At the end of a deadly bear hunt across the wilderness of Northern Sweden, the hunters are shaken by a horrifying discovery... Across in Kurravaara, a woman is murdered with horrific brutality... Only Rebecka Martinsson sees a connection but she's been dropped from the case...
The fourth investigation in the nationally bestselling Swedish detective series When one of his teachers fails to show up for work, a high school principal calls his friend on the Göteborg police force. To Detective Inspector Irene Huss’s surprise, her boss takes the complaint seriously, even bringing her with him to a remote cottage in southern Sweden to investigate. There they discover the body of the teacher in question, victim of a rifle shot to the head. When they visit his parents to break the news, they find the couple dead in their bed, each shot between the eyes. The family’s sole surviving member, their daughter in London, is too grief-stricken for questioning. A swath of suspects arises as Irene investigates, but she has a hunch the answers to this case lie in England.
Germany, World War II. Two English pilots are shot down and crash land behind enemy lines. The area swarming with German troops, they have only minutes to crawl from the wreckage and make their escape. Boarding a train reserved for wounded SS men on the way home from the eastern front, they ditch their clothing and personal belongings and pose as German soldiers, hiding for days in soiled, bloody beds, feigning unconsciousness. But their act is too convincing and they find find themselves being transferred to Alphabet House, a mental hospital for those damaged by war. How will they escape? And for how long can you simulate insanity without going crazy for real? They are playing a dangerous game and it seems they might not be the only ones in Alphabet House hiding secrets.
Als in korte tijd twee brandweermannen in Stockholm om het leven komen, ontstaat het vermoeden dat iemand het op het korps heeft voorzien.
Wanneer een man een verhouding krijgt met de vrouw van zijn vader, blijft dat niet onopgemerkt.
Den velhavende, kyniske forretningsmand Peter de Boer er specialist i at ødelægge firmaer på bestilling. Han er født i Indonesien, men vokset op i Holland i skyggen af sin despotiske far. Første som voksen lærer han at bestemme farten i sit eget liv - og i særdeleshed andres. Peter de Boer ansætter den eksotiske Nicky Landsaat som marketing-trainee i sin virksomhed, og snart drager han stor nytte aff den ambitiøse kvinde. Nicky har også et specielt liv i rygsækken og bor i en af Amsterdams ghettoer sammen med sin voldelige far, sin indelukkede indonesiske mor, en kriminel bror og en prostitueret søster. Nicky er en legendarisk fighter, og hun har rigeligt at kæmpe med. Da den irakiske efterretningstjeneste beder Peter de Boer om at knuse en stor vestlig koncern, bliver han sat i et voldsomt dilemma; men da han bliver truet med afsløring af sin gådefulde fortid, føler han sig tvunget til at påtage sig opgaven. Og så er Peter de Boer og Nicky Landsaat pludselig hvirvlet ind i et dødsensfarligt spil om en hidtil ukendt for terrorisme.