Håkan Östlundh
Quality pageturners with many dimensions
Crime & Thrillers
COLD SEA
The Prophet Trilogy
THE DEATH OF THE PROHPET
THE FALSE PROPHET
THE WINTER OF THE PROPHET
Fredrik Broman series
High School Sweetheart
Out of Darkness
Lawless Country
The Intruder
The Viper
Terror
The Diver
Seaweed
General fiction
To Sara, Burn After Reading
To Catch an Angel
SLUMBER
Non fiction
TROW A PARTY!
Rights
Norway
Sweden
Rights SLUMBER
Denmark
Sweden
Rights thriller
Czech Republic
Finland
Germany
Italy
The Netherlands
Sweden
Rights SLUMBER
Denmark
Sweden
Rights Fredrik Broman series
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Israel
Italy
The Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Sweden
Turkey
USA
Håkan Östlundh brings his readers right into the action, amuses them, makes them nervous, angry, happy and sad with his knife-sharp skill visualizing scenes and creating characters. Not a single detail in the text is left hanging; everything has its reason.
Östlundh’s protagonists are smart, which allows you to feel clever when you read. Yet you will be surprised by the turns the intriguing stories takes. Once you start to read, you don’t want to put the book down, and once you’ve finished, you won’t forget it, perhaps because the solutions are not simple and morality not as clear-cut as you would imagine.
Håkan Östlundh debuted as an author right out of high school and then studied literature and worked as a journalist. His break through with the Swedish readers was with the Fredrik Broman series. Set on Gotland with the struggling police officer and family man Fredrik Broman as main character.
In 2021, the brilliant finale of the compelling, internationally lauded thriller trilogy, The Prophet, was published. In three impressively conceived, high tension page-turners Håkan Östlundh takes the readers into a frightening world where a life is worth nothing if lived purely in the pursuit of power and money.
Håkan Östlundh has also written well received fiction novels as well as horror. Together with his wife Lotta Kuhlhorn he created an irrestable book 2021 about the art of arranging a fiesta and partying.
Håkan Östlundh also writes for film and tv.
Bibliography
Crime fiction and suspense
2026 – Cold Sea (Kallt hav), crime novel
Fredrik Broman series (crime)
2023 – High School Sweetheart (Människorov), crime novel
2014 – Out of Darkness (Män ur mörkret), crime novel
2012 – Lawless Country (Laglöst land), crime novel
2011 – The Intruder (Inkräktaren), crime novel
2008 – The Viper (Blot), crime novel
2006 – Terror (Terror) crime novel
2005 – The Diver (Dykaren), crime novel
2004 – Seaweed (Släke), crime novel
The Prophet triolgy
2021 – The Death of the Prophet (Profetens sista död), thriller novel
2019 – The False Prophet (Den falske profeten), thriller novel
2018 – The Winter of the Prophet (Profetens vinter), thriller novel
Fiction
2020 – Slumber (Slummer), with Lena Ollmark, thriller
2016 – To Sara, Burn After Reading (Till Sara, sedan bränns allt), novel
2010 – To Catch an Angel (Jag ska fånga en ängel), novel
Non fiction
2022 – Throw a Party! (Fixa fest!), non fiction
Reader’s comments
“A special praise to your extraordinary skill of story weaving; it’s very effortlessly and elegantly done, quite masterly and among the best I read in Swedish.”
“I love your books… they are super strong.”
“I want to say thank you for your books, it’s great to “disappear” into another world for a while.”
“Håkan, thousands of thank you for a fantastic read!”
Author photo
Henric Lindsten. For photo rights please contact the photographer at henric@telia.com