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Grand News #15, 2015

New author and title from Grand Agency

STHLM Confidential

With journalistic drive and contemporary style

Lenny Lee, is a photographer and owner of a scandal magazine, he’s a big spender  constantly surrounded by beautiful women. But times are changing and his star status is declining. Solveig Berg is a young journalist who went too far in search of a scoop, lost her job and ended up in the cold. She’s flipping hamburgers to survive. When the glamour model Jennifer Leone is found dead, Lennie’s and Solveig’s paths cross and a nasty chain of events takes off. STHLM Confidential is a constantly entertaining thriller that unfolds among the glitzy gourmet restaurants and glossy magazine world. Trust is a long since gone.  And who can you count on in a game without rules?
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For more information on this title, please contact Lena Stjernström at lena@grandagency.se.

Words from the agent

As a big consumer of thriller and crime, you think you have seen most of the plots and ideas that writers could come up with in the mystery genre. And then you pick up a paper-back and start reading and realize; this is new, I haven’t seen this before. That’s what happened when we found STHLM Confidential by Hanna Lindberg. A thriller set in contemporary jet set Stockholm, with characters that you both like and find annoying. You sympathize with them for their shortcomings and yet you dislike them for trespassing ethical borders and behaving like crooks. The fact that this also attract the international market is proved by pre-empt deals in Frankfurt and the ongoing auctions in several countries.

A real page turner. Enjoy!

Lena Stjernström
Grand Agency


Agent photo: Jesper Anhede

STHLM Confidential sales

STHLM Confidential
to Goldmann, Germany
STHLM Confidential & STHLM Grotesque (working title)
Longanesi, Italy
STHLM Confidential & STHLM Grotesque (working title)
Lauku Avize, Latvia


Three questions to
Hanna Lindberg

How did you get the idea for STHLM Confidential?
was doing research for a TV documentary about the glamor industry when it struck me that this world itseslf was like a thriller. Full of intrigue, power games and rumors. When I worked on the script for the documentary the characters started to live their own lives in my head and I realized that I could tell this story more freely and better in a suspense novel than in a documentary.
 

Tell us a bit about your heroes, Solveig and Lennie

Solveig Berg is chasing the big scoop that will give her revenge in life. She is ruthless and goes far, sometimes too far, in her research. But inside, she carries a great emptiness since her mother abandoned her when she was a child. She might seem self-absorbed, but deep down Solveig is just very lonely.
Lennie Lee left his home town early to seek his fortune in Stockholm. He was dedicated to create something great, to be remembered by and to leave footprints. He runs his own magazine,  is surrounded by Stockholm's most beautiful women, but he never received the recognition he deserves. He longs for something else - something that is genuine and real.

What will come next?
The next book is set in Stockholm's fine dining world 
 where the hunt for a star in a certain restaurant guide overshadows everything else. A couple of years has passed since the first book and for the first time in her life, Solveig is happy with her life. The experienced editor Vanja Stridh has taken her under her wings and together they scrutinize the dirt behind the luxury restaurants well polished facades. They are on to something big when the most terrible happens. In the midst of the prestigious Gold Chef Gala Vanja is gunned down in front of Solveig. Someone has decided to silence them.


Author photo: Lina Alfvegren
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