Rachel Willson-Broyles

Christoffer Carlsson

A Novel about a Crime

Blaze Me a Sun

A farmhouse burns to the ground with someone inside and a community is never the same—both a page-turning whodunit and a deeply touching coming-of-age story by one of Sweden's top criminologists and "a rising star in Scandinavian crime fiction" (Kirkus Reviews) "Carlsson is the finest crime writer we have in Sweden."—David Lagercrantz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl in the Spider’s Web and other novels in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series “[He] is to the police procedural what Cormac McCarthy is to the Western."—Anthony Marra, New York Times bestselling author of Mercury Pictures Presents and A Constellation of Vital Phenomena On a cold November night, a farmhouse burns to the ground. Inside a young woman is found dead—not from the flames but murdered. To the people in the rural community of Marbäck, the fire becomes a reference point: a before and after. For ten-year-old Isak Nyqvist, it sets in motion something he cannot control, igniting his future into an inferno. The police immediately focus their attention on Edvard Christensson, the boyfriend of the murdered woman and Isak’s beloved uncle. After a quick investigation, Edvard is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison and Marbäck believes it can return to its innocence. Vidar Jörgensson, the rookie officer who first responded to the fire, prides himself on helping solved the murder. Little does he know this will become the defining case of his career and that it will drive him to the brink of professional and personal disaster—and link his fate to young Isak's. A celebrated author and professor of criminology, Christoffer Carlsson digs deep into the psyches of ordinary people and shows how one crime can haunt a community for decades. A #1 international bestseller, Under the Storm is already a modern classic of Scandinavian crime fiction and shows why many regard Carlsson as one of the great crime writers of his generation.

A Novel

Under the Storm

Roman

Järtecken

WINNER OF THE 2016 BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR FOR YOUNG READERS, SWEDISH CRIME WRITERS ACADEMY Vega Gilbert is 16 years old when the police come knocking on the door looking for her older brother, Jakob. Vega hasn't heard from him in days, but she has to find him before the police do. Jakob was involved in a terrible crime. What no one knows is that Vega was there, too. In the rural Swedish community where the Gillbergs live, life is tough, the people are even tougher, and old feuds never die. As Vega sets out to find her brother, she must survive a series of threatening encounters in a deadly landscape. As if that wasn't enough, she's dealing with the longing she feels for a boy that she has sworn to forget, and the mixed-up feelings she has for her brother's best friend. During a damp, raw week in October, the door to the adult world swings open, and Vega realises that once she has crossed the threshold there is no turning back. PRAISE FOR CHRISTOFFER CARLSSON 'The desolate landscape is the perfect backdrop for this taut tale of old family feuds and unfurling secrets.' The Irish Times ' ... And exciting it is. The seasoned crime writer Christoffer Carlsson always has intrigue under his control, and slowly turns up the mystery and drama.' Dagens Nyheter

October is the Coldest Month

A farmhouse mysteriously goes up in flames with someone trapped inside and a community is never the same in the aftermath—both a page-turning whodunit and a deeply touching coming-of-age story by one of Sweden’s top criminologists and “a rising star in Scandinavian crime fiction” (Kirkus Reviews) “The quintessential crime novel—I can’t recommend it highly enough.”—Angie Kim, author of Happiness Falls “Carlsson is the finest crime writer we have in Sweden.”—David Lagercrantz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl in the Spider’s Web and other novels in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series On a cold November night, a farmhouse burns to the ground. Inside a young woman is found dead—not from the fire but murdered. To the people in the rural community of Marbäck, this becomes a reference point: a before and after. For ten-year-old Isak Nyqvist, it sets in motion something he cannot control, igniting his future into an unpredictable inferno. The police focus their attention on Edvard Christensson, the boyfriend of the murdered woman and Isak’s beloved uncle. After a quick investigation, Edvard is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison and Marbäck believes it can return to its innocence. Vidar Jörgensson, the rookie officer who first responded to the fire, prides himself on helping solved the murder. Little does he know this will become the defining case of his career and that it will drive him to the brink of professional and personal disaster—and link his fate to young Isak's. A celebrated author and professor of criminology, Christoffer Carlsson digs deep into the psyches of ordinary people and shows how one crime can haunt a community for decades. A #1 international bestseller, Under the Storm is already a modern classic of Scandinavian crime fiction and demonstrates why many regard Carlsson as one of the great crime writers of his generation.

Het voorteken

en roman om ett brott

Brinn mig en sol

Een aan morfine verslaafde drugsdealer probeert een jonge Slavische vrouw, die in Stockholm in de prostitutie werkt, te redden uit handen van een machtige crimineel.

De vrouw die uit het niets kwam

Den tunna blå linjen

Fallet Vincent Franke

Im Februar 1986 erhält die Polizei einen Anruf von einem Mann, der behauptet, eine Frau außerhalb der Kleinstadt Tiarp vergewaltigt zu haben. Ich werde es wieder tun, sagt er, bevor die Leitung unterbrochen wird. Schweden steht nach dem Mord an Ministerpräsident Olof Palme in der gleichen Nacht unter Schock. Für den Polizisten Sven Jörgensson und seinen Sohn Vidar wird dies eine entscheidende Zeit in ihrem Leben sein. Während Vidar versucht, seinen Weg durch die Pubertät und in den Beruf seines Vaters zu finden, ist Sven von dem Fall besessen, der ihn für den Rest seiner Karriere verfolgen wird. Zwei weitere junge Frauen fallen dem Tiarp-Mann zum Opfer, ohne dass die Polizei ihn aufhalten kann. Dann wird Sven krank und stirbt, der Fall bleibt ungelöst. Jahrzehnte später taucht die Geschichte über die brutalen Morde unerwartet wieder auf, als dem ehemaligen Polizisten Vidar Jörgensson zugeschrieben wird, den Fall des gefürchteten Tiarp-Mannes endlich aufgeklärt zu haben. Doch bald wird klar, dass nicht alles so ist, wie es scheint. Es braucht den unerbittlichen Verstand eines heimgekehrten Schriftstellers, um die komplizierten Familienbande zurückzuverfolgen, die Teile des Puzzles zusammenzusetzen. Dabei deckt er langsam Schichten der Wahrheit über ein Verbrechen auf, auf das es keine einfachen Antworten gibt. «Was ans Licht kommt» ist ein elegant konstruierter Kriminalroman über Schuld und Verantwortlichkeit, in dem eine Besessenheit vom Vater an den Sohn weitergegeben wird. Der meisterhafte Stilist und angesehene schwedische Kriminologe Christoffer Carlsson spielt mit dem Genre, als wäre der Roman ein fiktionalisiertes True-Crime-Drama, das seinem namenlosen Autor erlaubt, die Ereignisse der Vergangenheit neu zu erfinden. Die Jagd nach der Wahrheit dient als Motor in dieser umfangreichen und komplexen Erzählung über Verzweiflung und Selbstbetrug und letztlich den Willen, in einer Welt voller Dunkelheit nach Licht zu suchen.

Was ans Licht kommt

One of the New York Times’s Best Crime Novels of the Year • A Good Morning America Buzz Pick #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A serial killer in a small Swedish town commits his first murder the same night the prime minister is assassinated—a “thrilling and profoundly poignant” (Angie Kim) novel by one of the country’s top criminologists, hailed as “the finest crime writer we have in Sweden” (David Lagercrantz, author of The Girl in the Spider’s Web and other novels in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Series) “Christoffer Carlsson is to the police procedural what Cormac McCarthy is to the Western.”—Anthony Marra, author of Mercury Pictures Presents and A Constellation of Vital Phenomena A CRIMEREADS AND KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR In February 1986, the Halland police receive a call from a man who claims to have attacked his first victim. I’m going to do it again, he says before the line cuts off. By the time police officer Sven Jörgensson reaches the crime scene, the woman is taking her last breath. For Sven, this will prove a decisive moment. On the same night, Sweden plunges into a state of shock after the murder of the prime minister. Could there possibly be a connection? As Sven becomes obsessed with the case, two more fall victim. For years, Sven remains haunted by the murders he cannot solve, fearing the killer will strike again. Having failed to catch him, Sven retires from the police, passing his obsession to his son, who has joined the force to be closer to his father. Decades later, the case unexpectedly resurfaces when a novelist returns home to Halland amid a failed marriage and a sputtering career. The writer befriends the retired police officer, who helps the novelist—our narrator—unspool the many strands of this engrossing tale about a community confronting its shames and legacies. A #1 bestseller in Sweden, Blaze Me a Sun marks the American debut of the youngest winner of the Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year award, the top prize for Swedish crime writers whose past winners include Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell.

A Novel About a Crime

Melancholische Scandinavische crime 1986. Op de dag dat Olof Palme wordt doodgeschoten in Stockholm ontvangt de politie in het kleine dorpje Tiarp een telefoontje van een man die zegt een vrouw te hebben vermoord. ‘Ik ga het weer doen,’ wordt er gezegd, en dan wordt de verbinding verbroken. De moord op Olof Palme zal Zweden voor altijd veranderen, maar voor politieagent Sven Jörgensson en zijn tienerzoon Vidar zal de zaak van de omgebrachte vrouw een levenslange obsessie worden. Het lijkt er namelijk op ook twee andere vrouwen het slachtoffer zijn geworden van de zogenaamde Tiarpman. Er zijn weinig aanwijzingen, maar Sven zet de achtervolging in. Wie is de moordenaar? Wie wordt zijn volgende slachtoffer? En hoelang zal het duren voordat hij wordt ontmaskerd? De brandende zon is een meeslepende en gelaagde thriller over boetedoening, verantwoordelijkheid en het verlies van onschuld.

De brandende zon

Michael Gallagher

Falling Detective

Tiivistahtinen rikosromaani rajoista, joita ei saa koskaan ylittää.

Voimat

In het appartementencomplex van Leo Junker, politieagent op non-actief, is een jonge vrouw vermoord. Leo is er zeker van dat er iets niet klopt aan deze zaak en gaat zelf op onderzoek uit. Ondertussen krijgt hij mysterieuze sms’jes van iemand die hem in de gaten lijkt te houden. Leo komt erachter dat het verleden niet vergeten is ... Is iemand uit op wraak?

De toren van de dode zielen

Thriller od držitele ceny Nejlepší švédská detektivka roku 2013 Jmenuje se Vincent Franke. Je beznadějně závislý na morfinu a ve svém bytě najde jednoho dne mladou ženu, Mariu. Vincent ví jediné – za žádnou cenu nesmí utéct. Na rozkaz Pastora, nejvlivnějšího bosse stockholmského podsvětí, ji musí držet pod zámkem. Vincent ví, jak podsvětí funguje, zná pravidla hry. Zamiluje se do Marii a to je zničující. Když Maria náhle zmizí, jeho život se začíná komplikovat... Případ Vincent Franke je román o tom, jací jsme a jací bychom možná mohli být. Zároveň je to i příběh dvou podivných vydědenců společnosti na útěku před vším, co ohrožuje jejich život. Christoffer Carlsson Narodil se v roce 1986 ve švédském Halmstadu. Od roku 2005 žije ve Stockholmu, kde složil doktorát z kriminologie. Učí na Stockholmské univerzitě. Jeho debut Případ Vincent Franke vyšel v roce 2010. Tento „román noir“, který se odehrává v ulicích Stockholmu, se v tisku dočkal vynikajícího hodnocení a také překladu do několika jazyků. Druhý román, Jednooký králík (2011), byl s velkým očekáváním prodán několika zahraničním nakladatelstvím ještě před samotným vydáním ve Švédsku. Jeho poslední kniha "Neviditelný muž ze Salemu" získala cenu Nejlepší švédská detektivka roku 2013.

Případ Vincent Franke

33-vuotias Junker on entinen väkivaltaosaston ja nykyinen sisäisen tarkastuksen tutkija. Hänet on pidätetty virantoimituksesta Gotlannissa tapahtuneen katastrofin jälkeen, jossa yksi poliisi sai surmansa.

Leo Junker 1

Varjot

En novembernatt 1994 mördas en kvinna i utkanten av en by i Halland. En man grips och döms. Men där slutar inte berättelsen. Mordet fortsätter att påverka byns invånare. Pojken Isak är syskonbarn till den dömda mannen. Han fruktar att även han i framtiden ska göra något hemskt. Att det finns en förbannelse, ett järtecken, i honom. Och polisen Vidar undrar vad som egentligen hände den där natten i november. Är verkligen rätt person dömd? Andreas Palmaer har bearbetat boken till lättläst. Bokförlaget Hedvig ger ut böcker som är lätta att läsa, för barn och vuxna. Läs mer på www.bokforlagethedvig.se

Järtecken (lättläst)

I februari 1986 sker det första mordet i byn Tiarp på Nyårsåsen utanför Halmstad. För polisen Sven och hans son Vidar blir det en avgörande tid. Landet är i chock efter mordet på Olof Palme. Medan Vidar söker sin väg mot vuxenlivet, tvingas Sven in i mörkret på Nyårsåsen för att jaga Tiarpsmannen: Vem är han? Vem blir hans nästa offer? Och vem är författaren som långt senare återger historien – varför skriver han? "Brinn mig en sol" är en kriminalroman om sanning, skuld och ansvar i en tid då Sverige förändras bortom igenkänning.

Christoffer Carlsson

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