The Coq Rouge novels (also known as The Carl Hamilton novels) are a series of novels by Swedish author Jan Guillou centered on the fictional spy Carl Hamilton. In Sweden and other countries it is a best-selling series. Carl Hamilton has been called "Sweden's James Bond". The first novel 'Coq Rouge' was published in 1986, and it was Guillou's first significant work of fiction.
Carl Hamilton was created by Jan Guillou after he had been sentenced to prison for espionage – for exposing a secret spy organization inside the Swedish military. Several novels has been made into Film and TV adaptations.
Novels
• Coq Rouge - berättelsen om en svensk spion (1986)
• Den demokratiske terroristen (1987)
• I nationens intresse (1988)
• Fiendens fiende (1989)
• Den hedervärde mördaren (1990)
• Vendetta (1991)
• Ingen mans land (1992)
• Den enda segern (1993)
• I hennes majestäts tjänst (1994)
• En medborgare höjd över varje misstanke (1995)
Standalone continuations
• Hamlon - en skiss till en möjlig fortsättning (1995)
• Madame Terror (2006)
• Men inte om det gäller din dotter (2008) - Linked with novels about Chief Superintendent Eva Johnsén-Tanguy and characters from the novel 'Tjuvarnas marknad'
