He Swindled Everyone and Everything - Norstedtsagency.se
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Crime FictionHans KoppelPetter Lidbeck, born 1964, lives in Stockholm. Under thep<strong>se</strong>udonym ‘Hans Koppel’ he has previously publishedthree satirical novels about the Swedish middle class oftoday. Kommer aldrig mer igen/Never coming back, hisfirst thriller in a planned trilogy, has now sold more than60 000 copies in the UK <strong>and</strong> 50 000 copies in Sweden!Kommer aldrig mer igenNever Coming BackJanuary 2011, 251 pagesSenior Editor: Annika Seward Jen<strong>se</strong>n, TelegramEnglish translation availableKom ska vi tycka om var<strong>and</strong>raYou’re Mine NowOctober 2012, 300 pagesSenior Editor: Annika Seward Jen<strong>se</strong>n, TelegramTidigare titlar avom Vi i villa (2008)»vårens bästa samtidsskildring«Expres<strong>se</strong>n»Norénkänsla och humor i skön mix«Aftonbladet»stilren och effektiv«Svenska Dagbladet––––––om Medicinen (2009)»synnerligen underhåll<strong>and</strong>e«Tidningen Kulturen»humor och sanningar i en skruvad roman«Tidningen Vi»ett riktigt lyckopiller«Bibliotekstip<strong>se</strong>t––––––om Kungens födel<strong>se</strong>dag (2010)»Ett stycke lys<strong>and</strong>e samtidssatir.«Kristianstadsbladet»osviklig känsla för skenbart banala detaljer, distinktioneroch tecken i tiden«Dalarnas Tidning»dags att kliva ut på scenen och tacka för de välförtjänta applåderna«SydsvenskanAn icecold <strong>and</strong> cleverly compo<strong>se</strong>d thrillerInternational critics raved about Koppel’s crime debutKommer aldrig mer igen. Now he’s back with anotherterrifying thriller that gets under your skin.Anna is living happily with her husb<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> daughter outsidethe southern city of <strong>He</strong>lsingborg. She <strong>and</strong> two of herfemale colleagues – the power troika of the Family Journal– are on a weekend conference to lay the plans for thecoming year.After dinner, Anna is courted by an attractive young manworking at a local ad agency. Unlike her two colleagues,Anna has never been unfaithful, not even thought aboutit, but Eric is 15 years younger, athletic <strong>and</strong> intensive <strong>and</strong>she simply falls for his charms. It is the best <strong>se</strong>x Anna ha<strong>se</strong>ver had, but a mistake, <strong>and</strong> she is immediately regretful.She goes to Erik’s place to end their affair before it goes anyfurther, but ends up in bed with him instead.Anna tries to break up with Erik without hurting hisfeelings, but he reacts with jealousy <strong>and</strong> anger. Erik doesn’tcare that she has a husb<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> a daughter that she loves,<strong>and</strong> soon the conversation is alarming Anna. <strong>He</strong> will doanything to be with her, <strong>and</strong> soon the lives of her loved onesare in danger.Calle Collin – the journalist we met in Never Coming Back– plays a brief part in this story too. The location in southernSweden also connects this novel with the first in the<strong>se</strong>ries but what ties them together even more, is the theme– Hans Koppel is back with a new thrilling novel about actions<strong>and</strong> con<strong>se</strong>quences.Rights sold to:Little, Brown, UK • Pegasus, USFront Forlag, Norway • Bruna, the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<strong>He</strong>yne, Germany • Pres<strong>se</strong>s de la Cité, FrancePiemme, Italy • Ayrinti, TurkeyEurasian, Taiwan • Weltbild/Swiat Ksiazki, Pol<strong>and</strong>Verus/Record Publishing Group, BrazilCITIC Press, China • Planeta, SpainPeople’s Press, Denmarklinda.altrovberg@norstedts.<strong>se</strong>catherine.mork@norstedts.<strong>se</strong>asa.bergman@norstedts.<strong>se</strong>
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