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It is Midsummer's Eve. Three young friends meet in a wood to act out an elaborate masque. But, unknown to them, they are being watched. Each is killed by a single bullet. Soon afterwards, one of Inspector Wallander's colleagues is found murdered. Is this the same killer, and what could the connection be? In this investigation, Wallander is always, tantalisingly, one step behind.

Midsummer approaches, and 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. But his summer is ruined when a girl commits suicide before his eyes, and a former minister of justice is butchered in the first of a series of apparently motiveless murders.

When Kurt Wallander first appeared in Faceless Killers back in 1990, he was a senior police officer, just turned 40, 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.

On an icy night in Northern Sweden Joel is drawn outside to haunt the streets. He finds the night-time activity of his stolid town mesmerising in its unexpectedness and variety. But can he deal with the knowledge that he gains about his neighbours, his father, and himself?

Den schrecklichen Überfall auf das alte Bauernehepaar werden die Menschen im südschwedischen Schonen nie vergessen: Eines Nachts hält ein Auto vor einem einsam gelegenen Gehöft, Männer schleichen zum Haus, fesseln die Eheleute und ermorden sie brutal. Dann fliehen sie mit ein paar Kronen Bargeld.

Joel är elva år och bor med sin pappa Samuel som är skogshuggare i ett litet norrländskt samhälle. Det finns några saker som Joel tycker är konstiga i livet: att inte veta varför och att inte kunna göra något åt det. Samuel var en gång en sjöman som reste på haven. Och en gång i tiden bodde Joels mamma fortfarande med dem. Samuel övergav havet. Och mamma övergav Samuel och Joel.

Joel thinks nothing is going on in his small town. But he's wrong. One day, a miracle happens to him. He's very nearly run over by a bus, but is miraculously unhurt. Shouldn't he show gratitude somehow? Surely a good deed of some sort is in order. But what?

Joel Gustafson has a lot to consider. His birthday is next month. He'll be 15: he'll be allowed to ride a moped, and he'll no longer need to sneak into the cinema to see an adults-only film. And maybe his father will finally agree to leave their small Swedish town and the two of them will become sailors - something Joel has always dreamed of. But before all that, Joel and his father are unexpectedly faced with an aspect of their past and emotional wounds resurface. Can their relationship survive this complex situation?

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.

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1941, und endlich herrscht wieder Sommer, nachdem soeben der härteste Winter seit Menschengedenken zu Ende ging...

In una fredda giornata d’inverno, Håkan von Enke, alto ufficiale di marina ora in pensione, scompare durante la sua abituale passeggiata mattutina a Stoccolma. Un caso che tocca da vicino il commissario Wallander. Von Enke è il futuro suocero di sua figlia Linda, il nonno della sua nipotina, e di recente gli aveva confidato aspetti sorprendenti di un dramma politico-militare risalente a più di due decenni prima, quando sottomarini sovietici erano stati avvistati in acque territoriali svedesi. Kurt Wallander è vicino a un grande segreto della storia del dopoguerra.

Spätestens seit Stieg Larssons Millennium-Trilogie weiß jeder: Wer Spannung liebt, kommt an Krimis aus dem hohen Norden nicht vorbei. Sie spielen mit dem Kontrast zwischen der Idylle des Landes und grausamen Verbrechen, der Ruhe des nordischen Lebens und dem gewaltsamen Tod. In dieser einzigartigen Sammlung hat John-Henri Holmberg, einer der besten Kenner der skandinavischen Kriminalliteratur, Erzählungen der bedeutendsten und beliebtesten schwedischen Spannungsautoren zusammengefasst.

Kurt Wallander ist Anfang zwanzig, Polizeianwärter in Malmö und bis über beide Ohren in Mona verliebt. Als er seinen Wohnungsnachbarn erschossen in der Küche findet, den Revolver noch in der Hand, glaubt er nicht an Selbstmord, umso mehr, als die Wohnung des Toten in Flammen aufgeht und man wenig später auf eine weitere Leiche stößt

From the author of the best-selling Inspector Wallander Mysteries, this is the story of young Lucas, who gets a most precious present for his birthday: a black kitten that he calls Night. He becomes very attached to Night, but one day Lucas comes home from school and discovers that his beloved cat has disappeared. He is desperate, and no one is able to console him. He searches for Night everywhere and doesn't stop hoping for his return. It's only sometime later that Night appears in his dreams....

Wer sind die beiden Toten, die in einem Rettungsboot an die schwedische Küste treiben? Die Obduktion ergibt, dass es sich um zwei Russen handelt, die vor ihrem Tod gefoltert wurden. Die Ermittlungen führen Kommissar Wallander nach Riga, wo er Baiba Liepa kennen lernt, für die er tiefe Liebe empfindet.

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.

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.

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.