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 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…
Markings
Dag Hammarskjöld
After Dag Hammarskjöld’s death in September of 1961, a manuscript was found at his residence in New York. It was entitled Markings. In an enclosed letter he called the notes for “a kind of ‘white paper’ concerning my negotiations with myself – and wi…
The Dog
Kerstin Ekman
From the author of the highly acclaimedBlackwater comes a beautiful fable exploring the bond between a man and a dog.In the heart of the tranquil countryside, a young puppy leaves his home to eagerly follow his mother and master. But away from the sa…
The Wolf Skin Trilogy, Part 3
Kerstin Ekman
With THE WOLF SKIN TRILOGY #3 Kerstin Ekman concludes her broad trilogy about the village of Blackwater, which began in 1999 with God’s Mercy and was followed by the second book in 2002. Kerstin Ekman, who turns 70 in August 2003, is one of the most…
The Wolf Skin Trilogy #2
Kerstin Ekman
THE WOLF SKIN TRILOGY #2 is a tightly woven and broad continuation on GOD’S MERCY. Kerstin Ekman once again lets a rich novel world emerge, as in the previous series The Women and the City, where the lives and events are intertwined, the inner and th…
The Choreographer
Håkan Nesser
A man and a woman. He sees her one day when winter is over; somewhat hesitantly she is choosing a dress in a shop. He speaks to her. She answers. Thus they become – guided by an inexorable choreography – a couple.But the story is played out both then…
