Soon to be a major new film and with 1 million copies already sold in English alone, take a journey with everyone's favourite hundred-year-old man as he meanders through the last century, experiencing incredible adventures along the way.
Jonas Jonasson's picaresque tale of how one person's actions can have far-reaching--even global--consequences, written with the same light-hearted satirical voice as his bestselling debut novel, The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared. On June 14th, 2007, the King and Prime Minister of Sweden went missing from a gala banquet at the Royal Castle. Later it was said that both had fallen ill: the truth is different. The real story starts much earlier, in 1961, with the birth of Nombeko Mayeki in a shack in Soweto. Nombeko was fated to grow up fast and die early in her poverty-stricken township. But Nombeko takes a different path. She finds work as a housecleaner and eventually makes her way up to the position of chief advisor, at the helm of one of the world's most secret projects. Here is where the story merges with, then diverges from reality. South Africa developed six nuclear missiles in the 1980s, then voluntarily dismantled them in 1994. This is a story about the seventh missile . . . the one that was never supposed to have existed. Nombeko Mayeki knows too much about it, and now she's on the run from both the South African justice and the most terrifying secret service in the world. She ends up in Sweden, which has transformed into a nuclear nation, and the fate of the world now lies in Nombeko's hands.
Harry is on a special mission Detective Harry Hole arrives in a steaming hot Bangkok. The Norwegian ambassador has been found dead in a seedy motel room, and Harry has been sent to investigate. It's clear that the Ambassador's family are hiding some secrets of their own, but few people are willing to talk. He needs to solve a crime and avoid a scandal When Harry lays hands on some incriminating CCTV footage, things only get more complicated. The man who gave him the tape goes missing, and Harry realises that failing to solve a murder case is by no means the only danger that faces the unwary. But in an unfamiliar city, who can you trust?
Quando Brede Ziegler, cuoco celeberrimo, viene assassinato, l'ispettore Billy T. e la Squadra Omicidi si trovano a svolgere un'indagine che si rivela ogni giorno più complessa. Ricco, ambizioso e spietato, Ziegler aveva troppi nemici per individuare con sicurezza un sospetto. Anzi, due sospetti, visto che l'uomo è stato ucciso due volte: con un pregiato coltello da cucina prima, con un farmaco in dose letale poi. Ci vorrebbe Hanne Wilhelmsen per orientarsi fra testimoni reticenti, contrabbando di vini, eredità milionarie, malavita organizzata e un passato oscuro... Ma Hanne è ancora in lutto per la morte della sua compagna e non è sicura di volere - o potere - riprendere l'esistenza di prima. Così fra interrogatori, perquisizioni e colpi di scena, prende corpo l'indagine più difficile: quella per distinguere la realtà dall'apparenza. E per comprendere chi siamo dietro la facciata che offriamo al mondo.