An underground passage leads from the Dell nursery to Saint Patricia's asylum. Only the children enter, leaving their minders behind. On the other side are their parents, some of the most dangerous psychopaths in the country. Jan has just started working at nursery. He is a loner with many secrets and one goal. He must get inside the asylum.
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.
They thought ghosts didn't exist . . . But when Aladdin’s parents discover food is being stolen from their restaurant, he and his friends decide to investigate. Soon, Aladdin notices a strange boy – dressed in short trousers, despite the freezing cold. But as hard as he tries to catch him, the boy always disappears – leaving no tracks in the fresh snow. Before long, Aladdin and his friends are pulled into a web of secrets and history, treasure and crime. Can they uncover the mystery of the curious Silver Boy?
Victoria Spry a aujourd'hui 28 ans. Depuis la fin de son calvaire il y a dix ans, elle a enfin appris à lire, à écrire et est allée à l'université. Victoria construit enfin aujourd'hui une vie de famille normale avec son compagnon et ses chiens. Nord de la Suède. Un pêcheur découvre le cadavre torturé d'une : femme au bord d'un lac gelé. La belle Inna Wattrang était la porte-parole de Mauri Kallis, un célèbre industriel dont l'ascension et la réussite fascinent le pays. Les indices sont minces : les deux inspecteurs de la police judiciaire de Kiruna font appel à l'ex-avocate Rebecka Martinsson, devenue substitut du procureur, pour tenter d'élucider les relations troubles entre Kallis et son employée. Derrière le meurtre d'Inna se profile un univers de mensonges, de haines et de faux-semblants où le mal se tient à l'affût comme un' corbeau noir. Avec cette nouvelle enquête de Rebecka Martinsson, Asa Larsson, Prix du meilleur roman policier suédois pour Le Sang versé, sonne le renouveau du polar scandinave.
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.
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.