Niklas Natt och Dag

ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 “It’s early to be pegging the year’s best books, but The Wolf and the Watchman, Niklas Natt och Dag’s stunning debut, is sure to be one of them.” —The Washington Post “What's better than an ornate period piece with style to spare? One that includes a murder mystery. Oh, and boy is it a riveting mystery....A bit of Patrick Süskind’s Perfume and a bit of Sherlock Holmes, this wolf has some bite to it.” —NPR “Reads like a season of ‘True Detective’...anchored by a powerful sense of place and a memorable cast of characters....You won’t soon forget it.” —USA TODAY Named Best Debut Novel of 2017 by the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers One morning in the autumn of 1793, watchman Mikel Cardell is awakened from his drunken slumber with reports of a body seen floating in the Larder, once a pristine lake on Stockholm’s Southern Isle, now a rancid bog. Efforts to identify the bizarrely mutilated corpse are entrusted to incorruptible lawyer Cecil Winge, who enlists Cardell’s help to solve the case. But time is short: Winge’s health is failing, the monarchy is in shambles, and whispered conspiracies and paranoia abound. Winge and Cardell become immersed in a brutal world of guttersnipes and thieves, mercenaries and madams. From a farmer’s son who is led down a treacherous path when he seeks his fortune in the capital to an orphan girl consigned to the workhouse by a pitiless parish priest, their gruesome investigation peels back layer upon layer of the city’s labyrinthine society. The rich and the poor, the pious and the fallen, the living and the dead—all collide and interconnect with the body pulled from the lake. Breathtakingly bold and intricately constructed, The Wolf and the Watchman brings to life the crowded streets, gilded palaces, and dark corners of late-eighteenth-century Stockholm, offering a startling vision of the crimes we commit in the name of justice, and the sacrifices we make in order to survive.

A Novel

The Wolf and the Watchman

1793

Uppföljaren till succéromanen "1793", som tagit Sverige och världen med storm. En mor sörjer sin dotter, dräpt på sin bröllopsnatt. När ingen annan vill utreda dödsfallet frågar hon den ende som återstår, en enarmad palt som sörjer sin döde vän. På Danvikens hospital, i utkanten av Stockholm, sitter en ung ädling och våndas över det vidriga brott han anklagas för. I den andra delen i Niklas Natt och Dags "Bellman noir"-trilogi, får vi åter följa Mickel Cardell och Anna Stina Knapp och den myllrande och ruttnande värld som är deras, där vad lite som återstår av den gustavianska ärans prakt är statt i sönderfall. Niklas Natt och Dag visar att han är långtifrån färdig med sin brutala och nakna skildring av det sena 1700-talets mörkaste vrår. 

1794

Den tredje och avslutande delen i Bellman noir-trilogin.Likt ett skadskjutet djur stryker Tycho Ceton runt i staden mellan broarna, medan han filar på en plan för att återta den glans han förlorat. Han ska ställa till med ett spektakel mer häpnadsväckande, mer hänförande och mer avgrundsdjupt vidrigt än något som dittills skådats i detta vidunderliga och vedervärdiga Stockholm.Den som satt sig i sinne att stoppa honom är Emil Winge. Men denne känner hur stödet för hans jakt börjar tryta. De paranoida myndigheterna har viktigare saker att ägna sig åt, och hans vapendragare Mickel Cardell är upptagen av en egen jakt efter Anna Stina Knapp, som försvunnit efter hennes båda barns död.

1795

a Novel

City Between the Bridges : 1794

The spellbinding and eerie finale to the #1 internationally bestselling “cerebral, immersive” (The Washington Post) historical trilogy follows two unlikely allies as they struggle to end the reign of a powerful cabal of depraved hedonists in 18th-century Stockholm. For more than a year, Emil Winge has dedicated himself to capturing the diabolical Tycho Ceton, with the invaluable assistance of one-armed army veteran and watchman Jean Michael Cardell. Their mission is made more difficult by the ever-increasing paranoia gripping Sweden’s royal family, who fear that a bloody revolution is brewing. A letter with the names of the revolutionary conspirators is said to be in the possession of Anna Stina Knapp, a good friend to Cardell. Now, Anna is missing and Cardell is determined to find her before the secret police take her into custody. While Winge and Cardell fight for justice and for life, they find themselves caught between powerful enemies—those who will do anything to maintain the status quo, and those who will only be satisfied with its total destruction. Writing with “thrilling, unnerving, clever, and beautiful” (Fredrik Backman) vigor and style, Niklas Natt och Dag brilliantly concludes his immersion into the dark and turbulent waters of 18th-century Stockholm.

1795: A Novel

The Order of the Furies

Millesettecentonovantatré

Čuvar i vuk

El fenómeno de ventas que ha revolucionado el thriller histórico. Premiado en Suecia como Mejor Libro del Año y considerado mejor debut por la Academia Sueca de Novela Negra en 2017, 1793 es un apasionante thriller histórico que se ha convertido en un fenómeno de ventas en toda Europa. Un año después de la muerte del rey Gustavo III, los vientos de la Revolución francesa llegan incluso a Suecia, donde la tensión es palpable en todo el país, convertido en un nido de conspiraciones, suspicacias y recelos. En esta atmósfera irrespirable, Mickel Cardell, un veterano de la guerra contra Rusia, descubre un cuerpo atrozmente mutilado en un lago de Estocolmo. Un abogado tuberculoso, el sagaz e incorruptible Cecil Winge, se hace cargo de las pesquisas, pero el tiempo apremia: su salud es precaria, la monarquía hace aguas y las revueltas están a la orden del día. Winge y Cardell se verán inmersos en un mundo de truhanes y ladrones, ricos y pobres, piadosos y pecadores, mercenarios y meretrices. Juntos se enfrentarán al mal y a la corrupción que anidan en la sociedad sueca para esclarecer la misteriosa verdad escondida tras ese terrible crimen. Intenso, descarnado y febril, 1793 insufla vida a las calles abarrotadas, los suntuosos palacios y los rincones más sombríos de la capital sueca a finales del siglo XVIII, y nos ofrece una sorprendente visión de los delitos que cometemos en nombre de la justicia y los sacrificios que hacemos para sobrevivir. La crítica ha dicho... «Maravillosamente escrita y bien construida, esta novela nos arrastra, con las descripciones de lugares y personajes, a un viaje que no termina hasta que se ha leído la última escena». De Standaard «Apasionante, perturbadora, inteligente y hermosa». Fredrik Backman «Una novela dura, violenta, compleja, fascinante. [...] El mejor thriller histórico que he leído en los últimos veinte años». A. J. Finn «En su debut novelístico, Natt och Dag examina los efectos de un brutal asesinato y a sus investigadores, y explora las causas psicológicas del crimen. Escalofriante y profunda, implacable, muy bien escrita, es casi imposible dejarla». Kirkus Reviews «Una primera novela magistral». Publishers Weekly «Este apasionante thrillerhistórico anuncia la llegada de un nuevo talento europeo. Una novela vívida y absorbente». The Observer «Absolutamente impresionante». Dagens Nyheter «Un tour de forceliterario, un libro inteligente e intrigante que el lector recordará mucho después de haberlo leído». Verdens Gang

1793 (Trilogía de Estocolmo 1)

A #1 international bestseller, this atmospheric and breathtaking sequel to the “cerebral, immersive page-turner” (The Washington Post) The Wolf and the Watchman explores the darkness hidden beneath the splendor of 18th-century Stockholm. Stockholm, 1794: A young nobleman, Eric Three Roses, languishes in a hospital as the rest of the city claims that he belongs in a madhouse. Riddled with guilt, he writes down the memories of his lost love—his beautiful wife who died on their wedding night. The young woman’s mother also mourns her death and, desperate for justice, begs for help from the only person who will listen to her: Jean Mickel Cardell, the one-armed watchman. But she isn’t the only person seeking him out. Emil, younger brother to the brilliant lawyer and detective Cecil Winge, finds the watchman to demand his late brother’s pocket watch back. Instead, Cardell enlists Emil’s help to discover what really happened at the Three Roses estate that dreaded wedding night. The City Between the Bridges: 1794 is a suspenseful race for the truth before it’s too late from an author with a “thrilling, unnerving, clever, and beautiful” (Fredrik Backman, #1 New York Times bestselling author) voice.

1794: A Novel

The City Between the Bridges

Niklas Natt och Dagin historiallisen trillerisarjan kolmas ja viimeinen osa jättää hyytävät jäähyväiset pohjattoman synkälle, mutta lumoavalle, Tukholmalle.

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1794: the City Between the Bridges

“It’s early to be pegging the year’s best books, but The Wolf and the Watchman, Niklas Natt och Dag’s stunning debut, is sure to be one of them.” —The Washington Post “What's better than an ornate period piece with style to spare? One that includes a murder mystery. Oh, and boy is it a riveting mystery....A bit of Patrick Süskind’s Perfume and a bit of Sherlock Holmes, this wolf has some bite to it.” —NPR “Reads like a season of ‘True Detective’...anchored by a powerful sense of place and a memorable cast of characters....You won’t soon forget it.” —USA TODAY Named Best Debut Novel of 2017 by the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers One morning in the autumn of 1793, watchman Mikel Cardell is awakened from his drunken slumber with reports of a body seen floating in the Larder, once a pristine lake on Stockholm’s Southern Isle, now a rancid bog. Efforts to identify the bizarrely mutilated corpse are entrusted to incorruptible lawyer Cecil Winge, who enlists Cardell’s help to solve the case. But time is short: Winge’s health is failing, the monarchy is in shambles, and whispered conspiracies and paranoia abound. Winge and Cardell become immersed in a brutal world of guttersnipes and thieves, mercenaries and madams. From a farmer’s son who is led down a treacherous path when he seeks his fortune in the capital to an orphan girl consigned to the workhouse by a pitiless parish priest, their gruesome investigation peels back layer upon layer of the city’s labyrinthine society. The rich and the poor, the pious and the fallen, the living and the dead—all collide and interconnect with the body pulled from the lake. Breathtakingly bold and intricately constructed, The Wolf and the Watchman brings to life the crowded streets, gilded palaces, and dark corners of late-eighteenth-century Stockholm, offering a startling vision of the crimes we commit in the name of justice, and the sacrifices we make in order to survive.

1795: In Stockholm öffnen sich die Tore zur Hölle Im dritten Teil von Niklas Natt och Dags großer Trilogie folgt Emil Winge zusammen mit Jean Michael Cardell ein letztes Mal dem Ruf nach Gerechtigkeit im verruchten Stockholm des späten 18. Jahrhunderts. Nach einer Feuersbrunst, die viele Leben gekostet hat, liegt der beißende Geruch von Verzweiflung in der Luft. Wie ein hungriges Tier schleicht das Böse in Gestalt des zwielichtigen Tycho Ceton durch die verwinkelten Gassen. Niemand weiß, was für ein widerliches Komplott er als Nächstes plant. Zeitgleich beginnt das Königshaus eine unerbittliche Jagd auf alle Gegner der Regentschaft. Ein Brief mit den Namen der Verschwörer soll im Umlauf sein – und ausgerechnet die vermisste Anna Stina Knapp wurde damit gesehen. Zwei begnadete Ermittler stellen sich der Dunkelheit entgegen und wollen nicht nur Ceton fassen, sondern auch Anna Stina beschützen: Emil Winge und der einarmige Veteran Jean Michael Cardell. Doch während sie noch versuchen, für das Gute einzustehen, bahnt sich unaufhaltsam ein Inferno an ... »Es ist dieser Kontrast zwischen den Idealen dieser Zeit und der Gewalt, die Natt och Dag eindringlich aufeinander prallen lässt.« – Süddeutsche Zeitung über 1794

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#1 bestseller in Sweden with over 1.5 million copies sold 'Niklas Natt och Dag takes the contemporary Scandinavian crime story and gives it a startlingly gruesome historical twist' Guardian The year is 1794. A young nobleman, Eric Three Roses, languishes in hospital. Some think he would be just at home in the madhouse across the road. Ridden with guilt, he spends his nights writing down memories of his lost love who died on their wedding night. Her mother also mourns her and when no one listens to her suspicions, she begs the aid of the only person who will listen: Jean Mickel Cardell, the one-armed watchman. Cecil Winge is six months in the ground but when his younger brother Emil seeks out the watchman to retrieve his brother's missing pocket watch, Cardell enlists his help to discover what really happened at Three Roses' estate that night. But, unlike his dead brother, the younger Winge is an enigma, and Cardell soon realises that he may be more hindrance than help. And when they discover that a mysterious slave trader has been running Three Roses' affairs, it is a race against time to discover the truth before it's too late. In 1794, the second installment of Niklas Natt och Dag's historical noir trilogy, we are reunited with Mickel Cardell, Anna Stina Knapp, and the bustling world of late eighteenth century Stockholm from The Wolf and the Watchman. The city is about to see its darkest days yet as veneers crack and the splendour of old gives way to what is hiding in the city's nooks and crannies.

The Million Copy International Bestseller

1794: The City Between the Bridges

În 1793, la patru ani după căderea Bastiliei și la mai mult de un an după asasinarea regelui Gustav al III-lea al Suediei, paranoia și conspirațiile sunt la ordinea zilei în Stockholm. Violența mocnește în aer, pe măsură ce oamenii obișnuiți se simt tot mai vulnerabili în fața capriciilor celor aflați la putere. Când Mickel Cardell, un fost soldat, descoperă un corp mutilat care plutește în lacul urât mirositor al orașului, se simte obligat să-i ofere trupului neidentificat o înmormântare corespunzătoare. Pentru Cecil Winge, un avocat strălucit, devenit detectiv consultant al poliției din Stockholm, un corp fără brațe, picioare și ochi este un puzzle formidabil și o ultimă șansă de a-și dovedi abilitățile înainte de a pierde bătălia cu ftizia. Împreună, Winge și Cardell scormonesc subteranele Stockholmului pentru a descoperi identitatea cadavrului, confruntându-se cu elita decadentă a orașului. Pe parcursul unui roman îndrăzneț și ingenios construit, destinele celor doi şi ale altor personaje extraordinare se intersectează în mod neașteptat. Niklas Natt och Dag pictează un portret înspăimântător și în același timp fascinant al Stockholmului de la sfârșitul secolului al XVIII-lea. „Un debut impresionant. [...] Descrieri minunate ale mediului urban, imagini neliniștitoare ale societății, o scriitură care păstrează un echilibru perfect între expresiile specifice perioadei și tehnicile de narațiune contemporană.“ Dagens Nyheter, Suedia „Un tur de forță literar... o poveste inteligentă și plină de suspans pe care n-o veți uita prea curând.“ Verdens Gang, Norvegia Premiul pentru Cel mai bun roman de debut acordat de Academia Suedeză a Scriitorilor de Romane Polițiste

1793. In Umbra Mortii

1794: Blood and Wolfsbane

Σουηδία, 1793. Έχει περάσει παραπάνω από ένας χρόνος από τον θάνατο του βασιλιά Γουσταύου Γ΄. Στον απόηχο του θανάτου του, με τους επιγόνους να αλληλοσπαράσσονται για τη διαδοχή, και έντονο τον φόβο πως η Γαλλική Επανάσταση θα εξαπλωθεί στη Σουηδία, η εμπιστοσύνη πλέον σπανίζει, ενώ η παράνοια και οι συνωμοσίες ευδοκιμούν σε κάθε σκοτεινή γωνιά. Ένα ακρωτηριασμένο πτώμα που ανακαλύπτεται στα βρομερά νερά μιας λίμνης στο νησί Σέντερμαλμ είναι τόσο φρικτά παραμορφωμένο που είναι αδύνατο να αναγνωριστεί. Τη ζοφερή αυτή υπόθεση αναλαμβάνει ο φθισικός αστυνόμος Σέσιλ Βίνγκε που δεν θα αργήσει να βυθιστεί σ’ έναν λαβύρινθο σκοτεινών μυστικών και ανείπωτου φόβου στον οποίο όσο προχωρά τόσο κυκλώνει την υψηλή κοινωνία της Στοκχόλμης. Ένα μοναδικό μυθιστόρημα που ανανεώνει την αστυνομική λογοτεχνία, συνδυάζοντας το θρίλερ με το ιστορικό μυθιστόρημα.

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