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In this powerful work, Henning Mankell tells the story of a young African orphan adopted by a Swedish man and whisked away to his new father’s country. There the boy, dubbed Daniel, finds himself swallowed by a bizarre landscape of snow and mud. Always in his mind are thoughts of his murdered parents, calling him back to Africa. But Daniel’s path is marked by tragedy, and his homecoming seems an impossible dream.

Kurt Wallander ist 44 Jahre alt und verliebt sich bei Ermittlungen in Riga in Baiba...

Four nuns and a fifth woman, a visitor to Africa, are killed in a savage nighttime attack. Months later in Sweden, the news of the unexplained tragedy sets off a cruel vengeance for these killings. Inspector Kurt Wallander is home from an idyllic holiday in Rome, full of energy and plans for the future. Autumn settles in, and Wallander prays the winter will be peaceful. But when he investigates the disappearance of an elderly birdwatcher, he discovers a gruesome and meticulously planned murder - a body impaled in a trap of sharpened bamboo poles.

Una noche de otoño, Fredrik Welin - el protagonista de la exitosa novela Zapatos italianos - se despierta cuando un incendio arrasa su casa. A sus sesenta y nueve años, este solitario médico jubilado sale penosamente de entre las llamas, calzado con unas botas de lluvia (pero ambas pertenecen al pie izquierdo). Sólo quedan, a la mañana siguiente, unas ruinas malolientes: ha perdido su casa y todas sus pertenencias, y tiene que mudarse a un remolque, una caravana que pertenece a su hija.

Fredrik Welin is a 70-year-old retired doctor. Years ago he retreated to the Swedish archipelago where he lives alone on an island. He swims in the sea every day, cutting a hole in the ice if necessary. He lives a quiet life. Until he wakes up one night to find his house on fire. Fredrik escapes just in time, wearing two left-footed wellies, as neighbouring islanders arrive to help douse the flames. All that remains in the morning is a stinking ruin and evidence of arson.

The year is 1911. The young rock blaster Oskar Johansson has been killed in an accident. Or so it says in the local newspaper. In spite of serious injuries, however, Oskar survives. Decades later, Oskar looks back and reflects on his working life as an invalid, his marriage, his dreams, and his hopes. Oskar's life is woven together out of fragments of voices, images, and episodes that, taken together, provide a sharp and precise picture of life in Sweden for the working class.

Some cases aren’t as cold as you’d think. Kurt Wallander’s life looks like it has taken a turn for the better when his offer on a new house is accepted, only for him to uncover something unexpected in the garden - the skeleton of a middle-aged woman.As police officers comb the property, Wallander attempts to get his new life back on course by finding the woman’s killer with the aid of his daughter, Linda. But when another discovery is made in the garden, Wallander is forced to delve further back into the area's past.

The leader of a religious cult in Guyana instigates a mass suicide. He succeeds in killing himself and his whole flock of worshippers, save one. One man escapes. In the wood in the country land outside Ystad, the police make an horrific discovery: a severed head, and hands locked together in an attitude of prayer. A Bible lies at the victim's side, handwritten corrections and amendments on every page.

Zwei junge Mädchen überfallen einen Taxifahrer, betäuben ihn mit einem Hammer und töten ihn kaltblütig mit einem Messer...

On an icy night in Northern Sweden Joel is drawn outside to haunt the streets. He finds the night-time activity of his stolid town mesmerising in its unexpectedness and variety. But can he deal with the knowledge that he gains about his neighbours, his father, and himself?

Joel ska snart fylla tretton år. Det lilla samhälle där han växer upp känns som för trånga kläder. Dessutom börjar han uppleva den märkliga klåda som vuxna kallar för kärlek. Problemet är bara att flickan i hans drömmar är tio är äldre än han själv. För att finna en lösning på sina problem bestämmer han sig för att bli rockstjärna. Det ska hjälpa honom ut i världen. Till allt det som väntar bortanför älven och de djupa skogarna.

Den schrecklichen Überfall auf das alte Bauernehepaar werden die Menschen im südschwedischen Schonen nie vergessen: Eines Nachts hält ein Auto vor einem einsam gelegenen Gehöft, Männer schleichen zum Haus, fesseln die Eheleute und ermorden sie brutal. Dann fliehen sie mit ein paar Kronen Bargeld.

One cold January day the police are called to a sleepy little hamlet in the north of Sweden where they discover a savagely murdered man lying in the snow. As they begin their investigation they notice that the village seems eerily quiet and deserted. Going from house to house, looking for witnesses, they uncover a crime unprecedented in Swedish history. When Judge Birgitta Roslin reads about the massacre, she realises that she has a family connection to one of the couples involved and decides to investigate.

Joel thinks nothing is going on in his small town. But he's wrong. One day, a miracle happens to him. He's very nearly run over by a bus, but is miraculously unhurt. Shouldn't he show gratitude somehow? Surely a good deed of some sort is in order. But what?

Herbert Molin, a retired police officer, lives alone in a remote cottage in northern Sweden. Two things seem to consume him; his passion for the tango, and an obsession with the "demons" he believes to be pursuing him. Early one morning shots shatter Molin's window- by the time his body is found it is almost unrecognisable. Stefan Lindman is another off-the-job police officer.

Joel ska snart fylla tolv och han tycker att det är stendött i det lilla samhälle där han bor, inget händer någonsin. Det visar sig att han har fel. En dag inträffar ett mirakel: han blir överkörd av en buss men klarar sig utan en skråma. Ja, vad gör man när man är med om ett mirakel? Bör man inte visa sin tacksamhet på något sätt? Men hur? Joel kommer fram till att han måste gottgöra det fantastiska som hänt honom genom att göra en god gärning. Han bestämmer sig för att hjälpa sin ensamma och blyga vän Gertrud att hitta en karl.

Spätestens seit Stieg Larssons Millennium-Trilogie weiß jeder: Wer Spannung liebt, kommt an Krimis aus dem hohen Norden nicht vorbei. Sie spielen mit dem Kontrast zwischen der Idylle des Landes und grausamen Verbrechen, der Ruhe des nordischen Lebens und dem gewaltsamen Tod. In dieser einzigartigen Sammlung hat John-Henri Holmberg, einer der besten Kenner der skandinavischen Kriminalliteratur, Erzählungen der bedeutendsten und beliebtesten schwedischen Spannungsautoren zusammengefasst.

In una fredda giornata d’inverno, Håkan von Enke, alto ufficiale di marina ora in pensione, scompare durante la sua abituale passeggiata mattutina a Stoccolma. Un caso che tocca da vicino il commissario Wallander. Von Enke è il futuro suocero di sua figlia Linda, il nonno della sua nipotina, e di recente gli aveva confidato aspetti sorprendenti di un dramma politico-militare risalente a più di due decenni prima, quando sottomarini sovietici erano stati avvistati in acque territoriali svedesi. Kurt Wallander è vicino a un grande segreto della storia del dopoguerra.

From the author of the best-selling Inspector Wallander Mysteries, this is the story of young Lucas, who gets a most precious present for his birthday: a black kitten that he calls Night. He becomes very attached to Night, but one day Lucas comes home from school and discovers that his beloved cat has disappeared. He is desperate, and no one is able to console him. He searches for Night everywhere and doesn't stop hoping for his return. It's only sometime later that Night appears in his dreams....

Wie die Jahre vergehen: Kurt Wallander lebt inzwischen auf dem Land, seine Tochter Linda ist verheiratet und hat ein Kind. Bei der Geburtstagsfeier ihres Schwiegervaters Håkan erfährt Wallander erstmals von dessen Zeit als Marineoberst. Als kurz darauf Håkan und seine Frau spurlos verschwinden, verstrickt sich Wallander in einen Fall, dessen Spuren bis in den Kalten Krieg zurückreichen. Wenn Tatort-Kommissar Axel Milberg liest, steigert er mit untrüglichem Gespür für Mankells subtile Dramatik die Spannung bis zum atemberaubenden Finale.