Crime Novels
Still Waters
2008
Closed Circles
2009
Guiltless
2010
Tonight You’re Dead
2011
Heat of the Moment
2012
In the Heat of the Moment
No 1 on the Swedish bestseller charts!
This exciting new installment of the Sandhamn-series is a thrilling but heart-chilling tale of lost teenagers during the traditional Midsummer festival celebrated in June.
A dead teenager is found on the island in the early hours of the shortest night of the year. Who is the victim and who is the murderer in the pale of the summer night?
In the Heat of the Moment was released in June 2012 and went straight to the No 1 spot on the Swedish best-selling charts – both as hard-cover, audio book and e-book.
"I stundens hetta" is an extremely profound novel. A crime novel, yet something else. It has so much more - a depth, a message and a story that will leave no one untouched, including the author. "I cried when I wrote certain parts", she said in an interview, and even if I didn' t cry when I read about the teenagers during the midsummer celebrations at Sandhamn, I will admit that my eyes misted over more than once. There, I´ve said it, even a critic can go soft."
VLT
"She describes completely brilliantly a world with lost and drunk teenagers and distant adults who couldn' t care less. It is spot-on, both with regard to the dialogue and the intrigue.
...She now belongs to the Swedish elite of crime writers, if she carries on like this she will very soon sit on its throne. This is both an important and an entertaining, thrilling book."
DAST Magazine
"A wonderful story about the Swedish midsummer, both its joy and its dark sides... It is a truly well-written, believable and entertaining crime novel by Viveca Sten"
Litteraturmagazinet
"After reading the fifth book, "I stundens hetta", I can only conclude that she just gets better and better. This is a page-turner, in my opinion. A perfect summer read!"
Norran
Tonight You’re Dead
No 1 on the Swedish bestseller charts!
A pageturner!
Allers
Viveca Sten belongs to the group of authors that develop and improve for each book /.../ Viveca Sten has turned into one of the best writers in this category ...
DAST Magazine
Viveca Sten blends drama with uncertainty, but at the same time there is an emotional layer that rests on top of the plot /.../ The novel is dramatically constructed and Viveca Sten constantly keeps the reader hooked...
Tidningen Kulturen
It's exciting and takes slightly unexpected twists and turns.
Skaraborgs Allehanda
A crime series dwelling on the driving forces behind murder and evil set in the idyllic Stockholm archipelago
- More than 1 million copies sold in Sweden alone.
A compelling story about defending your heritage and refusing to compromise when the heart of your very existence is threatened
Power, prestige and ambition join in a foul game when the deputy chairman of the Royal Swedish Yachting Society is shot at the start of the largest regatta in Scandinavia
The story of a young boy growing up on Sandhamn during World War I. The evil he faces leads to disastrous consequences a hundred years later when a young girl disappears on the island
Critically Acclaimed
Still Waters
"It is a very promising debute, which allows Viveca Sten to join the ranks of the best of the crime novelists. Read and enjoy, and wait eagerly for her next book."
Dagbladet
"The book is filled with suspense from the first page to the last, a perfect summer's read."
Skaraborgs Allehanda
"Still waters is Viveca Sten's debut and she instantly challenges Camilla Läckberg...
Near the end, when she describes a fight for life and death, it is breathtakingly thrilling."
Hallandsposten
Closed Circles
"Dark secrets and boiling feelings with the rich and famous rise to the surface. Suspense, relationships and archipelago in a great blend."
Må Bra Magazine
"A truly enlightening and exciting murder mystery."
Swedish Radio, P4
"Cosy is a great way to describe Viveca Stens novels although she also knows how to increase the speed and really make the reader turn page after page."
Västerbottens-Kuriren
"A spectacular and puzzling murder with true Agatha Christie-feeling"
Skånska Dagbladet
Guiltless
"I am more and more taken by Viveca Stens novels. The latest, "I grunden utan skuld" is the kind of book that makes you forget to cook, go to the loo or catch the bus."
Barometern
"Suspense & passion in a successful and touching blend."
Norra Västerbotten
"If you like [Camilla] Läckberg you should definitely read Sten – she is a much better writer.. I like her! "
Kristianstadsbladet
"I like Viveca Stens novels ... in contrast to many of her crime colleagues she is a skilled writer who knows the flow of a story."
Swedish Radio, P4 (4****/5)