Jonas Jonasson 3 Books Accidental Further Adventures, Hitman Anders and The Girl Who Saved the King

The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man, Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All and The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden collect three stories by Jonas Jonasson. Each opens with an unforeseen incident that rapidly spirals, moving from mishap and misadventure into increasingly serious complications.

Across the set, the narratives range from a balloon trip that ends far from plan, to missing cash at a run-down hotel in south Stockholm, to a flight from a secret service with wider consequences. The collection brings together separate casts and settings, with each book driven by a single event that sets off a chain of escalating problems.

Included titles

• The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man
• Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All
• The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden

Key details

• Three-book collection by Jonas Jonasson
• Includes three individually titled works
• One story follows Allan and Julius after an unplanned landing at sea
• One story centres on Per Persson and Johanna Kjellander at a south Stockholm hotel
• One story follows Nombeko Mayeki as she runs from a secret service

Synopses

The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man

A hot air balloon trip, helped along by three bottles of champagne, leaves Allan and Julius making an unplanned landing at sea. After a rescue by a North Korean ship, they become entangled with a captain carrying a suitcase of contraband uranium linked to a nuclear weapons mission for Kim Jong-un.

Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All

At a run-down hotel in south Stockholm, missing money becomes a dangerous issue for receptionist Per Persson. Johanna Kjellander, a priest without a parish, ends up with an envelope containing five thousand kronor and an idea.

The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden

Nombeko Mayeki, born in a Soweto shack, goes on the run from a ruthless secret service. Alongside three Chinese sisters, twins officially counted as one person, and an elderly potato farmer, she is drawn into events where the fate of the King of Sweden and the world is at stake.