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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.

Kurt Wallander ist am Ende. Seit diesem Zwischenfall, bei dem er in Notwehr töten musste, ist er beurlaubt, er lungert herum und trinkt...

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 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.

Tea-Bag, a young African girl, has fled a refugee camp in Spain for the promise of a new life in Sweden. Tania has made a long and dangerous journey to escape the horrors of human trafficking. Leyla has come with her family from Iran. All of them are facing different challenges in their new home. Meanwhile, celebrated poet Jesper Humlin is looking for inspiration. Harried by his mother and girlfriend, misunderstood by his publisher and tormented by his stockbroker, Jesper needs a new perspective on life.

October 1914: the destroyer Svea emerged from the Stockholm archipelago bearing south-south-east. On board was Lars Tobiasson-Svartman, a naval engineer charged with making depth soundings to find a navigable channel for the Swedish navy. As a child Tobiasson-Svartman was fascinated by measurement; nothing is as magical as exact knowledge.

Das Unfassbare geschieht: Vor den Augen von Kriminalkommissar Kurt Wallander bringt sich ein junges Mädchen um...

In January 2014 I was informed that I had cancer. However, Quicksand is not a book about death and destruction but about what it means to be human. I have undertaken a journey from my childhood to the man I am today, writing about the key events in my life and about the people who have given me new perspectives. About men and women I have never met but wish I had. I write about love and jealousy, about courage and fear. And about what it is like to live with a potentially fatal illness.

When archaeologist Louise Cantor’s son Henrik is found dead in his flat, she refuses to believe it was suicide. Clues that only a mother could detect lead her to believe something more sinister took place. Henrik had kept many things back from her and she is shocked to learn he had contracted HIV. The only lead is a letter and photograph from Henrik’s girlfriend in Mozambique. Louise’s quest to unravel the mystery surrounding her son’s death takes her to Africa.

In 1875, Hans Bengler, a young entomologist, leaves Sweden for the expedition of a lifetime to the Kalahari Desert, where he hopes to find a previously undiscovered insect to name after himself and advance his career. Instead, after his long and arduous journey through the sands, he finds a small boy, whose tribe has been decimated by European raiders. Accustomed to collecting specimens, Bengler decides to adopt the boy and names him Daniel.

Dagen då Joel ska fylla femton närmar sig med stormsteg. Snart är också skolan slut. Och vad ska han göra sen? Frågorna är många. Men Joel får uppleva just det som han alltid drömt om: han träffar sin mamma Jenny. En kväll går han ner till den frusna älven. Stjärnorna tindrar och han tycker sig se egendomliga märken efter hundtassar i snön. Spåren leder över älven, söderut, bort och förbi de ruvande granåsarna. Och då förstår Joel. Hunden som han en gång såg, den visade honom en väg. Och nu ska han följa den.

Auf einer Landstraße nahe bei Ystad wird in einem Auto ein verlassenes Kleinkind entdeckt...

Zwei junge Mädchen überfallen einen Taxifahrer und töten ihn. Als sie von der Polizei verhört werden, zeigen sie keinerlei Schuldgefühle. Kommissar Wallander kann es kaum fassen. Finden junge Menschen heutzutage wirklich nichts dabei, einen Menschen umzubringen? Er ist sich sicher, dass etwas anderes dahinter steckt.

Vom Wissen um unsere Sterblichkeit. Die Diagnose Krebs erinnerte Henning Mankell an einen Albtraum aus seiner Kindheit: An das Bild im Treibsand zu versinken. In dieser Krise hilft Mankell das Nachdenken über die großen Fragen: Woher kommen wir? Wohin gehen wir? Welche Art von Gesellschaft will ich mitgestalten?

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

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.

Mord oder Selbstmord? Ein Mann steigt in der Nähe des Strandes in ein Taxi und stirbt während der Fahrt. Vergiftet. Doch wer hat ihm das Gift verabreicht? Kommissar Wallander findet heraus, dass der Sohn des Mannes sieben Jahre zuvor ermordet wurde. Der Täter wurde nie gefasst. Und die Richterin von damals wohnt ebenfalls in der Nähe des Strandes...

Hans Olofson is the son of a Swedish lumberjack. His early life is isolated and difficult, overshadowed by the disappearance of his mother. When he loses both his best friend, and then his girlfriend in tragic circumstances, his only remaining desire is to fulfil her dream of visiting the grave of a legendary missionary, deep in the remote hills of Northern Zambia.On reaching Africa, Olofson is struck by its beauty and mystery.

At three p.m. on a Saturday afternoon in 1911, Oskar Johansson is caught in a blast in an industrial accident. The local newspaper reports him dead, but they are mistaken. Because Oskar Johansson is a born survivor. Though crippled, Oskar finds the strength to go on living and working. The Rock Blaster charts his long professional life - his hopes and dreams, sorrows and joys. His relationship with the woman whose love saved him, with the labour movement that gave him a cause to believe in, and with his children, who do not share his ideals.

La quinta inchiesta del commissario Wallander. Mentre gli svedesi sono incollati ai televisori per seguire il campionato del mondo di calcio, per Wallander la festa si trasforma in un incubo. Nella magnifica estate nordica una ragazza si cosparge di benzina e si dà fuoco in un campo di colza in fiore. È l’inizio di una terribile serie di omicidi: come un indiano sul piede di guerra, un brutale assassino uccide silenziosamente e strappa lo scalpo al nemico sconfitto.