Åke Edwardson Livres

From bestselling Scandinavian crime writer Åke Edwardson—whose books are international sensations in Europe—comes this gripping novel of suspense and character involving two missing persons, two detectives, and a mystery dating to World War II. A brother and sister believe that their father has gone missing. They think he may have traveled in search of his father, who was presumed lost decades ago in World War II. Meanwhile, there are reports that a woman is being abused, but she can’t be found and her family won’t tell the police where she is. Two missing people and two very different families combine in this dynamic and suspenseful mystery by the Swedish master Åke Edwardson. Gothenburg’s Chief Inspector Erik Winter travels to Scotland in search of the missing man, aided there by an old friend from Scotland Yard. Back in Gothenburg, Afro-Swedish detective Aneta Djanali discovers how badly someone doesn’t want her to find the missing woman when she herself is threatened. Sail of Stone is a brilliantly perceptive character study, acutely observed and skillfully written with an unerring sense of pace.

Three-time winner of the Swedish Crime Writers' Award. Next morning, police come to question Jeanette about her rape, but she has already washed away all traces of the crime.When a second rape ends in murder, Chief Inspector Erik Winter starts a manhunt for a killer with a very specific method which reminds him of a case from many years ago...

The second installment of the internationally best selling Erik Winter series It's August and the annual Gothenburg Party is in full swing. But this year the bacchanalian blowout is simmering with ethnic discord spurred by nativist gangs. When a woman is found murdered in the park-her identity as inscrutable as the blood-red symbol on the tree above her body-Winter's search for her missing child leads him from sleek McMansions to the Gothenburg fringes, where "northern suburbs" is code for "outsider" and the past is inescapable-even for Sweden's youngest chief inspector. Psychologically gripping and socially astute, The Shadow Woman puts this master of Swedish noir on track to build an American audience on par with his international fame.

A first installment of a popular international series introduces a young Swedish chief inspector who teams up with Scotland Yard to solve the mysterious parallel killings of young British and Swedish tourists. By the Los Angeles Times Book Prize-finalist author of Frozen Tracks. Original.

A gripping missing person case unfolds as Chief Inspector Erik Winter investigates the disappearance of a father, believed to be searching for his own father, lost during World War II. Teaming up with an old friend from Scotland Yard, Winter travels to Scotland, navigating through the complexities of family ties and historical secrets. The journey promises to uncover not only the truth about the missing man but also the deeper connections between past and present.

A couple entertain a stranger in their Gothenburg flat, but his choice of death metal music isn't quite what they had in mind - this particular illicit rendezvous will be their last. What greets Chief Inspector Erik Winter and his team when they arrive appears as a stage setting, grotesquely symbolic in its composition. This translation originally.

Åke Edwardson wurde mit seiner Serie um Kommissar Erik Winter weltberühmt Kommissar Winter trifft an einem Mittsommertag auf einem Klassentreffen alte Freunde wieder. Zwei Wochen später ruft ihn einer der Freunde aufgelöst an, seine Frau Monika sei verschwunden. Winter taucht ein in die Verstrickungen der Vergangenheit. Nicht nur er hatte zu Schulzeiten mit Monika ein Verhältnis. Das Echo eines Eifersuchtsdramas führt ihn schließlich auf die Spur des Täters. Kommissar Winter ist einer der beliebtesten Kommissare der Kriminalliteratur der letzten zwanzig Jahre. In diesem Band erleben wir ihn von der persönlichen Seite. Literarische und psychologisch spannende Erzählungen, die perfekt in die dunkle Jahreszeit passen.

An diesem Abend will Venke der ganzen Sache ein Ende machen – schon lange stört sie ihre Rolle als ewige Geliebte … – Lilian und Torbjörn mieten sich ein Sommerhaus auf dem Land, doch eines Tages taucht eine Frau auf, die angeblich von ihrem Mann misshandelt wurde … – Kommissar Erik Winter ist zu einem Klassentreffen eingeladen. Wenig später verschwindet eine ehemalige Mitschülerin … – Drei abgründige Erzählungen über die Eifersucht von Åke Edwardson, Inger Frimansson und Anne B. Ragde.

Annie Lundberg wäre am Tag ihrer Leiche 26 geworden. Ihre Freundin Birgitta zweifelt an ihrer Identität. Die Polizisten Berger und Munter stehen vor einem komplexen Fall. Zudem entdeckt der neue Gemeindepfarrer ein dunkles Geheimnis rund um den Doppelselbstmord der Brüder Hermanson. Zwei spannende Geschichten über Verrat.

Diesen Sommer im schwedischen Ferienlager wird Kenny, 12 Jahre alt, niemals vergessen. Nicht die brütende Hitze, nicht das geheime 'Schloss' im Wald, das er mit seinen Samurai-Freunden baut, und auch nicht Kerstin. Doch dann verschwindet das Mädchen plötzlich aus dem Lager und es scheint, als hätte der Sohn der Lagerleiterin etwas damit zu tun.