About the Author

Anton Svensson is the pseudonym for award-winning scriptwriter Stefan Thunberg and bestselling novelist Anders Roslund.

Stefan Thunberg is one of Scandinavia's most celebrated screenwriters. His body of work spans several popular films and TV series, including Henning Mankell's Wallander and Håkan Nesser's VanVeeteren. The Sons is Stefan Thunberg's second novel.

Anders Roslund is an award-winning investigative journalist and one half of the New York Times-bestselling author duo Roslund & Hellström, who are recipients of many prestigious awards, including the CWA International Dagger, the Glass Key, and the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' Award. Films and TV series based on Roslund & Hellström's novels are in development in Hollywood and Europe.

Reviews

Praise for The Father: Made in Sweden, Part I "Riveting . . . Recommended for all fans of noir and Nordic crime fiction."--Booklist

Praise for The Sons: Made in Sweden Part II "Superb finale of the Dostoyevskian saga that began with 2016's The Father . . . Seldom in fiction have a father's sins been so brutally visited on sons as in this shattering tribute to the terrifying complexity of familial life and love."
--Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

"A powerful real-life story."
--The Guardian

"An excellent thriller...Well-written and psychologically sound in its presentation of damaged children growing into damaged men, The Sons is gritty, frequently graphic, and a compelling study of the roots of crime. Highly recommended."
--D.R. Meredith, New York Journal of Books

"An exciting yet tear-jerking thriller . . . As the reader watches these young lads turn into the 'Most Wanted' the action races, along with the crushing emotions of lives turned bad by a hideous parent."--Suspense Magazine

"Based on an actual series of events, this absorbing, often heartrending tale reads like superb narrative nonfiction, with disturbing images of domestic violence and ice-cold criminality."
--Booklist