Ewa Wojciechowska Knihy

Kurt Wallander fans will love this new novel from Henning Mankell. Featuring a new cast of characters this novel marks the end of the Kurt Wallander Mysteries and prepares the way for many more mysteries to come. Herbert Molin, a retired police officer, lives alone in a remote cottage in northern Sweden. Two things seem to consume him; his passion for the tango, and an obsession with the "demons" he believes to be pursuing him. Early one morning shots shatter Molin's window...by the time his body is found it is almost unrecognisable. Stefan Lindman is another off-the-job police officer. On extended sick leave due to having cancer of the tongue Lindman hears about the murder of his former colleague and, in a bid to take his mind off his own problems, decides to investigate. As his investigation becomes increasingly complex it is with both horror and disbelief that Lindman uncovers links to a global web of neo-Nazi activity. Written with all the usual flair so highly commended by Mankell fans this intricate crime novel, with its cast of new characters, heralds the end of the Kurt Wallander Mysteries and yet, ultimately, it leads the story back to Wallander's Ystad where a new outstanding series of thrillers can begin.

Staršia žena uvidí muža v lesíku, ako podpaľuje labute. Muž ju zabije a zahrabe s bibliou v ruke. Podľa otlačkov prstov ho identifikujú ako náboženského fanatika a podpaľača Janneka Langasa, ktorý nedávno ušiel z psychiatrickej liečebne, no pod falošným menom má na účte v banke veľkú sumu peňazí. Wallanderova dcéra Linda skončila školu a sťahuje sa späť do Ystadu. Prichádza za ňou jej priateľka Anna, jej stretnutie s Wallanderom je plné záhad a zakrátko zmizne. Langas sa podpáli a ukazuje sa, že spolu s Annou patrili do fanatickej kresťanskej sekty, ktorej členovia postupne umierajú. Kto je za vraždami a je Anna obeť – alebo spolupáchateľ?

Od vydania románu Muži, ktorí nenávidia ženy v roku 2005 sa čitatelia po celom svete nevedia nasýtiť švédskej kriminálnej prózy. Tento žáner ovládli majstri zo severských krajín, pričom jedinečná antológia, na ktorej sa podieľal expert John-Henri Holmberg, zachytáva jeho vývoj od konca devätnásteho storočia. Antológia obsahuje dosiaľ nepublikovanú poviedku Maj Sjöwallovej a Pera Wahlööa, manželskej dvojice, ktorá predstavila švédsky kriminálny román zahraničným čitateľom. Zaujímavá je aj poviedka Evy Gabrielssonovej, bývalej partnerky Stiega Larssona, ktorá sa s ním žila až do jeho smrti v roku 2004 a dodnes sa súdi s jeho dedičmi. Rolf a Cilla Börjlindovci, autori úspešného románu Skočný príliv, taktiež prispeli do zbierky, ktorá oživuje postavy z brilantných poviedok autorov, ktorí budú mať v nasledujúcej vlne švédskej krimi rozhodujúce slovo. Antológia so svojimi sedemnástimi poviedkami sa ponára do najhlbšieho tieňa chladnej krajiny a ukazuje, prečo švédska krimi fascinuje čitateľov už celé desaťročia.

Once a successful surgeon, Frederick Welin now lives in self-imposed exile on an island in the Swedish archipelago. Nearly twelve years have passed since he was disgraced for attempting to cover up a tragic mishap on the operating table. One morning in the depths of winter, he sees a hunched figure struggling towards him across the ice. His past is about to catch up with him. The figure approaching in the freezing cold is Harriet, the only woman he has ever loved, the woman he abandoned in order to go and study in America forty years earlier. She has sought him out in the hope that he will honour a promise made many years ago. Now in the late stages of a terminal illness, she wants to visit a small lake in northern Sweden, a place Welin's father took him once as a boy. He upholds his pledge and drives her to this beautiful pool hidden deep in the forest. On the journey through the desolate snow-covered landscape, Welin reflects on his impoverished childhood and the woman he later left behind. However, once there Welin discovers that Harriet has left the biggest surprise until last. Italian Shoes is as compelling as it is disturbing. Through his anti-hero Welin, Mankell tackles ageing and death with sensitivity and acuity, and as with the critically acclaimed Depths, delivers a moving tour-de-force on the frailty of mankind.