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Once a successful surgeon, Frederick Welin now lives in self-imposed exile on an island in the Swedish archipelago. Nearly twelve years have passed since he was disgraced for attempting to cover up a tragic mishap on the operating table. One morning in the depths of winter, he sees a hunched figure struggling towards him across the ice. His past is about to catch up with him. The figure approaching in the freezing cold is Harriet, the only woman he has ever loved, the woman he abandoned in order[...]

Showing all the hallmarks of her father - the maverick approach, the flaring temper - she becomes involved in the case and in the process is forced to confront a group of extremists bent on punishing

Spiralling into an alcohol-fuelled depression after killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Kurt Wallander has made up his mind to quit the police force for good.When an old acquaintance seeks Wallander''s help to investigate the suspicious circumstances in which his father has died, Kurt doesn''t want to know. But when his former friend turns up dead, shot three times, Wallander realises that he was wrong not to listen.Against his better judgment, he returns to work to head what may now have become a double murder case. An enigmatic big-business tycoon seems to be the common denominator in the two deaths. But while Wallander is on the trail of the killer, somebody is on the trail of Wallander, and closing in fast...

1904. Als Alteste von funf Geschwistern muss die achtzehnjahrige Hanna ihre Heimat verlassen, um selbst fur ihren Lebensunterhalt zu sorgen. Sie heuert als Kuchengehilfin auf einem Frachtschiff nach Ubersee an und geht in der portugiesischen Kolonie Mosambik von Bord. Dort heiratet sie den Bordellbesitzer Senhor Vaz, der wenig spater stirbt und ihr das Bordell sowie ein stattliches Vermogen hinterlasst. Damit will sie die Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingungen der schwarzen Frauen verbessern. Doch ihre Einmischung in die koloniale Ordnung ist weder bei den Weien noch bei den Schwarzen erwunscht

Henning Mankell, l’escriptor que va obrir la porta al thriller suec a tot el món, no oblida mai el vessant humà i tendre de les històries.En Joel acaba de fer quinze anys, ha acabat l’escola i decide

Some cases aren''t as cold as you''d thinkKurt 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.A treat for fans and new readers alike, this is a never before published Kurt Wallander novella

A Treacherous Paradise sees Henning Mankell turn his talents for writing gripping thrillers to a world where power and powerlessness meet and passion is a dangerous commodity. Hanna Lundmark escapes the brutal poverty of rural Sweden for a job as a cook onboard a steamship headed for Australia. Jumping ship at the African port of Lourenco Marques, Hanna decides to begin her life afresh. 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.

Hanna a connu le froid avant la chaleur. La misère avant l’opulence. La Suède avant l’Afrique. Deux fois mariée, deux fois veuve, elle échoue au Mozambique où elle se retrouve à la tête d’un bordel.

Été 1941, en Suède. Deux amies, Elna et Vivi, dix-sept ans, de condition modeste, s’offrent une escapade à bicyclette à travers la Suède en longeant la frontière de la Norvège occupée par les nazis.

A fascinating memoir-of-sorts from the legendary writer & campaigner for human rights: Quicksand is a collection of micro-essays exploring what it is to be human, covering topics as varied as Henning''s cancer diagnosis, art, jealousy, Ice Ages past and present, and the future of our planet.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.This book is also about why the cave painters 40,000 years ago chose the very darkest places for their fascinating pictures. And about the dreadful troll that we are trying to lock away inside the bedrock of a Swedish mountain for the next 100,000 years.It is a book about how humanity has lived and continues to live, and about how I have lived and continue to live my own life.And, not least, about the great zest for life, which came back when I managed to drag myself out of the Quicksand that threatened to suck me down into the abyss.

En 1941, Elna et son amie Vivi partent en bicyclette avec leurs sacs de couchage à travers la Suède. Les Daisy Sisters s'embarquent alors dans une aventure idyllique le long de la frontière norvégien