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The Pyramid is the long-awaited addition to Henning Mankell's critically celebrated and internationally best-selling Kurt Wallander mystery series: the book of five short mysteries that takes us back to the beginning. Here are the stories that trace, chronologically, Wallander's growth from a rookie cop into a young father and then a middle-aged divorcé, illuminating how Wallander became a first-rate detective and highlighting new facets of a now canonical character.

The much-anticipated return of Henning Mankell’s brilliant, brooding detective, Kurt Wallander. On a winter day in 2008, Håkan von Enke, a retired high-ranking naval officer, vanishes during his daily walk in a forest near Stockholm. The investigation into his disappearance falls under the jurisdiction of the Stockholm police. It has nothing to do with Wallander - officially. But von Enke is his daughter’s future father-in-law. And so, with his inimitable disregard for normal procedure, Wallander is soon interfering in matters that are not his responsibility.

Just graduated from the police academy, Linda Wallander returns to Skane to join the police force, and she already shows all the hallmarks of her father - the maverick approach, the flaring temper. Before she even starts work she becomes embroiled in the case of her childhood friend, Anna, who has inexplicably disappeared.

A body is found at an ATM, the apparent victim a of heart attack. Then two teenage girls are arrested for the brutal murder of a cab driver. The girls confess to the crime, showing no remorse whatsoever. Two open-and-shut cases. At first these two incidents seem to have nothing in common, but as Wallander delves deeper into the mystery of why the girls murdered the cab driver, he begins to unravel a plot much more complicated than he initially suspected.

Stefan Lindman, a young police officer recently diagnosed with mouth cancer, decides to investigate the murder of his former colleague, but is soon enmeshed in a mystifying case with no witnesses and no apparent motives. Terrified of the disease that could take his life, Lindman becomes more and more reckless as he unearths the chilling links between Molin's death and an underground neo-Nazi network that runs further and deeper than he could ever have imagined.

Fredrik Welin is a former surgeon who retired in disgrace decades earlier to a tiny island on which he is the only resident. He has a daughter he rarely sees, and his mailman, Jansson, is the closest thing he has to a friend and to an adversary. He is perfectly content to live out his days in quiet solitude. One autumn evening, he is startled awake by a blinding light - only to discover that his house is on fire. With the help of Jansson, he escapes the flames just in time wearing two left boots.

January 2006. In the Swedish hamlet of Hesjvallen, nineteen people have been massacred. The only clue is a red ribbon found at the scene. Judge Birgitta Roslin has particular reason to be shocked: Her grandparents, the Andrns, are among the victims, and Birgitta soon learns that an Andrn family in Nevada has also been murdered. She then discovers the 19th-century diary of an Andrn ancestora gang master on the American transcontinental railwaythat describes brutal treatment of Chinese slave workers.

Nelio, ein zehnjähriges Straßenkind in Afrika, erzählt um sein Leben. Er liegt mit einer Schusswunde auf dem Dach eines Hauses und weiß, dass er sterben wird, sobald seine Geschichte zu Ende ist.

With more than 30 million copies of his works published, in 37 languages, award-winning author Henning Mankell may be Sweden's most accomplished novelist. Here he crafts the icy, atmospheric tale of Fredrik Welin, a disgraced surgeon living in exile on a small island. When Fredrik receives a surprise visit from a lover he abandoned decades earlier, he begins the difficult road to redemption.

22. Juni 1996. Drei junge Leute feiern zusammen Mittsommer. Sie tragen Kostüme des 18. Jahrhunderts. Danach sind sie verschwunden. Etwa zur gleichen Zeit findet man Svedberg, einen Kollegen Wallanders, in seiner Wohnung mit zerschossenem Gesicht. Was hat das Verschwinden der drei Jugendlichen mit dem Mord an einem Polizisten zu tun? Und wer war dieser sympathisch unauffällige Svedberg eigentlich, der keine anderen Hobbys hatte, als die Sterne zu betrachten und Bücher über Indianer zu lesen?

International best-selling author Henning Mankell' s books have sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. In The Shadow Girls, author/poet Jesper Humlin struggles under the pall of a frustrating life. Everything from his personal relationships to his professional pursuits to his finances seems to be failing miserably. Then Jesper happens across a group of young immigrant girls and their stories of hardship and perseverance transform his outlook on life.

In this powerful work, Henning Mankell tells the story of a young African orphan adopted by a Swedish man and whisked away to his new father’s country. There the boy, dubbed Daniel, finds himself swallowed by a bizarre landscape of snow and mud. Always in his mind are thoughts of his murdered parents, calling him back to Africa. But Daniel’s path is marked by tragedy, and his homecoming seems an impossible dream.

From the author of the best-selling Inspector Wallander Mysteries, this is the story of young Lucas, who gets a most precious present for his birthday: a black kitten that he calls Night. He becomes very attached to Night, but one day Lucas comes home from school and discovers that his beloved cat has disappeared. He is desperate, and no one is able to console him. He searches for Night everywhere and doesn't stop hoping for his return. It's only sometime later that Night appears in his dreams....

In una fredda giornata d’inverno, Håkan von Enke, alto ufficiale di marina ora in pensione, scompare durante la sua abituale passeggiata mattutina a Stoccolma. Un caso che tocca da vicino il commissario Wallander. Von Enke è il futuro suocero di sua figlia Linda, il nonno della sua nipotina, e di recente gli aveva confidato aspetti sorprendenti di un dramma politico-militare risalente a più di due decenni prima, quando sottomarini sovietici erano stati avvistati in acque territoriali svedesi. Kurt Wallander è vicino a un grande segreto della storia del dopoguerra.

Aber was, wenn das ganze Leben nicht zu passen scheint? Seit ihm als Arzt ein schicksalshafter Fehler unterlaufen ist, lebt Fredrik Welin allein auf einer Schäreninsel. Menschenscheu hat er sich völlig in die Stille zurückgezogen. Doch an einem Wintertag nähert sich seiner Insel eine dunkle Gestalt zu Fuß über das Eis, und in Welins Leben beginnt es zu tauen...

October, 1914. Swedish naval officer Lars Tobiasson-Svartman is charged with a secret mission to take depth readings around the Stockholm archipelago. In the course of his work, he lands on the rocky isle of Halsskär. It seems utterly inhabitable, yet Halsskär is home to the young widow Sara Fredrika. Lars soon learns that Sara, living in near-total isolation, is unaware that the world is at war.

Archaeologist Louise Cantor returns home to Sweden, and makes a devastating discovery: her only child, twenty-eight-year-old Henrik, dead in his bed. The police rule his death a suicide, but she knows he was murdered; her quest to find out what really happened to Henrik takes her across the globe to Barcelona, where her son kept a secret apartment; Sydney, Australia, to find Aron, her estranged ex-husband and Henrik's father; and to Maputo, Mozambique, where she learns the awful truth behind an AIDS hospice.

In January 2014 I was informed that I had cancer. However, Quicksand is not a book about death and destruction but about what it means to be human. I have undertaken a journey from my childhood to the man I am today, writing about the key events in my life and about the people who have given me new perspectives. About men and women I have never met but wish I had. I write about love and jealousy, about courage and fear. And about what it is like to live with a potentially fatal illness.

Kurt Wallander potrebbe finalmente realizzare uno dei suoi vecchi sogni e trasferirsi in una casa di campagna, fuori Ystad. Un giro di ricognizione del giardino lo porta però a fare una macabra scoperta: dal terreno spuntano le ossa di una mano. A chi apparteneva? Da quanto tempo quel corpo è sepolto nel giardino? Lì intorno non c’è nessuno in grado di fornire una spiegazione. Con l’aiuto dei suoi colleghi e di Linda, la figlia da poco entrata in polizia, Wallander dovrà scavare indietro nel tempo nel tentativo di ricostruire la storia di una morte oscura.

In un tiepido pomeriggio di giugno del 1969, Wallander viene svegliato di soprassalto da un forte rumore che si insinua nei suoi sogni. Uno sparo. Non gli ci vorrà molto per scoprire il corpo senza vita del suo vicino: una macchia di sangue intorno al cuore, un revolver accanto alla mano. Agente poco più che ventenne, ambizioso e ancora innamorato di Mona, Wallander si trova così a collaborare con la squadra investigativa di cui da sempre sogna di far parte, una scelta che porta ad amari scontri con il padre.