Press Release: Deals Done
Hennessey Acquires Swedish Crime Series In First Signing For Harvill Secker
Posted at 2:22PM Monday 23 Jan 2012
Alison Hennessey, in her first signing as Senior Crime Editor at Harvill Secker, has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) for two books in the critically acclaimed, award-winning Intercrime series by Swedish crime writer Arne Dahl, in a deal with Tor Jonasson at the Salomonsson agency. The first book in the series which follows an elite team of detectives assembled to investigate international violent crime, The Blinded Man, will be published in Vintage paperback in July 2012 and Bad Blood, which revolves around an American serial killer on the loose in Sweden, will be published by Harvill Secker in summer 2013. Alison Hennessey at Harvill Secker says: 'I am delighted to be bringing Arne Dahl's critically acclaimed Intercrime series to Harvill Secker as my first acquisition; with clever plotting and brilliant characterisation that will appeal to readers of Henning Mankell and fans of The Wire alike, it makes a really exciting addition to the Harvill Secker crime list.' 'Thoughtfully haunting and sometimes beautifully written, the first of Hjelm's cases to be translated into English is likely to resonate with readers of the Stieg Larsson trilogy' —Kirkus (starred review) '[A] superb police procedural... Dahl has created a brilliant character and a terrific story, and should that not be enough, this is a classic cop-shop tale of the old school' The Globe and Mail (Canada) 'I'd definitely recommend this book if you enjoyed the Stieg Larsson books and if you like Scandinavian crime/thrillers like those from Henning Mankell, Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö (Martin Beck series) Jo Nesbo, etc. you won't be disappointed' Amazon.com For further information please contact: Bethan Jones, Head of Crime Fiction, Vintage Publishing Publicity bjones@randomhouse.co.uk, 020 7840 8543
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