Clementine Luijten Libri

WAKE UP TO TRUE EVIL The third gripping thriller in Lars Kepler's bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo.

The second Swedish-set crime thriller from the fantastic Jens Lapidus, following Stockholm Delete

È un vero rompicapo il nuovo caso toccato al commissario Van Veeteren: l’omicidio di un maturo imprenditore, freddato dentro casa, con l’aggiunta di due colpi sparati all’inguine. Dalle prime indagini non emergono piste da seguire, ma nel giro di qualche giorno viene compiuto un nuovo delitto, sempre con le medesime modalità. Van Veeteren sa che la casualità non esiste, e che ci sono invece differenze abissali fra certe cause e altre. Le indagini fanno emergere che i due uomini, pochi giorni prima di morire, avevano ricevuto misteriose telefonate, dove al silenzio seguiva una musica anni Sessanta. E appena il commissario ricompone i primi frammenti dell’intreccio avviene un terzo identico omicidio. La caccia al colpevole diventa estenuante: occorre anticiparne le mosse, prevederne la spietata logica, capirne il movente. A poco a poco tra l’assassino e Van Veeteren si apre una partita sottile, costellata di altre morti e di scoperte sempre più sconvolgenti, e conclusa da una mossa lucida e spietata come un atto di accusa verso l’inevitabile crudeltà della vita. Questa nuova inchiesta dell’erede nordico di Maigret, distaccato e meditativo, conferma l’abilità consumata di Håkan Nesser nel costruire atmosfere tese e asciutte, nello scavare i più riposti angoli dell’animo umano e nell’illuminarli anche solo per un istante con autentica e profonda pietà.

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 Lourenço 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.

Fredrik Welin, ex-chirurgo, si ritira in una piccola isola al largo della costa orientale della Svezia. C'è un mistero nella sua vita, qualcosa, che lui definisce "la catastrofe", l'ha spinto a cercare la solitudine e a creare una barriera tra sé e il mondo. Ma un mattino, quasi un miraggio, lo raggiunge una donna amata in gioventù che lui abbandonò senza averle mai dato una spiegazione. E Harriet: ora è malata e vuole che Fredrik mantenga una sua antica promessa.

A new case for Chief Inspector Van Veeteren - the complicated history of a nearly perfect murder. On a sunny August day a man is released from prison. On a rainy April day children at play find his corpse. The fact that the dead man is Leopold Verhaven only becomes clear after some time because the mutilated corpse is without its head, legs and feet. Who would be interested in killing this man, a double murderer who spent 24 years in prison? Determined to let no case go unsolved, Chief Inspector Van Veeteren reopens the case. What he discovers is that Verhaven was a star sprinter before he went to prison for allegedly killing two of his lovers. However, he never confessed to the murders and spent a lifetime proclaiming his innocence. Was he killed because someone thought he had not been punished enough? Or was someone afraid of Verhaven's revenge? A terrible suspicion stalks Van Veeteren: had Verhaven been telling the truth? Was he really innocent?

In this superbly gritty thriller, Emilie Jansson, a new partner at a prestigious law firm, and Teddy, an ex-con trying to stay on the right side of the law, become involved with a burglary-turned-murder, but they are soon entangled in a snarly web with deep connections to Stockholm's criminal world, where history is never a thing of the past, and always ready to threaten those who lived it.

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. His instinct for his profession is reflected in his comfortable domestic life with his wife - herself meticulous in every detail.Close to the waters where soundings are taken Tobiasson-Svartman alights on a barren skerry, presumed uninhabited, and is surprised to discover an unkempt young woman, Sara Fredrika. Despite her almost feral appearance, something about her strikes him to the core. The mission is a success and the Svea returns to Gothenburg. Tobiasson-Svartman, however, remains haunted by this chance encounter; his equilibrium has been disturbed, and he is now compelled to find any pretence to return to the remote islet.In DEPTHS Mankell confirms his status a writer beyond the crime genre. By delving deep into the male psyche, he has produced a novel both as tense and compelling in every way as the Wallander series, but also powerful, moving and ultimately tragic.

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. A chance encounter with Tea-Bag leads him into the shadow world of the immigrant experience in Sweden. Initially he sees the girls purely as material for his next work, but soon discovers they have very different ideas. In The Shadow Girls, Henning Mankell tells the extraordinary stories of three young women who are determined to overcome the hardships they face to take control of their own lives. This inspiring novel encompasses both humour and tragedy and illuminates our understanding of those left on the margins of our society.

Op een zomernacht wordt op een verlaten plezierjacht dat ronddobbert in de Stockholm-archipel het lichaam van een vrouw gevonden. Ze lijkt verdronken te zijn, maar haar longen zijn gevuld met brak water dat niet afkomstig blijkt te zijn van de archipel. De volgende dag wordt er een man gevonden in zijn appartement in Stockholm. Hij hangt aan een plafondhaak, in een verder lege kamer. Inspecteur Joona Linna is ervan overtuigd dat de man zelfmoord heeft gepleegd. Hij krijgt gelijk, maar daarmee is de zaak niet gesloten. De twee doden vormen de opmaat tot een reeks duizelingwekkende en gevaarlijke gebeurtenissen die Joona Linna meesleuren in een nietsontziende jacht op de moordenaar.