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Opustená farma, krvavé jatky, starý muž, ktorého utýrali a ubili na smrť. Jeho žena leží pri ňom na zemi polomŕtva. Jedného chladného januárového rána o o piatej hodine zavolajú vyšetrovateľa Wallandera na miesto činu. Myslí si, že je to rutinný výjazd. Keď však dorazí na farmu, nájde dve obete nezmyselného násilia. Tak to vyzerá na začiatku. Wallanderov život je v troskách, žena ho opustila, dcéra sa s ním nerozpráva a ani jeho starnúci otec nemá preňho pochopenie. Stále pracuje, zle sa stravuje, noci prepije sám v opustenom byte. Teraz však musí zabudnúť na svoje problémy a pustiť sa do boja s časom. Henning Mankell (nar. 1948, Štokholm) je najčítanejší švédsky autor. Na celom svete sa predalo tridsať miliónov jeho kníh. Veľa cestuje, žije striedavo vo Švédsku a v Mozambiku. Preslávil sa sériou o komisárovi Wallanderovi, v ktorej sa odráža jeho „snaha o pochopenie nášho strašného sveta a hľadanie spôsobov, ako ho zmeniť".

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.

An einem frostigen Januartag 2006 macht die Polizei von Hudiksvall eine entsetzliche Entdeckung. In einem kleinen Dorf sind neunzehn Menschen auf bestialische Weise ermordet worden. Die Polizei vermutet dahinter die Tat eines Wahnsinnigen. Als Richterin Birgitta Roslin in der Zeitung von der Tat liest, ist ihr sofort klar, dass die Pflegeeltern ihrer Mutter unter den Mordopfern sind. Mehr noch: Sie erkennt, dass die Polizei eine falsche Spur verfolgt, und beginnt selbst zu recherchieren. Ein Hinweis führt nach China, wo Birgitta auf grausame Machenschaften der politischen Führungselite stößt.

24 aprile 1992, Louise Akerblom, titolare di un'agenzia immobiliare di Ystad, nel sud della Svezia, scompare senza lasciare traccia. Quello stesso giorno, dall'altra parte del globo, in Sudafrica, un gruppo di boeri fanatici decisi a fermare il processo di democratizzazione in atto progetta un attentato contro uno degli uomini politici piu in vista del paese. E il commissario Wallander a guidare le ricerche della donna, un caso complicato: Louise Akerblom, attivo membro della chiesa metodista, e sposata felicemente con due bambine, e benvoluta e contenta del suo lavoro, non ci sono indizi che possano giustificare la sua scomparsa

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 to go and study in America forty years earlier. She has sought him out in the hope that he will honour a promise made many years ago. Now in the late stages of a terminal illness, she wants to visit a small lake in northern Sweden, a place Welin's father took him once as a boy. He upholds his pledge and drives her to this beautiful pool hidden deep in the forest. On the journey through the desolate snow-covered landscape, Welin reflects on his impoverished childhood and the woman he later left behind. However, once there Welin discovers that Harriet has left the biggest surprise until last. Italian Shoes is as compelling as it is disturbing. Through his anti-hero Welin, Mankell tackles ageing and death with sensitivity and acuity, and as with the critically acclaimed Depths, delivers a moving tour-de-force on the frailty of mankind.

Sweden, winter, 1991. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team receive an anonymous tip-off. A few days later a life raft is washed up on a beach. In it are two men, dressed in expensive suits, shot dead. The dead men were criminals, victims of what seems to

Ein befreundeter Anwalt bittet ihn um Hilfe, weil sein Vater nachts mit dem Auto tödlich verunglückt ist. Der Sohn des...

Hacker planen den globalen Crash: die Weltwirtschaft soll ins Chaos gestürzt werden. Wallanders neunter Fall Zwei junge Mädchen überfallen einen Taxifahrer, betäuben ihn mit einem Hammer und töten ihn mit einem Küchenmesser. Als die Polizei sie verhört, zeigen sie keinerlei Schuldgefühl. Wallander kann es kaum fassen. Finden junge Menschen heutzutage wirklich nichts dabei, jemanden hinterrücks zu ermorden? Kurz darauf geschehen die merkwürdigsten Dinge: ein Mann fällt vor einem Bankautomaten tot um. Seine Leiche wird aus der Pathologie gestohlen und wieder an den ursprünglichen Fundort transportiert. In ganz Schonen geht das Licht aus. In der Transformatorstation liegt eine verkohlte Leiche. Wallander ist sich sicher, daß etwas anderes, Größeres, hinter all dem steckt ...

V zime 2008 počas svojej každodennej prechádzky vysoký námorný dôstojník vo výslužbe H?kan von Enke zmizne. Detektív Wallander sa vydáva na stopu páchateľa. Nitky hľadania ho vedú do minulosti, do čias studenej vojny, pôsobenia pravicových extrémistov a nájomných vrahov z východnej Európy. Zdá sa, že sa dostal na stopu veľkého tajomstva. Henning Mankell je najčítanejším švédskym spisovateľom a do dnešného dňa sa na celom svete predalo viac než tridsať miliónov jeho kníh v preklade do štyridsiatich jazykov.

Louise Cantor, archéologue travaillant dans le Péloponn?se, rentre en Su?de, heureuse de revoir son fils, Henrik. Elle le découvre mort dans son lit. Louise cherche ? reconstituer les derni?res années de sa vie et son périple l’entraîne en Australie o? elle retrouve Aron, le p?re de son fils. ? Barcelone, elle découvre qu’Henrik avait une double vie.

Bei der Aufklärung eines Mordfalls kommt Wallander einem Komplott gegen Nelson Mandela auf die Spur....

Kriminalroman. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Deutschen Krimi-Preis, Kategorie International 1999Erscheinungsjahr: 2010Dtsch. v. Butt, WolfgangGewicht: 414 gr / Abmessungen: 191 mm x 120 mm x 29 mmVon Mankell, Henning / Übersetzt v. Butt, Wolfgang"''Wo keine Gerechtigkeit ist, muß sie geschaffen werden'', dachte die Frau, und Wallander wußte, daß Mord zwar ein Versuch ist, die Welt wieder zurechtzurücken, aber die Tragödie genau darin liegt, daß dieser Versuch zum Scheitern verurteilt ist."Der schwedische Autor Henning Mankell hat einen spannenden Detektivroman geschrieben. Aber dieses Buch ist noch mehr: ein Roman über das Verhältnis zwischen Männern und Frauen, ein psychologischer Roman und ein Gesellschaftsroman.Henning Mankell, einer der meistgelesenen schwedischen Romanciers, hat einen modernen Detektivroman von atemberaubender Spannung geschrieben. Aber dieses Buch ist noch mehr: ein Roman über das Verhältnis zwischen Männern und Frauen, ein psychologischer Roman und ein Gesellschaftsroman.Wallander, Kriminalkommissar bei der Mordkommission im südschwedischen Ystad, ist ein wohltuend normaler Mann. Er schläft zuwenig und ißt zuviel Fastfood, er ist geschieden, hat Probleme mit seinem Vater, eine erwachsene Tochter und eine Freundin in Riga, er denkt mit Wehmut an die Zeit, in der man die Strümpfe noch stopfte, anstatt sie wegzuwerfen, und er ist zutiefst beunruhigt über die zunehmende Gewalt in seinem Distrikt. Gerade hat er eine Reihe besonders grausamer Morde aufzuklären, bei denen es selbst erfahrenen Polizisten kalt den Rücken hinunterläuft.

WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR SIDETRACKED. Herbert Molin, a retired police officer, is living alone in a remote cottage in the vast forests of northern Sweden. He has two obsessions: one is the tango and the other is a conviction that he is being hunted, constantly pursued by 'demons'. He has no close friends, no close neighbours, and by the time his body is eventually found, Molin is almost unrecognisable. Lindman, a police officer on extended sick leave, hears of the death of his former colleague and, to take his mind off his own problems, decides to involve himself in the case. What he discovers, to his horror and disbelief, is a network of evil almost unimaginable in this remote district, and one which seems impossible to link to Molin's death.

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 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, Hans is struck by its beauty and mystery. After fulfilling his initial quest, an opportunity of employment in the region tempts him to stay, and before long he takes sole responsibility for the farm he manages. Despite his early optimism, he is shocked by the attitude of the local white population to their adopted country, as well as their pitiful vulnerability to alcohol and malaria. As relationships splinter and fray, Hans is soon to discover that his African dream is rapidly turning to a nightmare. The Eye of the Leopard is a first-rate psychological thriller from the bestselling author of the Wallander mysteries, delving deep into the mind of a man lost in an unknown world.

A 66 ans, Fredrick Welin vit reclus depuis douze ans sur une île de la Baltique. Durant deux solstices d'hiver et un d'été, des personnages qu'il a connus vont réapparaître dans sa vie et le pousseront a retrouver le monde des émotions humaines.

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 Pyr amid 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.