''Blackwater'' ( sv, Händelser vid vatten, lit=Events by Water) is a 1993 novel by the Swedish writer

Kerstin Ekman Kerstin Lillemor Ekman, née Hjorth, (born 27 August 1933) is a Swedish novelist. Life and career Kerstin Ekman wrote a string of successful detective novels (among others ''De tre små mästarna'' and ''Dödsklockan'') but later went on to p ...

. It received the

August Prize The August Prize ( sv, Augustpriset) is an annual Swedish literary prize awarded each year since 1989 by the Swedish Publishers' Association. The prize is awarded to the best Swedish book of the year, in three categories. Prize In the years 1989- ...

in 1993 and the

Nordic Council Literature Prize The Nordic Council Literature Prize is awarded for a work of literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries, that meets "high literary and artistic standards". Established in 1962, the prize is awarded every year, and is worth ...

in 1994. It also won the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award.

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1993 Swedish novels Novels set in Sweden Swedish crime novels Albert Bonniers Förlag books August Prize-winning works Nordic Council's Literature Prize-winning works Swedish-language novels {{1990s-crime-novel-stub

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