Salomonsson Agency NEWSAUTHORSSCREENWRITERSBOOKSABOUTCONTACT Jo Nesbø and Arne Dahl No. 2 in Germany 28 Sep 2017 Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst is No. 2 also this week on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for hardcover fiction. Arne Dahl’s Hinterlands stays at No. 2 on the paperback list as well. This is The Thirst’s second week on the list, and Hinterlands’ fourth. Jo NesbøArne Dahl Photo: Johan Paulin/SVT First scene of ‘Jordskott II’ released 28 Sep 2017 The first scene of Jordskott season two has been released. The season, written by Aron Levander among others, will premiere on October 15, 2017, on Swedish public broadcasting company SVT. To watch the scene, click “Read more” below. Aron Levander & Hans Jörnlind Read more Detective Agency No. 2 film shoot starts today 27 Sep 2017 Today is the first date of shooting for Operation Shadowman, the film based on the immensely popular and No. 1 bestselling Norwegian children’s book series by Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes, Detective Agency No. 2. The film, which will be based on the book Operation Shadowman, will be produced by Filmkameratene in collaboration with Zefyr Media Fund. Grethe Bøe-Waal, the award-winning scriptwriter and director of Operation Arctic, has written the script and will be directing. Jørn Lier Horst: “Detective Agency No. 2 and Operation Shadowman is the first thing I’ve written that will be adapted for film. It’s going to be a thrill, but I have great faith in Filmkameratene. It will probably be most thrilling of all for those sitting in the movie theater.” Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes Photo: NRK ‘Mammon II’ nominated for an International Emmy Award 27 Sep 2017 The second season of Mammon, written and created by Gjermund Stenberg Eriksen together with Vegard Stenberg Eriksen, was today nominated for an International Emmy Award in the category ‘Best Drama’. The 45th International Emmy Awards will take place on November 20, 2017. Mammon (2014-2016), first aired by Norwegian public broadcasting company NRK, has become an internationally acclaimed show with great reviews as well as an average of 1.3 million viewers per episode, the second highest TSR-rating on NRK to that date. The Guardian proclaimed the show to be “Exactly what you want from Scandinavian quality crime”. Gjermund Stenberg Eriksen Read more ‘1793’ published in Sweden 27 Sep 2017 The year is 1793. More than a year has passed since the death of 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 1793, 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 1793 created an entirely new genre of suggestive and realistic historical noir. Niklas Natt och Dag New Author - Niklas Natt och Dag 27 Sep 2017 Niklas Natt och Dag (b. 1979) debuted as an author with the historical literary novel 1793. 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. Niklas Natt och Dag ‘Operation Mummy’ published in Norway 26 Sep 2017 Operation Mummy, the twelfth installment in Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Detective Agency No. 2 series, is now out in Norwegian bookstores! The Riverton Museum is planning an exhibit on ancient Egypt, and the crowning attraction will be a several-thousand-year-old mummy. But during the preparations a series of accidents occur. Could the rumors be true – is the mummy cursed? Or is someone out to sabotage the exhibit? Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Detective Agency No. 2 series is crime fiction for the youngest – clever, engaging, and full of thrills! Join our heroes Tiril, Oliver and their dog Ocho as they solve mysteries that have even the adults of Riverton scratching their heads. Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes ‘The Flood’ No. 5 in Finland 25 Sep 2017 Kristina Ohlsson’s The Flood is No. 5 on the August bestseller list for translated fiction in Finland. The Flood is the sixth installment in Ohlsson’s Fredrika Bergman series. Kristina Ohlsson ‘The Katharina Code’ No. 1 in Norway 25 Sep 2017 After five weeks, Jørn Lier Horst’s The Katharina Code is still No. 1 on the official Norwegian bestseller list for fiction. The Katharina Code is the first installment in Horst’s critically acclaimed new series, the Cold Case Quartet. Jørn Lier Horst ‘The Mystery on Eagle’s Cliff’ published in Sweden 25 Sep 2017 Bonnie and Charles are on the run and they have chosen Shadow Cove to hide in. The small town is home to Bonnie’s grandmother, who lives right next to an old lighthouse on top of a cliff. The children soon realize that Shadow Cove and the lighthouse have some dark secrets. A boy has gone missing in town and is nowhere to be found. There’s whispers of a terrible legend – a headless Avenger that haunts the living from beyond the grave. And one night Bonnie sees the lighthouse flash, despite her grandmother’s claim that it hasn’t been in use for over a hundred years. The children decide to solve the mystery of the lighthouse and the missing boy. But can Bonnie and Charles do it alone? Who in Shadow Cove can they trust? Kristina Ohlsson is one of Sweden’s most successful authors. The Mystery on Eagle’s Cliff is her latest stand-alone children’s suspense novel. Kristina Ohlsson Photo: ANDREW MEDICHINI / TT NYHETSBYRÅN Tom Hanks to produce and star in the remake of ‘A Man Called Ove’ 21 Sep 2017 Tom Hanks will star as Ove in the American remake of A Man Called Ove, based on the international bestseller by Fredrik Backman and its Swedish film adaptation produced by SF Studios and written and directed by Hannes Holm. Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman will produce the movie together with Rita Wilson and Fredrik Wikström Nicastro at SF Studios. Fredrik Wikström Nicastro: “I strongly believe that A Man Called Ove is a universal story that resonates strongly with an American and international audience. Making this film with one of the world’s best and most acclaimed actors gives A Man Called Ove the best possible opportunity to once again touch the hearts of audiences worldwide.” Rita Wilson: “This story about love, tolerance and hope amplifies the qualities in movies that are hallmarks of the classic films we know and love. A Man Called Ove transcended the language barrier to touch readers and audiences in ways we long for. What an honor to be part of such beautiful material.” To read more in Deadline Hollywood, click “Read more” below. Fredrik Backman Read more Jo Nesbø and Arne Dahl No. 2 on the German hardcover and paperback lists 21 Sep 2017 Jo Nesbø’s The Thirst, the eleventh Harry Hole novel, has gone straight to No. 2 on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for hardcover fiction after being published in Germany just last Friday. Arne Dahl’s Hinterlands meanwhile claims the No. 2 spot on Der Spiegel’s paperback list. This marks Hinterlands’ third week on the list. Jo NesbøArne Dahl ‘In Every Moment We Are Still Alive’ chosen as an Indies Introduce title 21 Sep 2017 Tom Malmquist’s In Every Moment We Are Still Alive has been chosen as an American Booksellers Association Indies Introduce title in the US. Indies Introduce is a program created to promote debut authors at independent bookstores in America. Each season a panel of booksellers reads debut works submitted to them by publishers, and choose ten titles for the special honor of being included on their list of recommended titles. In Every Moment We Are Still Alive has been chosen for the Winter / Spring 2018 list. Below are two blurbs by panel members. “Malmquist’s writing style is unlike any I’ve recently experienced. He captures the ordinariness of daily life and of systems—medical, government—and the mundane choices we must make as citizens of these worlds. His ear for dialogue, be it in sterile hospital quarters or with family and friends, makes you feel present and privileged to be part of the conversation.” -Janine De Boisblanc, Orinda Books (Orinda, CA) “Tom’s girlfriend, Karin, is his soulmate. They are in love and about to start a family, but the birth of their daughter, Livia, reveals a terrible truth: Karin has leukemia. As Tom is left to mourn her death and raise their daughter on his own, he wavers between rage and depression and struggles with the challenges of his new life. This remarkable, partially biographical debut novel will make your heart ache with empathy, then send your spirit soaring with hope. It’s sad, funny, devastating, and encouraging, all in one package. Readers who appreciate real, accessible characters and those who may be struggling with questions thrown at them by life’s unexpected turmoil will love the chance to embrace this novel. Book clubs are urged to not overlook a chance for serious discussion on the topic of untimely death, responsibility fulfilled, and hope for the future.” -Linda Bond, Auntie’s Bookstore (Spokane, WA) Tom Malmquist ‘Yes No Maybe’ winner of two awards at the Fuengirola International Film Festival 20 Sep 2017 Yes No Maybe, directed and written by Mads Rosenkrantz Grage, has won the Fuengirola Web Fest Award, part of the Official Webseries Section at the 6th Fuengirola International Film Festival. Mads Rosenkrantz Grage himself also won an award for ‘Best Director of Webseries’ with Yes No Maybe. Mads Rosenkrantz Grage ‘Deeds of Fall’ published in Sweden 18 Sep 2017 It’s a late summer’s eve in 1990 and five childhood friends have set up camp by their secret bathing spot, a closed quarry on one of southern Sweden’s mountain ridges. The mood is effervescent, but under the surface tensions run deep. Though the evening is supposed to be a last farewell to their childhoods and each other, not everyone is ready to let go, or be left behind. When dawn breaks and the first fall rain has subsided, a body is floating in the dark waters of the quarry. The police label it a tragic accident, but not everyone is convinced. For twenty-seven years, the accident remains an open wound in the community, a conflict waiting to catch fire. When the old chief of police is replaced by Anna Vesper, a newly arrived homicide detective from Stockholm, things start moving. Soon Anna is left with no choice but to ignore all warnings and reopen the case from that autumn in 1990. An autumn that few will admit to remembering, but nonetheless refuses to be forgotten. Deeds of Fall is the second installment in Anders de la Motte’s series of stand-alone suspense novels set in southern Sweden. Anders de la Motte ‘Island of Souls’ published in Finland 13 Sep 2017 An autumn night in 1891, Kristina Andersson drowns her two sleeping children in the Aura river. When their pale faces have faded from view she rows home. The next morning regret sets in, but it’s too late. Kristina is sent to the asylum on Själö, an island in the Åbo archipelago. It’s a place few ever leave. Forty years later, it’s seventeen-year-old Elli’s turn. The daughter of a bourgeois family, Elli wants something more than what the rigid structure of her family home can offer. She gets a summer job at an office, falls head over heels in love and runs away only to be embroiled in a Bonnie and Clyde-style set-up by a spurned lover. When she’s caught she too is brought to Själö, where time seems to have come to a standstill. The nurse Sigrid becomes the link between Kristina and Elli, the old and the new. But time is threatening to catch up with Själö and its inhabitants. War is brewing in Europe and will soon touch their shores too. Johanna Holmström’s evocative and striking tale Island of Souls has its basis in reality and the tragic human fates that permeated the walls of the real-life asylum on Själö. Island of Souls is a novel about motherhood, the evil, the good, and the utterly ordinary. About the price that three women must pay for their weakness, longing, love, sorrow and friendship. But most of all perhaps, it is a book about madness, and how its definition has shifted as it has been used on women throughout time. Johanna Holmström ‘Hinterlands’ No. 1 in Germany 12 Sep 2017 Hinterlands, the second installment in Arne Dahl’s series about Berger and Blom, is No. 1 on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list. Arne Dahl The Swedish bestseller lists for August 12 Sep 2017 The official Swedish bestseller list for August is in, and Lars Kepler comes in at No. 2 on the paperback list with The Rabbit Hunter. Anders de la Motte’s End of Summer is right behind at No. 3, and Fredrik Backman occupies the No. 4 spot with Beartown. Fredrik Backman also features at No. 4 on the hardcover list with his latest novel, Us Against You. On the audio book and e-book list Jens Lapidus comes in at No. 2 and No. 3 with Top Dog. Jonas Bonnier’s The Helicopter Heist is No. 4 on the audio list. Lars KeplerAnders de la MotteFredrik BackmanJens Lapidus ‘The Hills’ published in Norway 08 Sep 2017 The restaurant The Hills stands at the center of Matias Faldbakken’s new 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. Matias Faldbakken Full-length international trailer for ‘The Snowman’ released 05 Sep 2017 Jo Nesbø Latest sales 1793 1793 by Niklas Natt och Dag SEP 29 France, Sonatine Deal closed by Federico Ambrosini 1793 1793 by Niklas Natt och Dag SEP 28 Denmark, Rosinante Deal closed by Julia Angelin 1793 1793 by Niklas Natt och Dag SEP 28 Germany, Piper Deal closed by Federico Ambrosini Och varje morgon blir vägen hem längre och längre And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman SEP 25 Denmark, People’s Press Deal closed by Tor Jonasson Tre sekunder Three Seconds by Roslund & Hellström SEP 25 Slovakia, Ikar Three-book deal closed by Federico Ambrosini Björnstad Beartown by Fredrik Backman SEP 25 Slovakia, Ikar Two-book deal closed by Federico Ambrosini Latest reviews 1793 1793 by Niklas Natt och Dag I’m quickly absorbed by the milieus and the prose. /…/ A very literary historical t... – BokBoxen 1793 1793 by Niklas Natt och Dag 1793 is an all the way through beautifully phrased and powerful text that complet... – BTJ Mysteriet på Örnklippan The Mystery on Eagle’s Cliff by Kristina Ohlsson A lovely tale within the genre lightly spine-tingling mystery books.... – BTJ Den nionde graven The Ninth Grave by Stefan Ahnhem Ahnhem’s story is as bleak as the depths of a Nordic winter, as gory as a charnel h... – Belfast Telegraph Höstdåd Deeds of Fall by Anders de la Motte Anders de la Motte handles the classic elements of the crime fiction genre with con... – Norra Skåne Latest titles 1793 1793 by Niklas Natt och Dag 2017 Operasjon Mumie Operation Mummy by Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes 2017 Mysteriet på Örnklippan The Mystery on Eagle’s Cliff by Kristina Ohlsson 2017 Höstdåd Deeds of Fall by Anders de la Motte 2017 Själarnas ö Island of Souls by Johanna Holmström 2017 The Hills The Hills by Matias Faldbakken 2017 Download our latest catalogue Download our latest children’s catalogue Featured author Niklas Natt och Dag Featured book The Hills The Hills by Matias Faldbakken The restaurant The Hills stands at the center of Matias Faldbakken’s new novel, a story of waiters and regulars, chandeliers and cloakrooms, bar managers and in-house pianists. It’s a continental interior that greets the visitor, and the one who guides the reader through this landscape is a veteran waiter at the establishment. With utter discretion and a complete knowledge of all that goes on in his domain, he is the eyes and ears of the novel. Authors See all Lars Kepler Sjöwall & Wahlöö Steinar Bragi Hassan Loo Sattarvandi Jo Nesbø Michael Katz Krefeld Screenwriters See all Malin Lagerlöf Petter S. Rosenlund Björn Carlström Anna Bache-Wiig & Siv Rajendram Eliassen Stefan Thunberg Hassan Loo Sattarvandi Götgatan 27, 116 21 Stockholm, Sweden e: info@salomonssonagency.com p: +46 8 22 32 11 Visit our facebook page