MARIA GRUND BURST into the Scandinavian crime scene with her debut novel Mortal Sin. A critics’ favorite, the novel was shortlisted for the Crimetime Specsavers Award and the Storytel Award and went onto win the prestigious Swedish Academy of Crime Fiction Award (Best Debut).
COMBINING A STRONG character-driven narrative with the majestic scenery of a remote and dark Swedish fictitious island, Maria Grund’s writing grabs hold of the reader from start to finish with its fast-paced, well-written, and highly suspenseful plotting. It was clear that a new strong voice within Scandi Noir was born.
MORTAL SIN, CELEBRATED for its unique horror ambiance, plot, and strong female characters quickly established Maria Grund internationally and has so far been sold to no less than eleven countries. In 2022, the sequel DANCE OF DEATH was published.
NIGHT FLIER, PART three in The Sanna Berling Series was published by Polaris in 2023. A prequel set thirty years before Mortal Sin, we meet a young Sanna Berling joining the police force in the same year that the Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme, is assassinated. In The Octopus (2024) and The Silver Rabbit (2025), readers will follow Sanna Berling’s life and career leading up to Mortal Sin, bringing fans full circle in a crime series that traverses dark, desolate Scandinavia, its landscapes, and its people.
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