Martina Kašparová Knihy

"A man, wearing his daughter's wedding ring, is found in front of his fireplace, a bullet hole in his chest. A funeral director searches desperately for his brother - a man who doesn't seem to be missed. A woman struggles to protect her children and her life as her husband turns ever more dangerous. Fredrika Bergman and Alex Recht believe that these three cases are totally unrelated ... until they uncover a connection between these three people that changes everything. Soon Bergman and Recht are pulled into an escalating series of events where old sins return to haunt all involved. And someone is leaving them taunting messages ... but who, and why?"--Publisher

"How far would you go to protect your family? Sophie Brinkmann was once an ordinary woman. A dedicated nurse, a grieving widow, a single mother to a beloved teenage son. And then she fell in love with a major crime lord. When he was left in a coma after a brutal attack by his rivals, it was Sophie who had to take control of his empire and negotiate with vengeful mobsters, cunning detectives and charismatic arms dealers. But now their rivals are closing in on them and Sophie is caught up in a game where the rules are constantly changing, where loyalty and friendship are meaningless. If she and her son are to get out of this alive, she has to find her inner strength - and her inner darkness."

In the days leading up to Christmas, Domhildur delivers her 1,922nd baby. Beginnings and endings are her family trade; she comes from a long line of midwives on her mother's side and a long line of undertakers on her father's. She even lives in the apartment that she inherited from her grandaunt, a midwife with a unique reputation for her unconventional methods. As a terrible storm races towards Reykjavik, Domhildur discovers decades worth of letters and manuscripts hidden amongst her grandaunt's clutter. Fielding calls from her anxious meteorologist sister and visits from her curious new neighbour, Domhildur escapes into her grandaunt's archive and discovers strange and beautiful reflections on birth, death and human nature. For even in the depths of an Icelandic winter, new life will find a way

A meditative, immersive take on the weather around us

Co všechno se může stát, když se probudí aktivní sopka? Poloostrovem Reykjanes cloumají zemětřesení a probouzejí k životu osm staletí dřímající sopky. Nikdo je nezná tak dobře jako vulkanoložka Anna Arnardóttir, která si musí poradit s vůbec nejtěžším úkolem své dosavadní kariéry. Mezitím však ztrácí kontrolu nad svým na pohled krásným a dokonalým…

1987. An isolated farm house in the east of Iceland.The snowstorm should have shut everybody out. But it didn't.The couple should never have let him in. But they did.An unexpected guest, a liar, a killer. Not all will survive the night. And Detective Hulda will be haunted forever . . .

A funny, wistful and utterly beguiling novel about a man whose life is falling apart, and how he learns to put it back together

Mám celkom obyčajný život, nič zvláštne. Dovŕšil som tridsaťdeväť rokov, pracujem na čiastočný úväzok vo videopožičovni v Štokholme. Na prilepšenie mám ešte neveľké dedičstvo po rodičoch. Väčšina mojich priateľov a známych má plnú hlavu starostí o rodinu, deti, firmu či auto. Ja som sám a bývam v malom prenajatom byte. Je však pohodlný, do okien mi svieti slnko a rád počúvam živé zvuky z ulice podo mnou. Hneď vedľa je napríklad stánok so zmrzlinou tých najlepších príchutí. Rád ležím na pohovke, pozerám filmy alebo si púšťam cédečká a samota ma nebolí. V podstate mi môj život vyhovuje a som šťastný. Áno, šťastný. Jedného dňa sa však všetko obráti hore nohami. Spokojnému starému mládencovi príde faktúra na rovných 5 700 000 švédskych korún. Život je drahý a za šťastie treba platiť. Tak to aspoň tvrdí Maud, operátorka telefonickej linky spoločnosti Svetové redistribučné centrum. Maud je chápavá a klientovi by rada dopriala nejaký odpočet zo sumy, ktorá sa po prepočítaní ešte zdvojnásobila. Ako na to? Čím nešťastnejší človek, tým menšia dlžoba!

First in a series of stunning Icelandic crime thrillers, by international, bestselling author, set in tiny, snowbound town, accessible by a single tunnel.

Una is devastated after the suicide of her father. So when she sees an advert seeking a teacher for two girls in Skalar on the storm-battered north coast of the island, she sees it as a chance to escape. But once she arrives, Una quickly realises nothing in city life has prepared her for this