THE GIRL WHO SAVED THE KING OF SWEDEN

421pp., paperback, First English Language Edition, London, 2014

Jonas Jonasson's debut novel, first published in Sweden in 2011 as Analfabeten som kunde räkna.

Nombeko Mayeki was born in a shack in Soweto. Now she is on the run from the world ‘s most ruthless secret service, and the fate of the King of Sweden, and the world, rests on her shoulders.

"It's 'feel-good' set to stun level" Guardian

"Fast paced, likeable, refreshing ... As unlikely and funny as The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared." Observer

Swedish writer and journalist Jonas Jonasson's other novels include Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All and The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man.