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Fredrik Welin, médico retirado, vive solo y alejado del mundo en una isla junto a la costa sueca; pero su reclusión voluntaria se ve perturbada un día por la llegada de un antiguo amor al que abandonó en el pasado. Se trata de Harriet, quien, gravemente enferma, ha venido a pedirle que cumpla una antigua promesa de juventud: llevarla a una laguna del norte del país. Con su presencia, Harriet saca a Fredrik de la apatía en que éste vive sumido y es el detonante para que él se decida a saldar viejas cuentas con su pasado.

International best-selling author Henning Mankell' s books have sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. In The Shadow Girls, author/poet Jesper Humlin struggles under the pall of a frustrating life. Everything from his personal relationships to his professional pursuits to his finances seems to be failing miserably. Then Jesper happens across a group of young immigrant girls and their stories of hardship and perseverance transform his outlook on life.

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.

After nearly thirty years in the same job, Inspector Kurt Wallander is tired, restless, and itching to make a change. He is taken with a certain old farmhouse, perfectly situated in a quiet countryside with a charming, overgrown garden. There he finds the skeletal hand of a corpse in a shallow grave. Wallander's investigation takes him deep into the history of the house and the land, until finally the shocking truth about a long-buried secret is brought to light.

The leader of a religious cult in Guyana instigates a mass suicide. He succeeds in killing himself and his whole flock of worshippers, save one. One man escapes. In the wood in the country land outside Ystad, the police make an horrific discovery: a severed head, and hands locked together in an attitude of prayer. A Bible lies at the victim's side, handwritten corrections and amendments on every page.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The White Lioness by Henning Mankell, read by Sean Barrett. In 1992, in peaceful Southern Sweden, Louise Akerblom, an estate agent, pillar of the Methodist church, wife and mother, disappears. There is no explanation and no motive. Inspector Wallander and his team are called in to investigate. As Wallander is introduced to this case, he has a gut feeling that the victim will never be found alive, but he has no idea how far he will have to go in search of the killer.

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.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell, read by Sean Barrett. Sweden, winter, 1991. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team receive an anonymous tip-off. A few days later a life raft is washed up on a beach. In it are two men, dressed in expensive suits, shot dead. The dead men were criminals, victims of what seems to have been a gangland hit. But what appears to be an open-and-shut case soon takes on a far more sinister aspect.

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?

Una noche de otoño, Fredrik Welin - el protagonista de la exitosa novela Zapatos italianos - se despierta cuando un incendio arrasa su casa. A sus sesenta y nueve años, este solitario médico jubilado sale penosamente de entre las llamas, calzado con unas botas de lluvia (pero ambas pertenecen al pie izquierdo). Sólo quedan, a la mañana siguiente, unas ruinas malolientes: ha perdido su casa y todas sus pertenencias, y tiene que mudarse a un remolque, una caravana que pertenece a su hija.

Every morning Håkan von Enke takes a walk in the forest near his apartment in Stockholm. However, one winter’s day he fails to come home. It seems that he has vanished without trace. Detective Kurt Wallander is not officially involved in the investigation but he has personal reasons for his interest in the case, as Håkan’s son is engaged to his daughter.... The return of Kurt Wallander, for his final case, confirms Henning Mankell’s position as the king of crime writing.

Joel ska snart fylla tretton år. Det lilla samhälle där han växer upp känns som för trånga kläder. Dessutom börjar han uppleva den märkliga klåda som vuxna kallar för kärlek. Problemet är bara att flickan i hans drömmar är tio är äldre än han själv. För att finna en lösning på sina problem bestämmer han sig för att bli rockstjärna. Det ska hjälpa honom ut i världen. Till allt det som väntar bortanför älven och de djupa skogarna.

La settima inchiesta del commissario Wallander. Notte di solstizio. Tre giovani si incontrano in un bosco dell'Österlen: sta per iniziare una cerimonia segreta in onore dell’estate, ma qualcuno li osserva di nascosto. La loro festa si tinge di sangue. Due foto ritrovate fra le carte di un collega assassinato convincono Wallander che gli omicidi sono collegati. Ora la polizia di Ystad è alle prese con gli inquietanti segreti di “uno di loro”, un uomo che credevano di conoscere.

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 mesmerizing in its unexpectedness and variety. But can he deal with the knowledge that he gains about his neighbors, his father, and himself?

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.

Stopping to use a cash machine one evening, a man inexplicably falls to the ground: dead. A taxi driver is brutally murdered by two teenage girls. Quickly apprehended they appal local policemen with their total lack of remorse. One girl escapes police custody and disappears without trace. Soon afterwards, a blackout covers half the country. When an engineer arrives at the malfunctioning power station, he makes a grisly discovery. Inspector Kurt Wallander is sure that these events must be linked - somehow.

Four nuns and a fifth woman, a visitor to Africa, are killed in a savage nighttime attack. Months later in Sweden, the news of the unexplained tragedy sets off a cruel vengeance for these killings. Inspector Kurt Wallander is home from an idyllic holiday in Rome, full of energy and plans for the future. Autumn settles in, and Wallander prays the winter will be peaceful. But when he investigates the disappearance of an elderly birdwatcher, he discovers a gruesome and meticulously planned murder - a body impaled in a trap of sharpened bamboo poles.

Crestfallen, dejected, and spiralling into an alcohol-fuelled depression after killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Kurt Wallander has made up his mind to quit the police force for good. When an old acquaintance, a solicitor, seeks Wallander's help to investigate the suspicious circumstances in which his father has died, Kurt doesn't want to know. But when the solicitor also turns up dead, shot three times, Wallander realises that he was wrong not to listen.

La sesta inchiesta del commissario Wallander. Maggio 1993: in Algeria i fondamentalisti islamici uccidono quattro suore. La quinta donna massacrata è una turista svedese. La polizia algerina cerca di insabbiare il caso. Settembre 1994: una serie di delitti scuote il Sud della Svezia. Omicidi crudeli, perpetrati con una tecnica che non lascia dubbi sull’esistenza di un unico colpevole. Tocca ancora al commissario Kurt Wallander aprire un faticoso spiraglio tra le indagini e mettere insieme i pezzi di una storia incredibile.

Kurt Wallander potrebbe finalmente realizzare uno dei suoi vecchi sogni e trasferirsi in una casa di campagna, fuori Ystad. Un giro di ricognizione del giardino lo porta però a fare una macabra scoperta: dal terreno spuntano le ossa di una mano. A chi apparteneva? Da quanto tempo quel corpo è sepolto nel giardino? Lì intorno non c’è nessuno in grado di fornire una spiegazione. Con l’aiuto dei suoi colleghi e di Linda, la figlia da poco entrata in polizia, Wallander dovrà scavare indietro nel tempo nel tentativo di ricostruire la storia di una morte oscura.