The Secrets Below
Will be published approx. on 1. February 2026
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-1-6625-3283-2 (ISBN)
Description
On an icy Swedish archipelago, a girl is entangled in a dark mystery that only she holds the key to unraveling, in this fantasy thriller from the wondrous minds of Camilla Sten and Viveca Sten.
What happened out there in the woods?
Twelve-year-old Tuva couldn't imagine living anywhere other than the Stockholm archipelago and her island home of Haroe. Even if she mostly keeps to herself at her small school. Even if she sometimes gets kind of lonely.
But when a classmate goes missing, Tuva finds herself at the center of the mystery, along with Rasmus, the new boy at school. Neither one of them can understand what they saw that day in the woods near the water: Is something magical at work? Something evil?
And it's not just their classmate who has gone missing. Other people around the islands have gone missing this fall, disappearing from their boats on the water, never to be heard from again. Can Tuva and Rasmus discover what secrets are lurking below...before it's too late?
What happened out there in the woods?
Twelve-year-old Tuva couldn't imagine living anywhere other than the Stockholm archipelago and her island home of Haroe. Even if she mostly keeps to herself at her small school. Even if she sometimes gets kind of lonely.
But when a classmate goes missing, Tuva finds herself at the center of the mystery, along with Rasmus, the new boy at school. Neither one of them can understand what they saw that day in the woods near the water: Is something magical at work? Something evil?
And it's not just their classmate who has gone missing. Other people around the islands have gone missing this fall, disappearing from their boats on the water, never to be heard from again. Can Tuva and Rasmus discover what secrets are lurking below...before it's too late?
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Amazon Publishing
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Fifth Grade to Ninth Grade, Interest Age: From 10 to 14 years
Product notice
Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6625-3283-2 (9781662532832)
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Persons
Camilla Sten is the author of The Lost Village, which was named a best mystery/thriller for NPR, a Loan Stars pick in Canada, and an Indie Next pick. In Europe, it was shortlisted for best translated crime fiction on ThrillZone.nl and for the Best Book Award by Polish Goodreads. Camilla is also the author of The Bachelorette Party; The Resting Place, which was longlisted for the Viktor Crime Award in Germany; and the Rebecca Lekman series.
Viveca Sten is the author of the #1 internationally bestselling Sandhamn Murders series, which has sold more than nine million copies, establishing her as one of Sweden's most popular authors. It was also adapted into a Swedish-language TV series shot on location and seen by one hundred million viewers around the world. Viveca divides her time between Stockholm, Sandhamn, and Are in Sweden, the famous Swedish ski resort that also happens to be the location for her crime series, the Are Murders. For more information, visit www.vivecasten.com.
A. A. Prime is an award-winning translator of Swedish literature. She recently translated The Night Raven, by Johan Rundberg, which was shortlisted for the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated YA Book Prize and was named a Kirkus Best Book of the Year and a USBBY Outstanding International Book, among other accolades. She was born in London and traveled the world studying a number of languages before settling in the English coastal town of Hastings. She now works full-time as a translator, specializing in the weird, witty, and wonderful world of children's and young adult fiction. She has published more than thirty books in the UK and US. For more information, visit www.primetranslatrix.com.
Viveca Sten is the author of the #1 internationally bestselling Sandhamn Murders series, which has sold more than nine million copies, establishing her as one of Sweden's most popular authors. It was also adapted into a Swedish-language TV series shot on location and seen by one hundred million viewers around the world. Viveca divides her time between Stockholm, Sandhamn, and Are in Sweden, the famous Swedish ski resort that also happens to be the location for her crime series, the Are Murders. For more information, visit www.vivecasten.com.
A. A. Prime is an award-winning translator of Swedish literature. She recently translated The Night Raven, by Johan Rundberg, which was shortlisted for the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated YA Book Prize and was named a Kirkus Best Book of the Year and a USBBY Outstanding International Book, among other accolades. She was born in London and traveled the world studying a number of languages before settling in the English coastal town of Hastings. She now works full-time as a translator, specializing in the weird, witty, and wonderful world of children's and young adult fiction. She has published more than thirty books in the UK and US. For more information, visit www.primetranslatrix.com.