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Azita Haidarová

    The Girl Who Played with Fire
    The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
    Stalker
    The Fire Witness
    Millennium 1 - 3
    The Sandman
    • Lisbeth Salander is an unstoppable force. Sentenced to two months in Flodberga women's prison for saving a young boy's life by any means necessary, Salander refuses to say anything in her own defence. She has more important things on her mind

      The girl who takes an eye for an eye2017
      3.7
    • The Girl in the Spider´s Web

      • 544 pages
      • 20 hours of reading

      Genius hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist return in the follow-up to Stieg Larsson's "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, " now the basis of the new feature film from Sony Pictures Entertainment, starring Claire Foy (Netflix's "The Crown") opening in theaters on November 9. Tall Premium Edition.

      The Girl in the Spider´s Web2015
      3.8
    • Stalker

      • 528 pages
      • 19 hours of reading

      You thought you were alone. Think again. The groundbreaking fifth thriller in Lars Kepler's bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo. CLOSE THE CURTAINS A film arrives at Stockholm's National Crime Investigation Department showing a woman in her own home, plainly unaware she is being watched. The police don't take it seriously ... until she is found murdered. LOCK THE DOOR When the next video arrives, Detective Margot Silverman frantically attempts to identify the victim. But it's already too late. Because at the time the video was sent, the killer was already inside their house... BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE Soon Stockholm is in the grip of terror. Who will the Stalker target next?

      Stalker2015
      4.4
    • The Sandman

      • 496 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      "Kepler's plots are always thrilling, but The Sandman is one of the most hair-raising crime novels published [in 2014]." —The Sunday Times Explosive and utterly gripping, The Sandman – the explosive fourth book in the internationally bestselling Joona Linna Thriller series – is perfect for readers of Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, and Jo Nesbo. During a cold winter night in Stockholm a man is found walking alongside a railway bridge, suffering from hypothermia and Legionnaires' disease. After he's rushed to the hospital, it's discovered that, according to a death certificate, the man has been dead for over seven years, believed to be a victim of notorious serial killer Jurek Walter, who was arrested years ago by Detective Inspector Joona Linna and sentenced to a life of total isolation in forensic psychiatric care. As Joona Linna investigates where the "dead man" has been all these years, some unexpected evidence leads to the reopening of a cold case. Danger is imminent, and someone needs to get under the skin of the serial killer – fast – as they are running out of time.

      The Sandman2014
      4.6
    • Spätestens seit Stieg Larssons Millennium-Trilogie weiß jeder: Wer Spannung liebt, kommt an der skandinavischen Kriminalliteratur nicht vorbei. Einige der größten Meister des Genres kommen aus Schweden. Sie spielen mit dem Kontrast zwischen der Idylle des Landes und grausamen Verbrechen, zwischen der Ruhe des nordischen Lebens und dem gewaltsamen Tod. In dieser einzigartigen Sammlung hat John-Henri Holmberg, einer der besten Kenner der skandinavischen Kriminalliteratur, Erzählungen der bedeutendsten und beliebtesten schwedischen Spannungsautoren zusammengefasst – darunter eine neu entdeckte Story von Stieg Larsson sowie Beiträge von Johan Theorin, Åsa Larsson, Henning Mankell und Håkan Nesser. Hochspannung pur!

      Kalte Schatten2014
      3.7
    • The Fire Witness

      • 560 pages
      • 20 hours of reading

      WAKE UP TO TRUE EVIL The third gripping thriller in Lars Kepler's bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo.

      The Fire Witness2013
      4.5
    • The nightmare

      • 512 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      Stockholm, Sweden. On a summer's evening a young woman's body is discovered aboard an abandoned boat. The likely cause of death is drowning, but her clothes are completely dry. A man is found hung in his apartment. His death looks like suicide, although there is nothing to climb on to reach the ceiling. On the surface the deaths seem unconnected but Detective Inspector Joona Linna suspects something more sinister.

      The nightmare2012
      3.9
    • The Hypnotist

      • 512 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      Tumba, Sweden. A triple homicide, all of the victims from the same family, captivates Detective Inspector Joona Linna, who demands to investigate the grisly murders - against the wishes of the national police. The killer is at large, and it appears that the elder sister of the family escaped the carnage; it seems only a matter of time until she, too, is murdered. But where can Linna begin? The only surviving witness is an intended victim - the boy whose mother, father, and little sister were killed before his eyes. Whoever committed the crimes intended for this boy to die - he has suffered more than one hundred knife wounds and Lapsed into a state of shock. He's in no condition to be questioned. Desperate for information, Linna sees one mode of recourse; hypnotism. He enlists Dr. Erik Maria Bark to mesmerize the boy, hoping to discover the killer through his eyes. It's the sort of work that Bark had sworn he would never do again-ethically dubious and psychically scarring. When he breaks his promise and hypnotizes the victim, a Long and terrifying chain of events begins to unfurl.

      The Hypnotist2011
      4.2
    • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

      • 656 pages
      • 23 hours of reading

      Salander is plotting her revenge - against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. But it is not going to be a straightforward campaign. After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in Intensive Care, and is set to face trial for three murders and one attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must not only prove her innocence, but identify and denounce the corrupt politicians that have allowed the vulnerable to become victims of abuse and violence. Once a victim herself, Salander is now ready to fight back.

      The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest2010
      4.3
    • The Girl Who Played with Fire

      • 576 pages
      • 21 hours of reading

      Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Two journalists from Millennium magazine about to expose the truth about the sex trade in Sweden are brutally murdered, and Salander's prints are on the weapon. Meanwhile, Blomkvist, editor-in-chief of Millennium, does not believe that she is guilty.

      The Girl Who Played with Fire2010
      4.2