Nils-Olof Franzén Books

Agaton Sax suspects that an expert in an almost extinct language may be the brains behind a gang of international crooks with an interest in North Sea oil.

When master criminals Octopus Scott and Julius Mosca go to Bykoping to put paid to ace detective Agaton Sax at the same time as their doubles, Charlie MacSnuff and Absalom Nick go to beg Sax to help them, trouble is bound to follow. Is Swinging Susie, the singer at the Civic Banquet, really Smiling Sandra Smith, ruthless criminal? Is Inspector Lispington from Scotland Yard chasing Scott and Mosca or MacSnuff and Nick? Can Agaton Sax trap the real criminals?

Agaton Sax, super-sleuth, is under arrest. Thrown into jail by the Brosnian Police, escaped, and now hunted all over Europe – A WANTED MAN. Only one person can help – Inspector Lispington of Scotland Yard. But can these two outwit the dastardly cunning and desperate schemes of those archcrooks, the League of Silent Exploders? Can Agaton Sax escape them, expose them and save himself.

Troubles never come singly to Inspector Lispington, and neither do crooks. But this is the first time two of them have succeeded in imprisoning him in his own house. Humiliating enough, but worse because, though they didn't know it at the time, he and Agaton Sax were on to the biggest 'energy' crime of all time. But things are never as bad as they seem when you have Agaton Sax for a friend. While Lispington fumed in his own firmly-locked coat cupboard, Agaton Sax and Andreas Kark (of magnetic foot fame) worked out a plan, a plan that worked. All proceeds go to the conversion effort. Contact the head of digitization: james.e.dott@gmail.com

There are not many cases, even in the files of Agaton Sax, that involve ancient art, devious dentistry, false Frenchmen and a temporary tooth. The story of the Colossus of Rhodes, however, is one of them.Left giddy by a hefty dose of anaesthetic after a visit to the dentist, Agaton’s good friend Lispington is powerless to fight back against the criminals capturing him. With many miles separating the two, Sweden’s finest detective can do nothing but stand by and listen in helplessly.But when Agaton Sax pursues the case and seeks out the nefarious criminals that have spirited his friend away, he finds that there is more to the case than a simple grudge against Scotland Yard…The Agaton Sax series of books were first published in Sweden, later being translated into English and printed with illustrations by much-loved artist Quentin Blake (perhaps best known for his work on the books of Roald Dahl). The English translations became immensely popular, achieving the status of the most re-issued mystery & detective series in the history of Nordic children's literature.Now, after many years out of print, Oak Tree Books is proud to publish the entire Agaton Sax series, newly translated and illustrated for the next generation. This new collection includes the eleventh book which has never before been released in English.

In which Agaton Sax, Editor-in-Chief of the Bykoping Post and detective extraordinary, directs his amazing intelligence (and his editorial telescope) to the problem of who has stolen Scotland Yard's Secret Code Register of Current Criminals . . . the infamous crew of the bad ship Esmeralda lose their soup . . . and the mysterious "Boss" gets a nasty shock to his system.

English, Swedish (translation)

Agaton Sax, super sleuth, outwits a gang of international swindlers.