Giorgio Puleo Book order (chronological)

Durante la Seconda guerra mondiale un gruppo di giovani soldati norvegesi combatte a fianco dell'esercito tedesco alle porte di Leningrado. La battaglia li unisce, ma alla fine del conflitto uno strano omicidio e una diserzione sfaldano il gruppo. Quando, molti anni dopo, i monti intorno a Oslo restituiscono i bossoli di un Märklin, un fucile tedesco dI straordinaria precisione, ideale per un killer professionista, Harry Hole intuisce che dietro quel ritrovamento si nasconde qualcosa di più grosso. E, incastrando i pezzi del puzzle, si addentra in una palude di tradimenti e vendette da cui sarà difficile riemergere.

La città di Oslo è avvolta da una fitta coltre di neve, e tutti attendono con entusiasmo il Natale. L’Esercito della Salvezza è impegnato a raccogliere fondi per tossicodipendenti, rifugiati e senzatetto, mentre i cittadini fanno donazioni per sentirsi in pace con la coscienza. Tuttavia, il commissario Harry Hole è distratto dal suo pensiero fisso: il whisky. Durante un concerto natalizio, un membro dell’Esercito viene assassinato in mezzo alla folla festante, e Hole decide di occuparsi delle indagini, vedendo in questo caso un'opportunità per allontanarsi dalla bottiglia. Le foto scattate da un reporter ritraggono l'omicida, ma sorprendentemente, i suoi tratti non sono identificabili nemmeno dalla talentuosa Beate Lonn, che di solito ricorda i volti con facilità. Si scopre solo che l'assassino è un ragazzo, i cui lineamenti appaiono diversi in ogni scatto, come se fosse travestito. Le indagini porteranno Hole a Zagabria, dove un bambino ha giustiziato soldati serbi senza mai essere identificato. La ricerca della verità lo condurrà negli angoli più oscuri dell'animo umano, lasciandolo con cicatrici emotive in più.

After killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Kurt Wallander finds himself spiralling into an alcohol-fuelled depression. He has just decided to leave the police when an old friend approaches him for help investigating his father s suspicious death.

One freezing night in Oslo Christmas shoppers gather to listen to a Salvation Army street concert. An explosion cuts through the music, and a man in uniform falls to the ground, shot in the head at point-blank range.Harry Hole and his team have little t

In una fredda giornata di gennaio, la polizia di Hudiksvall, nella Svezia centrale, scopre un orribile massacro: in un villaggio vicino alla foresta, diciannove persone sono state trucidate. Sembra il gesto di un folle. Quando a Helsingborg il magistrato Birgitta Roslin legge della strage, si rende conto che tra le vittime ci sono persone a lei molto vicine, e decide di occuparsi del caso. Il ritrovamento di un nastro di seta rossa la porta a Pechino, dove la scoperta di un diario la trascinerà indietro nel tempo, svelandole una terribile storia di schiavitù e soprusi. Coinvolta in un diabolico gioco politico, Birgitta dovrà confrontarsi con la brutalità del capitalismo selvaggio e dei nuovi potenti nella Cina di oggi, pronti a rivendicare il loro posto sulla scena internazionale.

Every morning H�kan von Enke takes a walk in the forest near his apartment in Stockholm. However, one winter's day he fails to come home. It seems that the retired naval officer has vanished without trace. Detective Kurt Wallander is not officially involved in the investigation but he has personal reasons for his interest in the case as H�kan's son is engaged to his daughter Linda. A few months earlier, at H�kan's 75th birthday party, Kurt noticed that the old man appeared uneasy and seemed eager to talk about a controversial incident from his past career that remained shrouded in mystery. Could this be connected to his disappearance? When H�kan's wife Louise also goes missing, Wallander is determined to uncover the truth. His search leads him down dark and unexpected avenues involving espionage, betrayal and new information about events during the Cold War that threatens to cause a political scandal on a scale unprecedented in Swedish history. The investigation also forces Kurt to look back over his own past and consider his hopes and regrets, as he comes to the unsettling realisation that even those we love the most can remain strangers to us. And then an even darker cloud appears on the horizon... The return of Kurt Wallander, for his final case, has already caused a sensation around the globe. The Troubled Man confirms Henning Mankell's position as the king of crime writing.

Set against the backdrop of a sweltering Oslo summer, the story unfolds with the murder of a young woman, marked by a severed finger and a mysterious red diamond pentagram. Detective Harry Hole, struggling with alcoholism and distrust towards his colleague Tom Waaler, finds himself reluctantly partnered with him. As they investigate the case, Harry grapples with his suspicions about Tom's involvement in arms smuggling and the death of his partner, all while trying to maintain his precarious position in the police force.

One frozen January morning at 5am, Inspector Wallander responds to what he believes is a routine call-out. When he reaches the isolated farmhouse he discovers a bloodbath. An old man has been tortured and beaten to death, his wife lies barely alive beside his shattered body, both victims of a violence beyond reason. The woman supplies Wallander with his only clue: the perpetrators may have been foreign. When this is leaked to the press, it unleashes racial hatred. Kurt Wallander is a senior police officer. His life is a shambles. His wife has left him, his daughter refuses to speak to him, and even his aging father barely tolerates him. He works tirelessly, eats badly, and drinks his night away in a lonely, neglected flat. But now, with winter tightening and his activities being monitored by a tough-minded district attorney, Wallander must forget his troubles and throw himself into a battle against time and against mounting xenophobia. (back cover)

A TV talk-show star is found killed in her home, her tongue removed and left near to the body. When a second body, that of a prominent politician, is found crucified soon after, Superintendent Adam Stubo is called in to lead the investigation of both murders. Unable to establish whether these two gruesome slayings are linked, or what the meaning is behind the manner of death, Stubo calls in his psychologist wife Johanne Vik to help. As Vik reviews the crimes she begins to see a pattern that chills her to the core. If her theory is correct then more killings will follow, and the spree will end in the murder of the investigating officer: Adam Stubo. From internationally bestselling author Anne Holt, The Final Murder is a dark and gripping novel.

Eine junge Frau und ihre sechsjährige Tochter sind bei einem Verkehrsunfall ums Leben gekommen: Fahrerflucht. Doch die Untersuchungen zum Tathergang lassen bald ahnen, dass es sich um einen sorgfältig inszenierten Mord handelt. Unter dringendem Tatverdacht steht der Vater und Ehemann Sven-Erik Cederen, Forschungsdirektor des Unternehmens MedForsk in Uppsala. Aber warum sollte er Frau und Kind töten? Wenige Tage später wird auch Cederen tot aufgefunden. Alle Indizien sprechen für einen Selbstmord; und damit scheint sich der Fall als Familientragödie zu entwirren. Die Akten werden beiseite geräumt, obwohl noch viele Fragen offenbleiben. Zu viele, meint Kommissarin Ann Lindell. Sie beginnt von neuem mit dem Aktenstudium und kommt einem internationalen Pharmaskandal auf die Spur