The Culpability of Albin Runge
Håkan Nesser
Barbarotti is back—this time on Gotland! The #1 Swedish Bestseller.”I shouldn’t be alive”, writes academic and bus driver Albin Runge in his diary notes in 2013. So, when someone seems to be threatening to kill him, he is very understanding, and even…
The Christmas Oratorio
Göran Tunström
In Sunne all, once again, are gathered to perform Bach’s jubilant Christmas Oratorio. From there, the story expands: it spans over three generations, begins in the thirties and ends today. The plot moves between Värmland and its geographical opposite…
The Thief
Göran Tunström
In Sunne in Värmland, fat Ida Pripp meets lazy Fredrik Jonson Lök and is enchanted, seduced and humiliated. Twelve children are born in the meager house on Torvnäs, but this is foremost the story of Johan, the thirteenth child born in the meager hous…
Famous Men That Have Visited Sunne
Göran Tunström
This is the last novel published during Göran Tunströms lifetime and won the August Prize in 1998. Swedish, as well as international, celebrities appear in the town of Sunne during a week in September in the 60´s, and take part in the story. This is…
Tullia’s World
Kerstin Ekman
Just like many other Roman women, little is known about Tullia, beloved daughter of Cicero and the heroine of legendary author and erstwhile Swedish Academy member Kerstin Ekman’s latest book.Based on her interest in antiquity, Kerstin Ekman gives us…
Midsummer Night Dreams
Bengt Ohlsson
It’s 1988. A 20-something friendship group go to Roslagen to celebrate Midsummer. During the night, Jenny and Olof reveal that they are expecting, and the news fill the friends with a strange feeling. Is it already time to grow up? But they have all…
Child’s Play
Bo Svernström
A new crime thriller featuring Carl Edson and Jodie Söderberg by the bestselling author of Victims.Robert Lindström harbours a childhood secret: he killed his best friend Max in a fit of rage when he was eleven years old. Or, did he?Robert was accuse…
The Afflicted
Karin Wahlberg
Sweden’s answer to Tess Gerritsen returns with an immediate bestseller. 32,000 copies sold within a month, and 42,000 copies sold to date.Karin Wahlberg has gained a critical mass following in Sweden with the success of the Claes Claesson series, as…