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Delitti a Sandhamn

Questa serie ti trasporta su una pittoresca isola svedese dove scenari tranquilli vengono sconvolti da misteriosi omicidi. Segui i percorsi di un'avvocatessa acuta e di un detective esperto mentre svelano oscuri segreti nascosti sotto la superficie della vita idilliaca dell'isola. Questi racconti avvincenti, pieni di colpi di scena inaspettati e profondità psicologica, ti cattureranno fino alla fine.

Guiltless
In the Heat of the Moment
In Bad Company
In the Shadow of Power
In Harm's Way
Closed Circles

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    L’atmosfera idilliaca dell’isola di Sandhamn, nell’arcipelago di Stoccolma, viene turbata dall’ombra della morte e del delitto. Il corpo di un uomo di mezza età affiora accanto a uno scoglio, avvolto in una rete da pesca. L’uomo è Krister Berggren, viveva da solo in uno squallido appartamento della periferia di Stoccolma, e a casa sua le uniche tracce di un qualche rapporto con altri esseri umani sono una foto della madre e una cartolina della cugina Kicki. E anche quest’ultima, Kicki, viene trovata uccisa, avvelenata. Le indagini sono affidate all’ispettore Thomas Andreasson, che può contare sull’aiuto di una sua amica d’infanzia, Nora Linde, avvocato. La scia di delitti è finita o continuerà? E le due vittime sono state eliminate dallo stesso assassino? Per scoprirlo, Thomas e Nora dovranno portare alla luce inconfessabili segreti

    Il corpo che affiora
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    Closed Circles

    • 464pagine
    • 17 ore di lettura

    "It's a beautiful day for a regatta - until one of Sandhamn Island's most prestigious residents is killed aboard his sailing yacht. Oscar Juliander was a rich lawyer and deputy chairman of the prestigious Royal Swedish Yacht Club. While at first his death seems like a tragic accident, there is evidence of foul play. Police detective Thomas Andreasson teams up with local lawyer Nora Linde to investigate. As they work to uncover clues, they face resistance from an elite world where nothing but appearance matters. When the rich and powerful inhabitants of Sweden's idyllic island getaway come under scrutiny, Thomas and Nora must work closely and secretively to seek justice."--Provided by publisher

    Closed Circles
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    Guiltless

    • 368pagine
    • 13 ore di lettura

    The tiny Swedish island of Sandhamn has always been a haven for lawyer Nora Linde. With trouble brewing in her marriage, she finds its comforts more welcome than ever, even in the depths of winter. That is, until her two young sons trip across a severed arm in the woods. The boys' gruesome discovery will once again connect Nora with her childhood friend Thomas Andreasson, now a local police detective. When the limb is identified as belonging to a twenty-year-old woman who disappeared without a trace months earlier, what had been a missing persons case takes on a whole new urgency. Nora and Thomas delve deeply into the woman's final hours, each of them wrestling not only with the case but with the private demons it awakens in them. As they do, they'll find themselves drawn into the history of Sandhamn and the tensions that have been simmering just below the surface for more than a hundred years.

    Guiltless
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    "Previously published as I natt èar du dèod by Forum in Sweden in 2011. Translated from Swedish by Marlaine Delargy. First published in English by AmazonCrossing in 2017"--T.p. verso.

    Tonight You're Dead
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    What's a lie among friends? It's murder--in this riveting thriller by Viveca Sten, bestselling author of Tonight You're Dead... It's Midsummer's Eve, the celebration of the longest day of the year, and on Sandhamn it's the longest party of the year. But the fun comes to a dead halt when a young reveler is murdered, a teenage girl is found drugged and dazed on the beach, and other young women vanish. So far, what links the victims is a mystery. For Nora Linde and her new boyfriend, Jonas Sköld, the crimes are personal: one of the missing girls is Wilma, Jonas's daughter. And her disappearance could test Nora and Jonas's relationship in ways they never expected. Thrust into the investigation, they soon discover that it's more than a case of bad blood between friends. But the truth, which has receded into a haze of carousing, drugs, and liquor, is getting harder to see. If Nora and Jonas are going to find out what happened to Wilma, they'd better do it fast--before the ebbing tides sweep away all the terrible secrets of that night on Sandhamn Island.

    In the Heat of the Moment
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    What do the new arrivals on Sandhamn Island have to fear? Their own secrets—in this gripping novel of suspense by the bestselling author of In the Heat of the Moment.The new summer house on Sandhamn Island is an architectural dream for its owner, Carsten Jonsson. It’s a nightmare for the locals. The venture capitalist has flouted local traditions, property lines, and the natural beauty of the coastline. He’s also too wealthy and arrogant to heed the anonymous warnings to leave. The threats escalate when his guest lodge is burned to the ground and an unidentifiable corpse is found in the charred ruins.Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson isn’t sure if it’s murder or a tragic accident. Until his friend attorney Nora Linde is drawn into the investigation. Nora’s emotional investment in Carsten’s fragile and fearful wife, Celia, is yielding a new level of suspicion: that the Jonssons are hiding more than anyone can imagine. Now Thomas and Nora must sift through the ashes of a puzzling crime and step into the shadows of a powerful family, whose deadly secrets are coming to light on Sandhamn.

    In the Shadow of Power
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    A shocking abduction rocks idyllic Sandhamn Island in an enthralling novel of suspense by Viveca Sten, bestselling author of In the Heat of the Moment. With the summer season on Sandhamn comes an unsettling mystery for Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson. A bullied young boy has vanished from a sailing camp on neighboring Lökholmen Island. Has the terrorized eleven-year-old run away? Or, in this isolated vacation spot where strangers lurk, is it something more ominous? The disappearance has also captured the interest of Thomas's longtime friend, attorney Nora Linde. The missing child happens to be the son of her latest client, Christian Dufva. He is a key witness against his partner in a high-profile embezzlement trial, and Dufva's testimony could be devastating. It'll also be Nora's biggest win--the next step toward a position as chief prosecutor. But with every anonymous threat against Dufva, the stakes get higher. When new evidence surfaces in their respective cases, new questions and fears arise for Thomas and Nora. Time is running out to resolve them. So is hope of finding the boy alive. Because on Sandhamn Island, the truth is buried as deep as the secrets.

    In the Name of Truth
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    In Bad Company

    • 507pagine
    • 18 ore di lettura

    Sandhamn Island's archipelago is a beautiful place to visit. For a mother on the run, it's the only place to hide in a novel of escalating suspense by Viveca Sten, bestselling author of Still Waters. Building a case against Andreis Kovač is a risky strategy for prosecutor Nora Linde. A violent key player in Stockholm's drug trade and untouchable when it comes to financial crimes, he has the best defense money can buy. To topple Andreis's empire, Nora's working a different angle. It's personal. Nora's critical witness is Andreis's wife, Mina--if she'll testify. Mina has suffered her husband's rage too long. It's nearly cost her her life. Still carrying the traumas of the Bosnian War, Andreis can be triggered like an explosive. He must be taken down. And as the trial looms, Mina and her infant son must disappear. The police have found her a safe place to hide on Runmarö Island in Sandhamn's archipelago. But there's no shelter from a man as powerful and merciless as Andreis. Especially when he's being crossed. His campaign of terror has just begun. He's prepared to crush anyone who stands in his way: Mina, Nora, and everyone they know and love. Andreis is coming for them. This time, Nora is on the defense.

    In Bad Company
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    Poslední desátý samostatný příběh této série nazvaný POHŘBENÉ TAJEMSTVÍ vyšetřuje kriminální inspektor Thomas Andreasson a právnička Nora LIndeová Na ostrově poblíž Sandhamnu jsou nalezeny kosterní pozůstatky. Stopy naznačují, že by mohlo jít o některou ze dvou žen, které před deseti lety neznámo kam zmizely. Ale kdo je ve skutečnosti na ostrově pohřben? K případu je povolán kriminální inspektor Thomas Andreasson. Noru po tragickém případu neustále trápí strašné sny a výčitky svědomí, co kdysi měla udělat jinak. Když se teď doslechne o nálezu záhadných kostí, touží svůj dřívější neúspěch napravit a proti zdravému rozumu i nařízení policie začne nebezpečně pátrat na vlastní pěst a ohrozí tím i svůj život. Její přátelství s Thomasem je vystaveno těžké zkoušce, když se Nora pouští do vlastního vyšetřování, které jí rozhodně nepřísluší. Někdo na ostrově zná pravdu. Musí být zničeno více životů, než bude odhalena?

    Pohřbené tajemství