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    The Visit of the Royal Physician
    Before the Frost
    Der Himmel auf Erden
    The Secret Life of Mr Roos
    The Girl Who Played with Fire
    The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
    • The Danes may have their hygge and the Norwegians their back to the land culture, but the Swedes have 'lagom': an even-keeled approach to a life of balance. Dr Bertil Marklund - a doctor and researcher at the Gothenburg University with over forty years of experience - provides the most cutting-edge research to explain the ten areas we should focus on to better our chances of a long life. This compact guide provides wisdom from the Nordics, a region long known for its healthy and progressive lifestyle. It debunks myths on things we have been told are not good for us but actually can be: did you know drinking coffee will promote your health? Or that more people die of lack of Vitamin D than they do of skin cancer? By providing pragmatic and realistic advice, Dr Marklund gives you the power to make a difference in your own life today and for the future.

      The Nordic Guide to Living 10 Years Longer2017
      3.3
    • Four friends celebrate winning the lottery. Just hours later, one of them - Waldemar Leverkuhn - is found stabbed to death in his home. With Chief Inspector Van Veeteren on sabbatical, working in a second hand bookshop, the case is assigned to Inspector Munster. But when another member of the lottery group disappears, as well as Leverkuhn's neighbour, Munster appeals to Van Veeteren for assistance. Soon Munster will find himself interviewing the Leverkuhn family, including the eldest - Irene - a resident of a psychiatric clinic. And as he delves deeper into the family's history, he will discover dark secrets and startling twists, which not only threaten the clarity of the case - but also his life...

      The Unlucky Lottery2017
      3.7
    • Brama

      • 540 pages
      • 19 hours of reading

      Tra le strade di Londra, scosse dai tumulti del G20, un uomo asiatico viene investito mentre cerca di comunicare con un osservatore dell’Europol. Le sue ultime parole, sussurrate all’ispettore Arto Söderstedt, risultano incomprensibili. Pochi giorni dopo, in un parco della capitale, viene trovato il corpo di una donna, anche lei portatrice di un messaggio per la segretissima unità operativa OpCop dell’Europol, che si trova ad affrontare la sua prima indagine. I due casi di morte, inizialmente considerati isolati, rivelano un sorprendente nesso che si estende dall’Asia all’America, coinvolgendo gruppi malavitosi di vari paesi. OpCop ha come obiettivo dichiarato la lotta contro la criminalità internazionale. Questo thriller segna l’inizio di una nuova serie di polizieschi da uno dei migliori autori del genere nordico, che unisce le caratteristiche del thriller scandinavo e americano. La squadra di Söderstedt deve operare in un contesto in cui internet e la fluidità delle frontiere hanno globalizzato il crimine, con avidità e corruzione che si estendono oltre i confini nazionali. Arne Dahl offre un thriller avvincente e inquietantemente realistico, che intreccia brama, denaro e potere, riflettendo provocatoriamente il nostro tempo.

      Brama2014
      3.6
    • The swimmer

      • 432 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      GUILT. ATONEMENT. REVENGE. On a remote Swedish island, a little girl, Klara, grows up without a father. Now, twenty years later, she discovers a secret: a secret that powerful men will kill to keep hidden. On the other side of the world, an old spy hides from his past. He used to be the best agent in the field. These days the only thing he lives for is swimming in the local pool. Then, on Christmas eve, Klara is thrown into a terrifying chase across Europe. Only the Swimmer can save her. But time is running out...

      The swimmer2014
      3.6
    • La ragazza che giocava con il fuoco 1

      • 362 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      La ragazza che giocava con il fuoco - parte 1Mikael Blomkvist ha una nuova storia tra le mani. Due giornalisti, Dag e Mia, intendono pubblicare un libro che svela nomi e retroscena di un losco e vasto traf?co di prostituzione tra Svezia e paesi dell'Est. Sono coinvolti personaggi di rilievo, poliziotti, giudici e politici. Nel corso dell'inchiesta, un triplice brutale omicidio scatena una vera e propria caccia all'uomo: l'attenzione di polizia e media nazionali si concentra proprio su Lisbeth Salander.

      La ragazza che giocava con il fuoco 12010
    • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest

      • 720 pages
      • 26 hours of reading

      Lisbeth Salander is a threat to national security. Since she was thirteen, shady government forces have acted to keep her quiet. Prone to violence, deemed mentally disturbed, she has had her freedom removed and her every movement watched. Yet still, she is an unstoppable force for justice. Salander has a bullet in her head. She is wanted for murder. She knows that the secrets and corruption at the heart of her country's government go right to the top. And she will not take it lying down .. .

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

      • 724 pages
      • 26 hours of reading

      Mikael Blomkvist, crusading journalist and publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to publish a story exposing an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society, business, and government.

      The Girl Who Played with Fire2010
      4.2
    • The Secret Life of Mr Roos

      • 512 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      A man starts a double life after a secret lottery win. But he can’t know just how sour his new life will turn . . .

      The Secret Life of Mr Roos2010
      3.8
    • Der Himmel auf Erden

      • 463 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      Nur sein psychologischer Spürsinn kann Kommissar Erik Winter aus Göteborg bei seinen Ermittlungen in gleich 2 mysteriösen Fällen noch helfen. Die Situation verschärft sich noch, als er erkennt, dass auch seine kleine Tochter Elsa in tödlicher Gefahr schwebt.

      Der Himmel auf Erden2010
      3.8
    • The inspector and silence

      • 432 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      In the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of heat. In the beautiful forested lake-town of Sorbinowo, Sergeant Merwin Kluuge's tranquil existence is shattered when he receives a phone-call from an anonymous woman. She tells him that a girl has gone missing from the summer camp of the mysterious The Pure Life, a religious sect buried deep in the woods. Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is recruited to help solve the mystery. But Van Veeteren's investigations at The Pure Life go nowhere fast. The strange priest-like figure who leads the sect - Oscar Yellineck - refuses even to admit anyone is missing. Things soon take a sinister turn, however, when a young girl's body is discovered in the woods, raped and strangled; and Yellineck himself disappears. Yet even in the face of these new horrors, the remaining members of the sect refuse to co-operate with Van Veeteren, remaining largely silent. As the body count rises, a media frenzy descends upon the town and the pressure to find the monster behind the murders weighs heavily on the investigative team. Finally Van Veeteren realises that to solve this disturbing case, faced with silence and with few clues to follow, he has only his intuition to rely on ...

      The inspector and silence2007
      3.7
    • Before the Frost

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      In woodland outside Ystad, the police make a horrific discovery: a severed head, and hands locked together in an attitude of prayer. A Bible lies at the victim's side, the pages marked with scribbled corrections.

      Before the Frost2007
      3.9
    • A new case for Chief Inspector Van Veeteren - the complicated history of a nearly perfect murder. On a sunny August day a man is released from prison. On a rainy April day children at play find his corpse. The fact that the dead man is Leopold Verhaven only becomes clear after some time because the mutilated corpse is without its head, legs and feet. Who would be interested in killing this man, a double murderer who spent 24 years in prison? Determined to let no case go unsolved, Chief Inspector Van Veeteren reopens the case. What he discovers is that Verhaven was a star sprinter before he went to prison for allegedly killing two of his lovers. However, he never confessed to the murders and spent a lifetime proclaiming his innocence. Was he killed because someone thought he had not been punished enough? Or was someone afraid of Verhaven's revenge? A terrible suspicion stalks Van Veeteren: had Verhaven been telling the truth? Was he really innocent?

      The Return2005
      3.7
    • The Visit of the Royal Physician

      • 408 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      With a panorama of 18th-century Denmark and Europe, and weaving in a wide range of historical characters - Voltaire, Diderot, Catherine the Great and George III - this is a tale of ruthless political ambition and personal ambition.

      The Visit of the Royal Physician2001
      3.8