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​​​“A trend-sensitive combination of excitement and feelgood that skilfully connects the present with the 80s. This is a debut of grit and charm, as well as a well-balanced mix of drama and entertainment. We like the colorful characters and look forward to following them in the series we feel confident that the author laid a solid foundation for with this book.”
Motivation for the CRIME TIME AWARD nomination / SWE
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”Congratulations – we have a new Crime Queen!”
Kustboktanten, Pocketgrossisten
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“Stranden is a wonderful feelgood thriller that mixes the investigation of the old and the fresh murders, the secrets of the small town and the relaxed everyday life of the cat hotel. And it’s nice to read about a female protagonist who faithfully runs the taste of blood in her mouth but in return she eats only chips or cake and champagne for dinner – without the self-adjustment that female protagonists usually comment on.”
Publisher at Minerva / FI
"THE BEACH/ STRANDEN"
Shortlisted for Crimetime Award Debutant of the Year 2021.
THE BEACH/ STRANDEN ranked #2 most popular audiobook on Storytel, stayed among "most listened this week" on BookBeat all summer and climbed the charts of Swedish book retailers. over 100 000 copies sold in Sweden the first year. ​
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THE BEACH/ STRANDEN is the first book about former police officer Lina Lantz, with stand-alone sequels to follow.
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It's 1988 and 16-year-old Peter and Erik are in the midst of a long summer break in the small coastal town of Sandinge, in the south of Sweden. Suddenly Peter disappears. All that is left behind is clothes with blood stains.
The case eventually gets cold.
Lina Lantz has never fit in, anywhere. Once a talented police investigator, she has left everything after a kidnapping gone wrong.
She heads to her 92-year-old grandfather in Sandinge, with a suitcase full of books and her two cats.
When a boy is found dead on her beach, she reluctantly gets pulled into the investigation. Her discoveries soon lead her to that summer of 1988, when Peter vanished.
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Rights sold to
FINLAND: Minerva Kustannus
NORWAY: Strawberry Publishing/ Bonnier Norsk Förlag
DENMARK: Bokfabriken
POLAND
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Swedish thrillers with humour and dark undertones
"THE CASTLE / SLOTTET"
THE CASTLE/ SLOTTET is the second book about former police officer Lina Lantz. It's a stand-alone sequel, with at least two more to follow.
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Unidentified human bones are found in a forest owned by a private castle. The owner of the castle, a eighty year old iron lady is reported missing. Former police Lina Lantz gets pulled into the case by her grandfather, who knows the family. Lina would rather celebrate a calm Christmas with her cats and books, but when the case unfolds it takes them back to the eighties and further back in history.
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Swedish publisher: Bokfabriken​
Rights sold to FINLAND: Minerva Kustannus
DENMARK: Bokfabriken
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"THE SUNCATCHER / SOLVARGEN"
“Angela was like an exotic cocktail in a small town where people were used to light beers. Maria was not even a light beer, but more like a lukewarm glass of low-fat milk in the school cafeteria”.
That was in the year 1989. What seems like a lifetime later, Maria Stener moves back to the small town of Sandinge with her teenage daughter Tilde. Soon, she starts receiving strange calls from an unknown number in the middle of the night. When her daughter then finds a dead woman in the solarium in the local gym, Maria is forced to confront and grapple with the past. Nothing suggests murder, until the police find a frightening message. The murderer seems to be motivated by revenge, and they must race to find out why before more people become victims. The police turn to Lina Lantz for help. Lina has been hired by a private security company to protect the owner of the gym chain, the wealthy Swedish-American Joey Wulf. The job becomes more difficult than Lina ever could have imagined. Can she risk her life for a man she hates? And is he the one that needs to be protected from the outside world, or is it the other way around?
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The Suncatcher – a crime novel about revenge, friendship, and the broken dreams of the 1980s – is the freestanding third book following Anna Breitholtz Monsén’s roaring debut, The Beach, and sequel, The Castle. The series features Lina Lantz, her wayward grandfather, and the colorful police officer Madde, and is set in the fictional coastal community of Sandinge, where the ex-police Lina Lantz has opened a cat hotel. The crime stories are characterized by both darkness and warmth, are about finding your own way in the world.