Crime Author of 2024, Viveca Sten is back with the anticipated fifth part in her critically acclaimed series, The Åre Murders.


During the Gothenburg Book Fair, Sten was awarded BookBeat’s award for Sweden’s Crime Author of the Year.
The prestigious award is completely data driven and based on reader interactions on the BookBeat platform, so it’s 100% a readers’ choice award. And now she’s back with Hidden In Mercy.

Hidden In Mercy, is published by Forum in Sweden and this time we get to follow Hanna Ahlander as a series of mysterious deaths affect elderly people in the Åre region, and the police officer begins to suspect that something is not right. Meanwhile, her relationship with her closest colleague, Daniel Lindskog, is strained and the conflict deepens despite their need to work together. With the clock ticking, they must prevent more people from being murdered, but that requires them to find their way back to each other.

Once again Viveca Sten offers thrilling murder mysteries that will captivate readers and make them fall deeper in love with the treacherously beautiful Swedish alps.

And the titel is one of the most anticipated titles on BookBeat and is one of their trending titles, just hours after the release.