly went on to receive prestigious accolades, including securing her second nomination for the Nordic Council Literature Prize.
Book of Events
Andrzej Tichý
published 2024, Albert Bonniers (Sweden) pages 670
A dizzying mosaic novel about power, powerlessness, and the power of imagination. On a playground in Malmö, a girl takes her own life with pills she stole from her mother. A young man discovers her but doesn’t seek any help, as he doesn’t want to involve the authorities. A few days later he is found, knocked out in a stairwell, by a former radical writer down on his luck who lets him sleep off the high on his couch. Somehow, their lives are connected by a number of people and events, scattered in time and space. A psychedelic dance of death, in which sharp contemporary realism is mixed with lively satire.
“Geographically, the story gravitates around the Lindängen district in Malmö, but Tichý has written a European novel, filled with fragments of stories from the continent’s many backstreets.” nordic council literature prize
“Book of Events is systemic criticism on speed, a long and drawn-out danse macabre where the dead reader is reminded not only of the individual’s, but of the entire society’s fate.” expressen, sweden
“It is impossible not to be moved by the accusing power of Andrzej Tichý. Like Job in the Bible facing all trials, his text gropes for an earthly meaning with what is happening”
svenska dagbladet, sweden
Andrzej Tichý (b.1978), was born in Prague to a Polish mother and a Czech father and has lived in Sweden since 1981. He is the author of five novels, a story collection and a wide range of nonfiction and criticism. Tichý has received critical acclaim for his work, and is widely recognized as one of the most important novelists of his generation. His novel Wretchedness, a post-political foray into modern day Swedish society, was shortlisted for the August Prize in 2016 and nominated for the 2021 International Booker Prize. His short story collection Purity (2020) as well as his latest Book of Events were both shortlistet for the Nordic Council Literature Prize.
rights sold: Sweden, Albert Bonniers • UK, Other Stories (World English)
photo: Carla Orrego Veliz
Stolen Music
Anders Rydell
(Sweden)
Stolen Music tells the chilling stories of Jewish musicians Wanda Landowska, Arthur Rubinstein, Shony Braun, Alma Rosé, and Władysław Szpilman from the interwar period’s vibrant musical scene to the Nazis’ persecution. Parallel to these musicians’ fates is the story about music’s role in the Third Reich, and the wide-spread and systematic looting of tens of thousands of instruments, manuscripts, and books. Many of these are still lost to the world.
The special command Sonderstab Musik led the hunt for Europe’s foremost musical treasures, invaluable instruments and manuscripts from masters such as Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven. Headed by Herbert Gerigk, the aim of this musical looting was to obliterate Jewish influence over European music once and for all.
photo: Rickard Eriksson
Stolen Music is not only a tale of the Nazis’ attempt to silence their opponents, but one about music as an act of resistance.
Anders Rydell (b. 1982) is an established journalist, editor and author of nonfiction. Rydell, the former Head of Culture at a major Swedish media group, has in his authorial career published several books, thereamong the acclaimed nonfiction works The Looters and The Book Thieves. In 2024, Rydell concluded the thematic trilogy with Stolen Music. The three works constitute a trilogy on the theme of cultural plunder during World War II, but can also be read as stand-alone works.
The Scandinavian Art of Harmonious Co-Parenting
Hedvig Montgomery
published 2024, Bonnier Norsk (Norway) pages 184 reading material English translation, Norwegian edition
The bestselling author of the Parental Magic series is back with a new book providing tools for parents going through a divorce that will help them to create a good environment for their children, both through the breakup and into all the important years that follow.
A breakup is not the end, but rather the start of a new life that will affect both children and adults in the family for years to come. How do you ensure that you will remain a happy family even when you live a life with two homes? How do you communicate these changes to your child? And who are you going to be as a parent when life no longer looks the way you thought it would?
How parents handle a separation will have direct consequences on the child’s life. This book is the ideal tool for parents who want to cooperate in the best possible way, and for the new adults who may enter the children’s lives. Always with the children’s best in mind.
rights sold: Estonia, Pegasus • Greece, Metaixmio • Latvia, Zvaigzne ABC • North Macedonia, Antolog • Norway, Bonnier Norsk • The Netherlands, Bruna
Hedvig Montgomery (b. 1968) is a psychologist and family therapist with more than two decades of experience in the field. Montgomery’s best-selling books are the results of decades of research and hands-on experience, offering practical wisdom and effective techniques for every stage of childhood—from babyhood to adolescence.
rights sold: France, Le Cherche Midi • Netherlands, Atlas Contact • Sweden, Norstedts
photo: Janne Rugland
My Year as a Fraud
Johanna Swanberg
published 2024, Albert Bonniers (Sweden) pages 300 reading material English translation, Swedish edition
Cassi hadn’t always been drinking instant coffee from a PET bottle for breakfast, or numbed her evenings with a bag-in-box. She had gone from being successful, popular and happy, to being frustrated, depressed and wine-soaked in less than a year.
In an impulsive attempt to escape her life, she accidentally buys a secluded cottage in the countryside. But when she moves in, rumours have already spread that Cassi is an experienced self-help guru.
Instead of explaining the misunderstanding, she decides to embrace her new role and begins guiding the locals through their various problems. She creates a new existence with improvised forms of therapy, makeshift yoga and magical stones, and, to her surprise, a few really good friends.
But when has a life built on lies ever been a good idea?
My Year as a Fraud is a book about hitting rock bottom and finding your way
Johanna Swanberg (b.1974), is a journalist, podcaster and author with experience in newspapers, TV, radio and PR. She lives in Stockholm with two children, two dogs and a husband. My Year as a Fraud is her literary debut.
A Little Death
published 2024, Bookmark (Sweden) pages 622 reading material English sample & summary, Swedish edition
When Lydia leaves Sweden behind for an exchange year across the Atlantic, she finds herself in a small and Christian – but godforsaken – rural community. The town has been deeply shaken by a tragedy that has left its mark on both the place and its inhabitants. Feeling lost, but keen to adapt to the local social codes, Lydia soon becomes caught up in the region’s dark intrigues.
Parallel to this, Bonnie stands before a decisive year at the end of the 1990s. Following a difficult separation, her life revolves around the love for her rebellious teenage daughter, her job within assisted living and the fellowship of the church. When Bonnie encounters the free spirited Ronald she dares to dream of a life beyond her mundane routine. But in order to move on she first needs to confront that which has kept her confined since the day her husband disappeared.
Despite being separated by time and space, Lydia and Bonnie’s destinies become intertwined in this tale that explores life-changing love, social vulnerability and the pursuit for happiness. A Little Death is an unforgettable novel set amongst the boundless corn fields and deep forests of the American east coast.
rights sold: Czech Republic, Euromedia • Germany, Hoffmann und Campe • Hungary, Athenaeum • Norway, Gyldendal • Poland, Wielka Litera • Serbia, Laguna • Sweden, Albert Bonniers • Thailand, Library House • UK, Hutchinson Heinemann (World English) • Ukraine, KM Books
Ebba Bandh (b.1987) has a background as literary director and publisher with over a decade’s experience in the book industry. She has worked with some of the most successful crime writers in Sweden. Her evocative debut A Little Death is inspired by a transformative exchange she undertook in the early 2000s, to a small, religious community in upstate New York that had been rocked by the mysterious deaths of two young citizens.
rights
Modtryk • Sweden, Bookmark
photo: Karl Nordlund
Ebba Bandh
photo: Kajsa Göransson
The August Strindberg Series 1-5
Kristina Ohlsson
published 2020-2025, Forum (Sweden) reading material Swedish Editions, English translation of book 1, summaries of books 2-4
rights sold: Czech Republic, Zlin • Denmark, Modtryk • Finland, WSOY • Germany, Blanvalet • Greece, Patakis • Hungary, Animus • Iceland, Forlagid • Italy, Salani • Lithuania, LWU Publishers • Netherlands, House of Books • Norway, Gyldendal • Poland, Smak Slowa • Romania, Editura Trei • Serbia, Vulkan • Slovakia, DOT • Sweden, Forum
From the No. 1 bestselling author Kristina Ohlsson comes a new crime series set on the Swedish west coast. Mystery and atmosphere combine as the salty sea winds greet a newcomer to the community: August Strindberg.
August arrives in Hovenäset on the very same night that a local teacher, Agnes, disappears. August has just left a lucrative career in finance, and the big city, behind him. All for the sake of realizing his long-held dream: to open an antiques store. Finally he’ll get to do what he’s always loved, and in a place he’s longed to return to.
But the idyllic little community of Hovenäset has been shaken to its core by the disappearance of one of its most loved members. The police, with the empathetic and driven Maria Martinsson at the fore, search for her day and night. But as the days stack up, the hope of finding Agnes alive dwindles. What really happened to her? And why can’t August shake the uncomfortable feeling that he holds the key to solving the mystery?
“Kristina Ohlsson skillfully crafts a suspenseful crime plot around the relationship between parents and children, the fear of certain characteristics being inherited by the next generation, old sins, and new crimes..”
dagens nyheter, sweden
“No one creates intrigues like she does. It is simply brilliant.” maj sjöwall
Kristina Ohlsson (b. 1979) is one of Sweden’s most successful and lauded authors of crime fiction and children’s books. Before becoming a full-time writer, Kristina worked for the OSCE (the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe), the Swedish Security Service, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since her switch to a literary career, she has been a frequent name on national and international bestseller lists, award shortlists, and a critics’ favorite. In 2020, she embarked on a new crime series set on the atmospheric west coast of Sweden: the August Strindberg series.
