Keyhole Stories is the result of the collaborative effort of 15 writers. We come from a wide variety of back- grounds, but what we have in common is the experience of living in Stockholm for some period of time in our lives, and an interest in writing ction in English. We have all taken creative writing courses at Skrivareakademin at Folkuniversitetet in Stockholm taught by Kevin Frato. It was Kevin who gathered us all in January 2015 and proposed the idea of writing a collection of short ...

Leif and Marisa Andersson are an attractive couple in their forties who appear to have it all: Successful businesses. Beautiful children. A lovely home. But one August evening, their car crashes into a pillar, killing Leif instantly and leaving Marisa critically injured.What consequences will the accident have for their family, friends and acquaintances? In a few twists of fate, a number of people who never met them before the crash also end up deeply affected by Leif and Marisa’s ...

"A Norwegian Chandler" JO NESBO"In the best tradition of sleuthery" The Times"One of the finest Nordic novelists in the tradition of Henning Mankell" BARRY FORSHAW, IndependentBergen, Norway. Teenaged girls, many from privileged backgrounds, are being drawn into drugs and prostitution at an astonishing rate. When the local magistrate is discovered dead in a luxury hotel, clad only in...

Gwennie is a widow. Short, plump, grey-haired and a pensioner, she's about to embark on her first visit to the indoor swimming pool for exercise and therapy. Nervous and self-conscious, Gwennie procrastinates, making observations about other people at the pool and fidgeting with her belongings before finally getting in the water. The water is blissfully welcoming and while she walks up and down the length of the pool she reminisces about her dearly departed husband called Max, his penny-pi...

As he arrives with his family at the villa in the hills above Nice, Joe sees a body in the swimming pool. But the girl is very much alive. She is Kitty Finch: a self-proclaimed botanist with green-painted fingernails, walking naked out of the water and into the heart of their holiday. Why is she there? What does she want from them all? And why does Joe's wife allow her to remain? Swimming Home is a subversive page-turner, a merciless gaze at the insidious harm that depression can have on a...

A laugh-out-loud, romantic and uplifting read for fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and Me Before You'Toni Jordan is always a special pleasure' LIANE MORIARTY'A sweet, charming and romantic book' BBC RADIO 2Grace Lisa Vandenburg counts. The letters in her name (19). The steps she takes every morning to the local café (920). The number of poppy seeds on her orange cake, which dictates th...

What Endures is a story of powerful love. It is a story that will break your heart. Inspired by true events, it tells of the incredible bond between a mother and daughter, and with gut-wrenching poignancy reminds us of the little things that make life worth living.“Holdstock’s writing manages to be both heartbreakingly poetic and densely detailed … sad passages, ghostlike recollections, written almost from the vantage point of the present, establish the book as a great wor...

‘Atmospheric, mysterious and intense . . . ’ C. L. Taylor ’So, so good and very clever’ C.J. Tudor ‘grip-lit at its best’ ElleI don't know where I am, who I am. Help me.Komméno Island, Greece:A woman is washed up on a remote Greek island with no recollection of who she is or how she got there.Potter’s Lane, Twickenham, London:

WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014WINNER OF THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2014‘I’ll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name’s Simon. I think you’re going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he’ll be dead. And he was never the same after that.’There are books you...

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David doesn't know how he ends up in such situations. At the time, it just seems like a great idea. His teacher, Mrs. Gorski, has had aout enough; he can tell by the way her voice changes when she speaks to him. This time, he believes that he has come up with the best idea yet. The perfect plan to make everything better.

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