The Practice of Murder
Kerstin Ekman
Kerstin Ekman, former member of the Swedish Academy and one of Sweden’s greatest living crime writers’ latest collection of essays, The Practice of Murder, is a meditation on unresolved issues in the classic Swedish novel, Söderberg’s Doctor Glas. St…
The Worms of Carmine Street
Håkan Nesser
The island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River is probably the most densely populated district in the world. This area is also home to more tales and stories than anywhere else. The Worms of Carmine Street is one of them. It was written dur…
The Story of Mr Roos
Håkan Nesser
Mr. Roos is a man whose charm can be compared to a glass of lukewarm water…59 years old Ante Valdemar Roos lives with his second wife and barely gets along with his two stepdaughters. One day, a winning lottery ticket makes it possible for him to f…
Barin’s Triangle
Håkan Nesser
Barin’s triangle is the irregular trilogy about three men:– a translator hunting his wife who has disappeared – and the hidden message in a manuscript left by a writer who has recently died.– a moonlighting psychiatrist with a new client who tells an…
The Comforter
Karin Wahlberg
The Root of Evil
Håkan Nesser
A friendly vacation with dramatic consequencesOne summer in the early 2000s, a handful of Swedish tourists spend a couple of weeks together in Finistère, Brittany. Two couples and two singletons – in all, six newfound friends. They spend their days s…
The Masters in the Woods
Kerstin Ekman
The forest is a central theme in many of Kerstin Ekman’s novels. There is, for instance, The forest of hours, Dödsklockan [The Death Clock], which is set during moose hunting season, as well as Vargskinnet [The Wolf Skin], which treats the subject of…
The Darkest Day
Håkan Nesser
When family secrets are revealedIt is December in Kymlinge and the Hermansson family gather to celebrate a 105th birthday party – dad Karl-Erik is turning 65, his eldest daughter Ebba, 40. But nothing goes according to plan. On the night before the b…
