Good Friday

By Carina Bergfeldt Sofie Sarenbrant

It’s Good Friday and the season premiere of the popular talk show Frida-y. Spotlights fill the stage, the audience sits quietly in anticipation of what the evening has to offer. Backstage, a controversial guest is waiting, invited personally by the host, Frida von Engen. She wants to make sure to get high ratings for her comeback on screen and to once and for all consolidate her role as the most intriguing host with the most exciting show.

But in the middle of the show, which is a live broadcast, a masked person emerges from the shadows. A bomber vest is hidden under the hoodie. There is no doubt that the threat is real: “The doors are locked, no one gets out of here. If you interrupt the broadcast, everyone dies.”

Good Friday is the standalone sequel to The Birthday, which was released in September 2023 and topped the sales charts. With a focus on driven tension and complex relationships, Sofie Sarenbrant and Carina Bergfeldt have created another world-class thriller.

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Carina Bergfeldt (b. 1980) is an award-winning author, journalist, and one of the most popular TV hosts in Sweden.Bergfeldt rose to prominence as a reporter at Aftonbladet, Sweden’s biggest daily newspaper, and then went on to become the US correspondent for Sweden’s public service television, SVT. She has been awarded several prestigious journalistic awards, such as the Great Journalist Award, Stylist of the Year, and Kristallen television Award for Best Host.Today, Bergfeldt is a familiar face for most Swedes, most known for her celebrated talk show, Carina Bergfeldts, which is broadcasted on SVT on Friday evenings. She has also published both fiction and non-fiction books, with translation rights sold to 15 countries.Best-seller The Birthday is the first part of the new suspense series created by Carina Bergfeldt and Sofie Sarenbrant. The standalone sequel Good Friday was released in May 2024.

Sofie Sarenbrant is one of Sweden’s most beloved and successful authors. Her books have been translated into 17 languages and sold over 7 million copies to date. She was awarded the prestigious Swedish Crime Writer of the Year award in 2019 and 2020 and 2022 and has also won the Nextory E-book Award three times. Sarenbrant is most well known for her captivating and contemporary series following the police detective Emma Sköld and her team. The combination of suspenseful investigations, and unexpected cliffhangers with relatable depictions of self-doubt and courage has made the series a favorite amongst many crime readers. Sarenbrant’s way of storytelling reflects a genuine and deep understanding of different narratives and perspectives, while at the same having the page-turner quality. The series take place largely in Stockholm and the idyllic suburb Bromma, where the author herself lives with her family.  “Instead of a worn-out, alcoholic chief inspector in the lead role, I wanted a young, career-oriented woman my own age. Emma Sköld follows in her father’s footsteps, without his blessing. He thinks there are too many risks in police work, and it will turn out that he’s right. Emma encounters prejudice in her job as a police detective because she is young and beautiful. No one expects that she will be the most competent of them all and dare to question what no one else will.”  – Sofie Sarenbrant Sarenbrant has also written a psychological thriller Behind Your Back in 2017, and the acclaimed autobiography Muzzle in 2021.  In 2022, she made her debut as a children’s author with Mira and Moon, a new book series for middle-grade readers about a young girl and her strong bond with her favorite pony. Best-seller The Birthday is the first part of the new suspense series created by Carina Bergfeldt and Sofie Sarenbrant. The standalone sequel Good Friday was released in May 2024.In autumn 2026, the first instalment of the new suspense series by Sarenbrant will be published by Bokförlaget Forum.