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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. As a child Tobiasson-Svartman was fascinated by measurement; nothing is as magical as exact knowledge.

Das Unfassbare geschieht: Vor den Augen von Kriminalkommissar Kurt Wallander bringt sich ein junges Mädchen um...

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.

The year is 1911. The young rock blaster Oskar Johansson has been killed in an accident. Or so it says in the local newspaper. In spite of serious injuries, however, Oskar survives. Decades later, Oskar looks back and reflects on his working life as an invalid, his marriage, his dreams, and his hopes. Oskar's life is woven together out of fragments of voices, images, and episodes that, taken together, provide a sharp and precise picture of life in Sweden for the working class.

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.

Dagen då Joel ska fylla femton närmar sig med stormsteg. Snart är också skolan slut. Och vad ska han göra sen? Frågorna är många. Men Joel får uppleva just det som han alltid drömt om: han träffar sin mamma Jenny. En kväll går han ner till den frusna älven. Stjärnorna tindrar och han tycker sig se egendomliga märken efter hundtassar i snön. Spåren leder över älven, söderut, bort och förbi de ruvande granåsarna. Och då förstår Joel. Hunden som han en gång såg, den visade honom en väg. Och nu ska han följa den.

Auf einer Landstraße nahe bei Ystad wird in einem Auto ein verlassenes Kleinkind entdeckt...

Zwei junge Mädchen überfallen einen Taxifahrer und töten ihn. Als sie von der Polizei verhört werden, zeigen sie keinerlei Schuldgefühle. Kommissar Wallander kann es kaum fassen. Finden junge Menschen heutzutage wirklich nichts dabei, einen Menschen umzubringen? Er ist sich sicher, dass etwas anderes dahinter steckt.

Vom Wissen um unsere Sterblichkeit. Die Diagnose Krebs erinnerte Henning Mankell an einen Albtraum aus seiner Kindheit: An das Bild im Treibsand zu versinken. In dieser Krise hilft Mankell das Nachdenken über die großen Fragen: Woher kommen wir? Wohin gehen wir? Welche Art von Gesellschaft will ich mitgestalten?

Zwei junge Mädchen überfallen einen Taxifahrer, betäuben ihn mit einem Hammer und töten ihn kaltblütig mit einem Messer...

Wie die Jahre vergehen: Kurt Wallander lebt inzwischen auf dem Land, seine Tochter Linda ist verheiratet und hat ein Kind. Bei der Geburtstagsfeier ihres Schwiegervaters Håkan erfährt Wallander erstmals von dessen Zeit als Marineoberst. Als kurz darauf Håkan und seine Frau spurlos verschwinden, verstrickt sich Wallander in einen Fall, dessen Spuren bis in den Kalten Krieg zurückreichen. Wenn Tatort-Kommissar Axel Milberg liest, steigert er mit untrüglichem Gespür für Mankells subtile Dramatik die Spannung bis zum atemberaubenden Finale.

Mord oder Selbstmord? Ein Mann steigt in der Nähe des Strandes in ein Taxi und stirbt während der Fahrt. Vergiftet. Doch wer hat ihm das Gift verabreicht? Kommissar Wallander findet heraus, dass der Sohn des Mannes sieben Jahre zuvor ermordet wurde. Der Täter wurde nie gefasst. Und die Richterin von damals wohnt ebenfalls in der Nähe des Strandes...

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 then his 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, Olofson is struck by its beauty and mystery.

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. 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.

At three p.m. on a Saturday afternoon in 1911, Oskar Johansson is caught in a blast in an industrial accident. The local newspaper reports him dead, but they are mistaken. Because Oskar Johansson is a born survivor. Though crippled, Oskar finds the strength to go on living and working. The Rock Blaster charts his long professional life - his hopes and dreams, sorrows and joys. His relationship with the woman whose love saved him, with the labour movement that gave him a cause to believe in, and with his children, who do not share his ideals.

La quinta inchiesta del commissario Wallander. Mentre gli svedesi sono incollati ai televisori per seguire il campionato del mondo di calcio, per Wallander la festa si trasforma in un incubo. Nella magnifica estate nordica una ragazza si cosparge di benzina e si dà fuoco in un campo di colza in fiore. È l’inizio di una terribile serie di omicidi: come un indiano sul piede di guerra, un brutale assassino uccide silenziosamente e strappa lo scalpo al nemico sconfitto.

La prima inchiesta del commissario Wallander. Sulle tracce di un assassino che colpisce con inaudita violenza, il commissario Kurt Wallander deve fare i conti anche con chi ha deciso di farsi giustizia da sé. Una fredda giornata di gennaio poco prima dell’alba, in un paese del sud della Svezia, un contadino scopre che i suoi vicini, una coppia di vecchi contadini come lui, sono stati assaliti e picchiati barbaramente. Basta una fuga di notizie e comincia la caccia all'uomo. I cittadini non si fidano della polizia, preferiscono organizzare da sé la loro sicurezza e la loro vendetta.

Henning Mankells letzter Roman: Zeit des Abschieds. In jener Herbstnacht wecken Fredrik Welin lodernde Flammen. Nichts von seinem alten, abgelegenen Haus auf der Schäreninsel, nichts von seinem bisherigen Leben ist zu retten. Die Polizei mutmaßt Brandstiftung. Und plötzlich sieht sich Welin nicht nur mit dem Verdacht des Versicherungsbetrugs konfrontiert, er muss sich auch der Frage stellen, ob es mit beinahe siebzig Jahren überhaupt noch möglich ist, neu anzufangen.

La quarta inchiesta del commissario Wallander. Nel sud della Scania coperta dalla fitta nebbia di ottobre, l’avvocato Gustaf Torstensson viene trovato morto all'interno della sua auto. Per la polizia di Ystad si tratta di un incidente. Intanto, Kurt Wallander è deciso a porre termine alla sua carriera di poliziotto, ma quando viene a sapere che qualcuno ha sparato al suo amico Sten Torstensson, il figlio di Gustaf, decide di tornare a Ystad e riprendere servizio per un'altra, appassionante indagine.

Die winzige Ortschaft Hesjövallen wird Schauplatz eines blutigen Verbrechens: Fast sämtliche Einwohner fallen einem Massaker zum Opfer...