Marlaine Delargy Livres

FROM THE WINNER OF THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER 2010 FOR THE DARKEST ROOM 'A compelling and scary psychological thriller' - Sunday Mirror Who amongst us can really say theyâe(tm)re sane? Jan has just started working at the Dell nursery. But this is no normal nursery. Itâe(tm)s linked to a high-security asylum by a dimly-lit underground tunnel, which is used for the children to visit their parents. Who are some of the most dangerous psychopaths in the country. And Jan has complicated reasons for being here. Thereâe(tm)s something heâe(tm)s not telling people about his past. And thereâe(tm)s someone in the asylum who he really wants to see . . .

Au nord de la Suède, au bord d’un lac gelé, un pêcheur découvre dans une cabane abandonnée le cadavre torturé d’une femme. La belle Inna Wattrang était la porte-parole de Mauri Kallis, un célèbre industriel à la tête d’une multinationale minière dont l’ascension et la réussite fascinent le pays. Les indices sont minces et les deux inspecteurs de la PJ de Kiruna font appel à l’ex-avocate Rebecka Martinsson, devenue procureur auxiliaire, pour tenter d’élucider les relations troubles qui semblent unir Kallis à son employée. Mais derrière le meurtre d’Inna se profile un univers de mensonges, de haines et de faux-semblants où le Mal se tient à l’affut comme un corbeau noir… Secrets de famille, perversions, argent sale… avec cette nouvelle enquête de Rebecka Martinsson, Asa Larson, prix du Meilleur roman policier suédois pour Le Sang versé , sonne le renouveau du polar scandinave. « Larsson est sans conteste une des plus brillantes étoiles du firmament nordique. » The Independent « Le polar scandinave dans ce qu’il a de meilleur. » Sunday Telegraph

À la fonte des neiges, les gens du continent regagnent l'île d'Öland. Peter Mörner s'est installé dans la maison familiale, pour trouver la paix, loin de son père. De sa luxueuse villa, Vendela Larsson regarde cette lande dont elle connaît tous les secrets. Gerloff, vieux loup de mer, a voulu revoir, peut-être pour la dernière fois, le soleil de son enfance... Mais la mort rôde en cette nuit de Walpurgis qui célèbre traditionnellement la fin de l'hiver, et les drames du passé, dont témoigne la couleur rouge sang de la falaise entre la carrière et la lande, resurgissent...L'intrigue balance entre le présent de l'île et son passé pauvre et ténébreux, peuplé de noyés, de fantômes, d'elfes et de trolls. Pourtant, l'histoire parvient à se maintenir jusqu'au bout à la lisière du surnaturel sans jamais la franchir tout à fait.

From the author of Drowned, a passionate psychological drama where questions of power and sexuality are brought to a head. She works at Norrköping Hospital, at the very bottom of the hierarchy: in the cafeteria, below the doctors, the nurses, and the nursing assistants. But she dreams of one day becoming a writer, of moving away and reinventing herself. Carl Malmberg, an older, married doctor at the hospital, catches her eye. She begins an intense affair with him, though struggling with the knowledge that he may never be hers. At the same time, she realizes that their attraction to each other is governed by their differences in social status. As her doubts increase, the revelation of a secret no one could have predicted forces her to take her own destiny in hand.

Set in the idyllic countryside during a short-lived Swedish summer, this page-turner gets under the skin, creating an atmosphere of foreboding in which even the aroma of freshly picked vegetables roasting in the kitchen becomes ominous. Marina has left behind her stalled relationship and floundering academic career in Stockholm and travels to rural Skåne to visit her sister, Stella. They haven’t seen each other in some time, and Stella now lives with a much older, quite famous author, Gabriel. The couple resides in a beautiful old house full of books, gorgeous flowers and, as Marina soon learns, plenty of secrets. Despite herself, Marina becomes more and more enthralled by the enigmatic and unpredictable Gabriel, even as she becomes convinced that something isn’t right about her sister’s new love. Nothing is as it seems in this spellbinding novel of psychological suspense that combines hothouse sensuality with ice-cold fear on every page. More than a mere thriller, it delves deep into the feminine soul and at the same time exposes the continuing oppression of women in Sweden’s supposedly egalitarian society.

“Eventide is full of damn fine writing, but it’s the novel’s irreverent attitude toward feminism that makes it necessary to read.” —Los Angeles Review of Books In her forties, childless, and living alone, Karolina Andersson feels adrift after the breakup of a long relationship. An art history professor, she finds fulfillment in her work, and when she starts advising a new postgraduate student, she is struck by his confidence. He claims to have discovered new materials from a female artist working around 1900 that could change the history of Swedish visual arts. Karolina soon finds herself embroiled in a complex game with both emotional and professional consequences. Eventide is a perceptive novel of ideas about love, art, and solitude in our time, and the distorted standards to which women are held in their relationships and careers.

Set against the backdrop of a prestigious Stockholm publishing house, a young woman's evolving relationship with her enigmatic boss, Gunnar, explores the complexities of ambition and intimacy. As she rises from intern to a key player in the literary world, the narrative delves into the tension between tradition and modernity. Their connection blurs professional boundaries, prompting questions about trust and the nature of their bond. The novel intricately examines the expectations and realities faced in the competitive publishing industry.