PERNILLA ERICSON
PERNILLA ERICSON is a crime author and journalist.
She is the creator of the acclaimed series featuring police officer Lilly Hed, who investigates brutal murder cases while trying to rebuild her life in the coastal town of Nynäshamn. Furthermore, Ericson is the author behind the gripping Erla Group novels, following a uniquely assembled team tackling the most challenging investigations.
Her thrillers deliver heart-pounding suspense while shining a spotlight on urgent social issues.
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WORKS
DROWNED TRACES
published 2025, ROMANUS & SELLING
genre crime
pages 384
rights sold
GERMANY: S. FISCHER VERLAG
When an abandoned luxury yacht is found drifting off the coast of Nynäshamn, police officer Lilly Hed is thrown into her most shocking investigation yet. The clues lead to a stormy night filled with secrets – on board were young women and older men caught up in a game of power, money and dark desires. A young woman is in danger, and the truth about what really happened on the yacht is becoming increasingly difficult to discern. At the same time, Lilly struggles with her own past and a fight for justice that extends far beyond the police station.
Pernilla Ericson is back with a thrilling crime novel, where morality, loyalty and survival instinct collide in a desperate race against time. Drowned Traces is the fourth book in the series about Lilly Hed.
THIRST DEATH
published 2024, ROMANUS & SELLING
genre crime
pages 426
rights sold
GERMANY: S. FISCHER VERLAG
The atmosphere in Nynäshamn is tense, there is a severe drought, farmers' crops are dying and the fire brigade is under severe pressure. Police investigator Lilly Hed, five months pregnant, is investigating a violent explosion in a family home. The family in the villa – the Västlund couple and their six-year-old daughter Maja – are presumed dead. Lilly is exhausted, her pregnancy is anything but easy, and at the same time, the legal proceedings against her brutal ex are entering a decisive phase. But Lilly forgets all thoughts of her private life when someone claims to have kidnapped Maja. If the demands are not met, the girl will be denied water — and the clock is ticking...
Thirst Death is a tense thriller in which a ruthless perpetrator operates under the radar while society is paralysed by a merciless drought.
EXTINGUISH LIVES
published 2022, ROMANUS & SELLING
genre crime
pages 378
rights sold
GERMANY: S. FISCHER VERLAG
It is impossible to raise the alarm, call for help, or even turn on a light...
An unsolved murder rocks the northern Swedish village of Skageby, and police investigator Lilly Hed and detective inspector Liv Kaspi are called in. An extreme autumn storm sweeps across Sweden, knocking out power, causing flooding after torrential rain, and bringing down trees, and little Skageby is hit hard. All contact with the outside world is cut off, and hidden in the darkness, another murder takes place. Fear spreads through the small community.
In 300 Degrees (2020), star police officer Lilly Hed was established, and in Extinguish Lives, she and her colleague Liv Kaspi (from Pernilla Ericson's previous series about the Erla group) are part of Operation Spjutspets, an initiative to solve seemingly unsolvable cases.
300 DEGREES
