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Midsummer approaches, and Inspector Kurt Wallander prepares for a holiday with the new woman in his life, hopeful that his wayward daughter and his ageing father will cope without him.

From the master of Swedish crime fiction, comes a gripping new novel. Based on a true story, "A Treacherous Paradise" sees Henning Mankell turn his talents for suspense to a world where power and powerlessness meet and passion is a dangerous commodity. In 1904, Hanna Lundmark escapes the brutal poverty of rural Sweden for a job as a cook onboard a steamship headed for Australia. She finds love in the form of the ship''s mate, whom she marries, but disaster strikes when her husband is struck down almost immediately by a fatal illness. Jumping ship at the African port of Lourenco Marques, Hanna decides to begin her life anew. Stumbling across what she believes to be a down-at-heel hotel, Hanna becomes embroiled in a sequence of events that lead to her inheriting the most successful brothel in town. Uncomfortable with the attitudes of the white settlers, Hanna is determined to befriend the prostitutes working for her, and change life in the town for the better, but the distrust between blacks and whites, and the shadow of colonialism, lead to tragedy and murder.

When Kurt Wallander first appeared in Faceless Killers back in 1990, he was a senior police officer, just turned forty, with his life in a mess. His wife had left him, his father barely acknowledged him; he ate badly and drank alone at night. The Pyramid chronicles the events that led him to such a place. We see him in the early years, doing hours on the beat whilst trying to solve a murder off-duty; witness the beginnings of his fragile relationship with Mona, the woman he has his heart set on marrying; and learn the reason behind his difficulties with his father. These thrilling tales provide a fascinating insight into Wallander''s character, and demand to be read in one sitting. From the stabbing of a neighbour in 1969 to a light aircraft accident in 1989, every story is a vital piece of the Wallander series, showing Mankell at the top of his game. Featuring an introduction from the author, The Pyramid is an essential read for all fans of Kurt Wallander.

Primer volumen de la trilogía de Mozambique de Henning Mankell. Un acto literario transformado en compromiso social. Este libro trata de Sofia, quien un día pisó una mina antipersona que estaba enterrada en las afueras de su poblado en Mozambique. Sofia existe realmente. Es una persona invencible. Sobrevivio y no se deja pisar. Henning Mankell ha conocido a Sofia y son amigos cercanos. Sofia corre a traves de la noche. Esta oscuro y tiene mucho miedo. Corre por un camino que pasa entre arbustos y zarzales. No ve el camino, pero lo recuerda, sus pies saben donde gira y donde sigue recto. ¿Que es lo que la persigue en la oscuridad? ¿Un animal que ni siquiera tiene ojos? Debe esconderse, salir del camino y encogerse, hacerse pequeña entre la maleza. Da un salto como ha visto hacer a los antilopes, y abandona el suelo. Y entonces ya lo sabe...

A haunting and powerful story about war-torn Africa, a mystical orphan boy, and the power of narrative to give a chaotic world order. In the hot African night a single gunshot cracks the silence. Jose Antonio traces the sound to the stage of the local theatre company, where he finds Nelio, the young prophetical leader of the citys street kids, crumpled in blood. Nelio refuses to be taken to the hospital but instead tells Jose his lifes story: how bandits raided his village, his daring escape, and his struggle to survive on the streets. Jose is irrevocably changed. He becomes the Chronicler of the Winds, revealing Nelioss magical tale to all who will listen.

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. While looking through his bundles of papers, she discovers he was obsessed with the conspiracy theory that JFK''s brain disappeared prior to the autopsy along with the vital evidence regarding bullet exit wounds. 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; a continent rife with disease, poverty and corruption. Struggling to cope with sickness and the oppressive heat, Louise sees fear in every face, even unexpectedly in the patients at the clinics set up by an American businessman. In KENNEDY''S BRAIN Mankell confirms his status as a master of suspense, and delivers a timely and riveting thriller which will have readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.

After killing a man in the line of duty, Kurt Wallander resolves to quit the Ystad police. However, a bizarre case gets under his skin. A lawyer driving home at night stops to investigate an effigy sitting in a chair in the middle of the highway. The lawyer is hit over the head and dies. Within a week the lawyers son is also killed. These deeply puzzling mysteries compel Wallander to remain on the force. The prime suspect is a powerful corporate mogul with a gleaming smile that Wallander believes hides the evil glee of a killer. Joined by Ann-Britt Hoglund, Wallander begins to uncover the truth, but the same merciless individuals responsible for the murders are now closing in on him.

"Nichts ist seit den Hohlenzeichnungen der Steinzeitmenschen so bewegend wie diese Bucher sterbender Eltern fur ihre Kinder." Elke Heidenreich "Es ist zwei Wochen her, da Aida mir gezeigt hat, wo sie ihre Mangopflanze versteckt hat, ein paar Meilen nordlich von Kampala in Uganda." Aidas Mutter wird bald an Aids sterben. Aber Aida pflanzt einen Mangobaum als Symbol des Lebens. Und von ihrer Mutter bekommt sie ein Memory Book Henning Mankell ist nach Uganda gereist, um mit Aidskranken und deren Angehorigen zu sprechen. Entwicklungshelfer unterstutzen die Eltern dabei, Memory Books fur ihre Kinder zu verfassen: Erinnerungsbucher, kleine Hefte mit eingeklebten Bildern und Texten. Denn was konnen Kinder uber ihre Eltern erzahlen, wenn sie bei ihrem Tod noch zu klein waren, um sich an sie zu erinnern? Wie sollen junge Waisen erfahren, wer ihre Eltern waren, wer sie selbst sind, woher sie kommen?

Hans Olofson is the son of a Swedish lumberjack. His childhood was unsettled: an alcoholic father, and a mother disappeared, only alive in old photographs. His adolescence was no easier as he lost both his best friend and his lover tragically. Alone and adrift, as a young man his only desire is to fulfil his lover''s dream and visit the grave of a legendary missionary who survived alone in the remote hills of Northern Zambia. On reaching Africa, Olofson is struck by its beauty and mystery. After fulfilling his initial quest, an opportunity of employment in the region tempts him to stay. Time passes quickly. Though dismayed by the attitude of the white population to their adopted country, which is compounded by their vulnerability to alcohol and malaria, he is interested enough to take up sole responsibility for the farm he manages.For almost two decades Hans Olofson battles with a hostile environment and a placid, but resistant workforce. Set in the 1970s and 1980s, "The Eye of the Leopard" explores the relationship between the white farmers and their native workers. Through Olofson''s descent into near mental collapse it becomes clear that many years spent in a foreign land do not necessarily breed an understanding of its people: a handful of generations of white settlers cannot change a continent underpinned by myth and superstition. "The Eye of the Leopard" is a first-rate and original psychological thriller delving deep into the mind of a man lost in an unknown world.

Automne 1914. La Suède, malgré sa neutralité, craint d'être entraînée dans la guerre, car les flottes allemande et russe s'affrontent au large de ses côtes. Le capitaine Lars Tobiasson-Svartman reçoit la mission de sonder les fonds de la mer Baltique et de chercher une route maritime secrète à travers l'archipel d'Östergöland. L'homme est hanté par l'idée de contrôle qu'il exerce en mesurant tout ce qui l'entoure, les masses, le temps, les distances entre les lieux, les objets et les êtres (sa femme Kristina restée à Stockholm). Mais lorsqu'il découvre Sara Fredrika vivant seule sur une île désolée, la présence de cette femme très vite l'obsède et il devient son amant. Le fragile couvercle qu'il maintenait sur son " abîme " intérieur se soulève et son univers tiré au cordeau vole en éclats. D'allers et retours entre l'île et Stockholm, il s'invente des missions secrètes. De mensonge en mensonge - à Sara Fredrika, à Kristina, qui perd la raison, à l'amirauté qui le pousse à démissionner -, Tobiasson perd pied, sombre dans la folie et se suicide par noyade. Dans ce récit sobre et parfaitement construit, porté par une intensité émotionnelle constante, Mankell se mesure ici avec les plus grands auteurs suédois contemporains, Torgny Lindgren et Per Olof Enquist.

Sofia corre a través de la noche. Está oscuro y tiene mucho miedo. Corre siguiendo un camino que serpentea entre arbustos y zarzales. ¿Qué es lo que la persigue en la oscuridad? ¿Un monstruo sin ojos? Piensa que tiene que esconderse, hacerse pequeña entre la maleza. Da un salto como ha visto hacer a los antilopes y se separa del suelo. Y entonces se da cuenta... Sofia ha pisado una mina antipersona. Sobrevivio. Henning mankell la ha conocido. Ahora son amigos. Esta es su historia.

First in the Kurt Wallander series. It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and his wife is left to die with a noose around her neck. And as if this didnt present enough problems for the Ystad police Inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying womans last word is foreign, leaving the police the one tangible clue they haveand in the process, the match that could inflame Swedens already smoldering anti-immigrant sentiments. Unlike the situation with his ex-wife, his estranged daughter, or the beautiful but married young prosecuter who has peaked his interest, in this case, Wallander finds a problem he can handle. He quickly becomes obsessed with solving the crime before the already tense situation explodes, but soon comes to realize that it will require all his reserves of energy and dedication to solve.

Als die Archäologin Louise Cantor von ihrer Ausgrabung in Griechenland zu einem Vortrag nach Schweden reist, will sie auch ihren 25-jährigen Sohn wiedersehen. Doch als sie die Wohnung in Stockholm betritt, liegt Henrik tot in seinem Bett. Die Polizei geht von Selbstmord aus, aber daran kann Louise nicht glauben. In dem Kleiderschrank ihres Sohnes findet sie eine Menge Material zu der Frage, warum das Hirn von John F. Kennedy nach der Obduktion spurlos verschwand. War Henrik einem kriminellen Geheimnis auf der Spur? Je mehr sie über sein Leben erfährt, umso klarer wird ihr, wie wenig sie ihren Sohn eigentlich gekannt hat. Auf der Suche nach Hinweisen, die seinen Tod erklären könnten, reist sie nach Australien zu ihrem verschwundenen Exmann und folgt Henriks Spuren über Barcelona nach Mosambik. Dort stößt sie auf ein Asyl für mittellose Aidskranke, in dem auch ihr Sohn gearbeitet hat und das von einem reichen weißen Mann aus scheinbar selbstlosen Gründen ins Leben gerufen wurde. Doch Louise ahnt bald, dass sich dahinter ein ungeheurer humanitärer Skandal verbirgt …

Deux enquêtes de Kurt Wallander, le célèbre enquêteur suédois. La disparition d’une jeune mère de famille en Scanie serait liée à la lutte politique sanglante en Afrique du Sud (La Lionne blanche).