MAY ETERNITY FORGIVE (MÅ EVIGHETEN FÖRLÅTA)

1945. Two young men go down a mine, but only one of them will ever see the light of day again. The man who is about to die harbors a devastating secret.

In the present day, a dead infant is found, a little girl only one month old that wears a silver necklace around her neck. Detective Inspector Kristoffer Bark is assigned to lead the investigation together with his team of reassigned police officers. And when Bark is the first police officer to respond to an emergency call, he meets a man in his nineties that has taken a group of children hostage. He is armed with a rifle, and he is not afraid to use it.

Anna Jansson is back with a sharp crime novel where loyalty comes into focus and where several lives are in danger. May Eternity Forgive is the fifth instalment in the Kristoffer Bark series and takes place in Bergslagen, an area of Sweden where the old silver mines are a reminder of bygone times and lost knowledge.

Rights

Canada: Saint-Jean Editeur (NA French rights)
Denmark: People’s
Estonia: Eesti Raamat
Finland: Gummerus
Germany: Blanvalet
Iceland: Storyside
Latvia: Latvijas Mediji
Sweden: Norstedts

Film Rights

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REVIEWS

“An unusual hostage drama unfolds at a preschool in Hällefors, where a ninety-year-old grandfather with a gun locks himself in with both children and staff… The fifth part in the series about Kristoffer Bark and his colleagues, is an captivating, vivid and exciting story about family ties, old silver mining and new municipal politics.”
Dagens Nyheter /SWE

“I like the Bergslagen Blå series for several reasons, and one of them is the setting. Kristoffer Bark and his team of police officers are based in Örebro, a city I know well and enjoy reading about. A group of police officers that don’t really fit in with the rest of the crew at the station are the heart of Bergslagen Blå, and I still find them both interesting and amusing to read about.”-
Lottens Bokblogg / SWE

“Anna Jansson is back with a gripping crime novel in which loyalty and family ties take center stage, and several lives are at risk.”
Stockholm City Library / SWE