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It was a crime of senseless violence. On a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse, an elderly farmer was bludgeoned to death, his wife left to die with a noose around her neck. As if this didn't present enough problems for Ystad police inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying woman's last word, his only tangible clue, were foreign. If publicized, they could be the match that would inflame Sweden's already smoldering anti-immigrant sentiments.

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

In this adventure from the pen of Sweden's master of crime and mystery, a disillusioned Inspector Kurt Wallander is thrown back into the fray when he becomes both hunter and hunted. Crestfallen, dejected, and spiraling into an alcohol-fuelled depression after killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Wallander has made up his mind to quit the police force for good. When an old acquaintance, a solicitor, seeks Wallander's help and later turns up dead, Wallander realizes that he was wrong not to listen.

On the Swedish coastline, the bodies of two victims of grisly torture and cold execution are discovered in a life raft. With no witnesses, no motives, and no crime scene, Detective Kurt Wallander is frustrated and uncertain that he has the ability to solve the case. After the victims are traced to Latvia, Major Liepa of the Riga police takes over the investigation. Thinking his work is done, Wallander slips back into his routine - until he is suddenly called to Riga and plunged into an alien world.

In an African convent, four nuns and an unidentified fifth woman are brutally murdered, and the death of the unknown woman is covered up by the local police. A year later in Sweden, Inspector Kurt Wallander is baffled and appalled by two strange murders with an elusive connection to the fifth woman.

Stefan Lindman, a young police officer recently diagnosed with mouth cancer, decides to investigate the murder of his former colleague, but is soon enmeshed in a mystifying case with no witnesses and no apparent motives. Terrified of the disease that could take his life, Lindman becomes more and more reckless as he unearths the chilling links between Molin's death and an underground neo-Nazi network that runs further and deeper than he could ever have imagined.

The execution-style murder of a Swedish housewife looks like a simple case, except that there is no obvious suspect. Wallander follows a lead on a determined stalker. But when his alibi turns out to be airtight, Wallander begins to realize that what seemed a simple crime of passion is actually far more complex and dangerous. Eventually, his search uncovers an assassination plot, and Wallander soon finds himself in a tangle with the secret police and with a ruthless foreign agent.

The Pyramid is the long-awaited addition to Henning Mankell's critically celebrated and internationally best-selling Kurt Wallander mystery series: the book of five short mysteries that takes us back to the beginning. Here are the stories that trace, chronologically, Wallander's growth from a rookie cop into a young father and then a middle-aged divorcé, illuminating how Wallander became a first-rate detective and highlighting new facets of a now canonical character.

Just graduated from the police academy, Linda Wallander returns to Skane to join the police force, and she already shows all the hallmarks of her father - the maverick approach, the flaring temper. Before she even starts work she becomes embroiled in the case of her childhood friend, Anna, who has inexplicably disappeared.

On Midsummer's Eve, three role-playing teens dressed in 18th-century garb are shot in a secluded Swedish meadow. When one of Inspector Kurt Wallander's most trusted colleagues, someone whose help he hoped to rely on to solve the crime, also turns up dead, Wallander knows the murders are related. But with his only clue a picture of a woman no one in Sweden seems to know, he can't begin to imagine how.

One frozen January morning at 5am, Inspector Wallander responds to what he believes is a routine call out. When he reaches the isolated farmhouse he discovers a bloodbath. An old man has been tortured and beaten to death, his wife lies barely alive beside his shattered body, both victims of a violence beyond reason. Wallander's life is a shambles. His wife has left him, his daughter refuses to speak to him, and even his ageing father barely tolerates him.

Henning Mankell mit einem Roman voll politischer Sprengkraft, eindringlicher Aktualität und psychologischer Tiefe. Schweden nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Bertil Kras beschließt, Stockholm zu verlassen und in eine kleine Stadt in Norrland zu ziehen. Dort nimmt er einen Job im Sägewerk an und wird bald zum Gegenstand böswilliger Gerüchte: der Städter, der Neue, das Mitglied der Kommunistischen Partei. Als in einer Winternacht das Sägewerk unter ungeklärten Umständen niederbrennt, wird Bertil zum perfekten Sündenbock.

Miraklet er tredje bog i Henning Mankells serie om Joel. Joel er 13 år og forelsket i en pige, der er 10 år ældre end han selv. Han vil gerne se hende uden tøj på. Han vil også gerne tjene penge og beslutter sig for at blive Sveriges yngste rockmusiker.

Hunden som sprang mod en stjerne er første bog i Henning Mankells serie om Joel. I en lille nordsvensk by bor den 11-årige Joel og hans far, der er skovarbejder. Moderen har forladt dem, og den ensomme dreng søger desperat efter en dybere kontakt med faderen, men det er svært.

Miraklet er anden bog i Henning Mankells serie om Joel. 11-årige Joel bliver kørt over af en bus, men slipper uden en skramme. Som tak for miraklet vil han gøre en god gerning. Han vil skaffe en mand til den næseløse Gertrud.

Rejsen til verdens ende er tredje bog i Henning Mankells serie om Joel. Med stormskridt nærmer den dag sig, hvor Joel bliver 15 år. Snart er skolen slut, og hvad skal der så ske med ham?

Henning Mankell, mest kendt for sine Wallander-krimier, beretter her om sine besøg hos en række AIDS-ramte i Østafrika. Personligt, indtrængende og sobert fortæller han om de menneskelige tragedier, der gemmer sig bag det uhyrlige antal smittede og døde, som ofte efterlader sig gamle forældre og mindreårige. Mankell samarbejder med den internationale hjælpeorganisation PLAN om bogen, og alle Mankells royalties, såvel som enhver fortjeneste ved salget i det hele taget, går til PLAN's arbejde med de såkaldte 'mindebøger'.

Den verdenskendte svenske krimiforfatter, Henning Mankell, kører galt i sin bil en vinterdag. Bilen er totalskadet, Mankell har umiddelbart ingen alvorlige mén, men lader sig for en sikkerheds skyld røntgenfotografere. Resultatet er en kræftdiagnose, som han får i januar 2014. Dette er rammen om Henning Mankells bog. "En alvorlig historie om glæden ved livet" er en selvbiografisk bog, der handler meget mere om det levede liv end om døden. Sygdommen giver Mankell inspiration til at skrive om, hvad det vil sige at være menneske.

Henning Mankell, mest kendt for sine Wallander-krimier, beretter her om sine besøg hos en række AIDS-ramte i Østafrika. Personligt, indtrængende og sobert fortæller han om de menneskelige tragedier, der gemmer sig bag det uhyrlige antal smittede og døde, som ofte efterlader sig gamle forældre og mindreårige. Mankell samarbejder med den internationale hjælpeorganisation PLAN om bogen, og alle Mankells royalties, såvel som enhver fortjeneste ved salget i det hele taget, går til PLAN's arbejde med de såkaldte "mindebøger".

Schweden 1904: Das Leben der 18-jährigen Hanna ist geprägt von Armut, Hunger und Kälte. Doch dann führt sie das Schicksal in die portugiesische Kolonie Mosambik. Sie kommt im Hotel O Paradiso unter, das sich als Bordell entpuppt. Hanna bringt es dort bis zur Leiterin und ergreift dabei immer wieder Partei für die schwarzen Prostituierten. Doch ihre Einmischung in die kolonialistische Ordnung wird weder von den Weißen noch von den Schwarzen gern gesehen...