Born in Marseille, France, and with a degree in Political Science, Johana Gustawsson is a French crime writer who has worked as a journalist for the French and Spanish press and television. Her critically acclaimed Roy & Castells series, including Block 46, Keeper and Blood Song, is now published in 23 countries. Johana’s gothic historical thriller, The Bleeding, was shortlisted for the CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger in the UK. Yule Island has followed suit, winning several accolades, amongst which the Livre de Poche Best Crime Novel of the year. A TV adaptation of Yule Island is currently underway. Johana lives on the island of Lidingö, in Sweden, with her husband and her three sons.
About the book in focus
Block 46 (Book One)
The hunt for a serial killer takes criminal profiler Emily Roys and true-crime writer Alexis Castells from London to Sweden, and back to the past, to Buchenwald Concentration Camp, as a terrifying connection comes to light. The first instalment the disturbing, chilling Roy & Castells series, by the Queen of French Noir.
Keeper (Book Two)
An abduction in London and the discovery of a body on the west coast of Sweden lead criminal profiler Emily Roys and true-crime writer Alexis Castells back to Jack the Ripper’s Whitechapel, as they hunt a serial killer. Book two in the explosive, award-winning Roy & Castells series.
Blood Song (Book Three)
The action swings from London to Sweden, and then back into the past, to the atrocities of Franco’s Spain, as Roy & Castells hunt a monstrous killer … in the third instalment of ‘Queen of French Noir’ Johana Gustawsson’s award-winning, international bestselling Roy & Castells series.
The three has been translated into Malayalam and published by DC books.
Book
Blood Song (Orenda Books, 2019)
When
January 2025
Where
Kerala Literature Festival, 2025