Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kesäyön uni | 2017 | Viveca Sten | N/A |
| 2 | Still Waters | 2008 | Viveca Sten | Buy |
| 3 | Closed Circles | 2009 | Viveca Sten | Buy |
| 4 | Guiltless | 2010 | Viveca Sten | Buy |
| 5 | Sin culpa | 2010 | Viveca Sten | N/A |
| 6 | Tonight You’re Dead | 2011 | Viveca Sten | Buy |
| 7 | Au coeur de l’été | 2012 | Viveca Sten | N/A |
| 8 | In the Heat of the Moment | 2012 | Viveca Sten | Buy |
| 9 | In Harm’s Way | 2013 | Viveca Sten | Buy |
| 10 | In the Shadow of Power | 2014 | Viveca Sten | Buy |
| 11 | I sanningens namn | 2015 | Viveca Sten | N/A |
| 12 | In the Name of Truth | 2015 | Viveca Sten | Buy |
| 13 | In Bad Company | 2018 | Viveca Sten | Buy |
| 14 | Buried in Secret | 2022 | Viveca Sten | Buy |
The Sandhamn series by Viveca Sten is set on the island of Sandhamn in Sweden’s Stockholm archipelago, where the calm surface of a small coastal community regularly gives way to dark secrets and violent crime. The central characters are Thomas Andreasson, a police detective with deep ties to the island, and his childhood friend Nora Linde, a lawyer whose personal life becomes increasingly intertwined with the cases Thomas investigates.
Beginning with Still Waters in 2008, the series grew to fourteen books over the next decade and a half. Each novel can be read as a standalone mystery, but the ongoing development of Thomas and Nora’s lives, families, and friendship gives the series a strong sense of continuity. Sten draws on her own familiarity with the archipelago to create a vivid sense of place, and the contrast between the idyllic summer setting and the darkness of the crimes is a recurring strength. The books were adapted into a Swedish television series that reached audiences in over 100 countries, making Sandhamn one of the most recognized locations in Scandinavian crime fiction.