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Every morning Hakan von Enke takes a walk in the forest near his apartment in Stockholm.

Vom geheimnisvollen Zauber eines groen Kontinents Felisberto, ein alter Afrikaner, sitzt am Feuer und erzahlt: von der uber dreihundert Jahre alten Stammesmutter Samima, die zwar tot ist, aber als lebender Geist bei ihren Nachfahren auerst gegenwartig. Oder von dem Weien Dom Estefano, dessen Diener er war, und von dem Klavier, das verlassen am Hafen stand und eines Nachts von ganz allein zu spielen begann. Henning Mankell erzahlt von der magischen Seite des schwarzen Kontinents und vom Ende des Kolonialismus - angesiedelt im Grenzbereich zwischen Traum und Realitat, Mythos und politischer Geschichte.

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. A nineteenth-century diary and a red silk ribbon found in the forest nearby are the only clues. What Birgitta eventually uncovers leads her into an international web of corruption and a story of vengeance that stretches back over a hundred years, linking China and the USA of the 1860s with modern-day Beijing, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and coming to a shocking climax in London''s Chinatown. The Man from Beijing is both a gripping and perceptive political thriller and a compelling detective story. It shows Henning Mankell at the height of his powers, handling a broad historical canvas and pressing international issues with his exceptional gifts for insight and chilling suspense.

One frozen January morning at 5am, Inspector Wallander responds to what he believes is a routine call out. When he reaches the isolated farmhouse he discovers a bloodbath. An old man has been tortured and beaten to death, his wife lies barely alive beside his shattered body, both victims of a violence beyond reason. The woman supplies Wallander with his only clue: the perpetrators may have been foreign. When this is leaked to the press, it unleashes racial hatred.

When Louise Cantor finds her 28-year-old son dead in his apartment, everything indicates it was a suicide. Louise, however, refuses to accept this. She and her ex-husband set out to find what happened, and soon discover a dark underworld where suddenly their own lives are at stake.

Hans Olofson arrives in Zambia not long after independence, hoping to fulfill the missionary dream of his friend Janice He is also fleeing the traumas of his motherless childhood: his fathers alcoholism, his best friends terrible accident, Janices death, his fear of an ordinary and stifled fate Africa is a terrible shock, yet he stays and makes it his home... Hans Olofson llega a Zambia poco despues de su independencia, esperando cumplir el sueño misionero de su amiga Janice Tambien esta huyendo de los traumas de su infancia huerfano de madre: el alcoholismo de su padre, el terrible accidente de su mejor amigo, la muerte de Janice, su temor de un destino gris y ordinario...

The essential read for all fans of Kurt Wallander. 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. These thrilling tales provide a fascinating insight into Wallander''s character, and demand to be read in one sitting.

Fredrik Welin ist etwas widerfahren, das er nur »die Katastrophe« nennt. Danach hat sich der ehemalige Chirurg auf eine kleine Insel in den Schären zurückgezogen und meidet jeden Kontakt mit den Menschen. Doch dann steht eines Tages seine Jugendliebe Harriet vor der Tür und erinnert ihn an ein altes Versprechen. Er folgt ihr auf eine Reise in die Vergangenheit, voller unverhoffter Begegnungen mit außergewöhnlichen Menschen. Eine Reise, die ihm den Weg zurück zu den Menschen weisen wird ...

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. His instinct for his profession is reflected in the comfortable domesticity he enjoys with his wife.

La ira del fuego está basada en la verdadera historia de Sofia, una niña tenaz que se hace mayor en Mozambique, un país devastado por la guerra, la corrupción, la pobreza y la enfermedad. Con un lenguaje exento de conmiseracion, Henning Mankell explica como Sofia lucha contra la brutalidad y el horror que destrozaron su infancia, hasta lograr construirse un nuevo futuro a partir de las ruinas de su vida. De no haber sido por la fuerza que extrae del fuego, por los secretos que observa en sus llamas, Sofia no habria encontrado el coraje necesario para vivir. Este volumen se compone de los tres libros: El secreto del fuego, Jugar con fuego y La ira del fuego, que Henning Mankell ha dedicado a Sofia durante doce años, desde que la conocio siendo una niña. En ellos Mankell transforma en fuerza creadora su ira hacia las injusticias del mundo, y brinda como resultado una obra unica, conmovedora, inolvidable. Esta trilogia pone los pelos de punta. El Pais

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.

Henning Mankell Rémi Cassaigne (Traducteur) En octobre 1914, l'Europe est au bord de la guerre. Afin d'améliorer la défense des côtes suédoises, le capitaine Lars Tobiasson-Svartman inspecte les rout

In woodland outside Ystad, the police make a horrific discovery: a severed head, and hands locked together in an attitude of prayer. A Bible lies at the victim's side, the pages marked with scribbled corrections. A string of macabre incidents, including attacks on domestic animals, have been taking place, and Inspector Wallander fears that these disturbances could be the prelude to attacks on humans on an even more alarming scale. Linda Wallander, in preparation to join the police force, arrives at Ystad. Exhibiting some of the hallmarks of her father - the maverick approach, the flaring temper - she becomes entangled in a case involving a group of religious extremists who are bent on punishing the world's sinners. Following on from the enormous success of the Kurt Wallander mysteries, Henning Mankell has begun an outstanding new chapter in crime writing.

Four nuns and a fifth woman are killed in a savage night-time attack in Africa. A year later, Inspector Kurt Wallander investigates the disappearance of an elderly birdwatcher and discovers a gruesome and meticulously planned murder - a body impaled in a trap of sharpened bamboo poles. Then, another man is reported missing.Once again Wallander's life is put on hold as he and his team work tirelessly to find a link between the series of vicious murders.Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for Sidetracked.