Книги автора: Henning Mankell

Roseanna is the first book in the hugely acclaimed Martin Beck series: the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime fiction and influenced writers from Stieg Larrson to Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell to Lars Kepplar.On a July afternoon, the body of a young woman is dredged from a lake in southern Sweden. Raped and murdered, she is naked, unmarked and carries no sign of her identity. As Detective Inspector Martin Beck slowly begins to make the connections that will bring her identity to light, he uncovers a series of crimes further reaching than he ever would have imagined and a killer far more dangerous. How much will Beck be prepared to risk to catch him?

Every morning Hakan von Enke takes a walk in the forest near his apartment in Stockholm. However, one winter's day he fails to come home. It seems that the retired naval officer has vanished without trace. Detective Kurt Wallander is not officially involved in the investigation but he has personal reasons for his interest in the case as Hakan's son is engaged to his daughter Linda. A few months earlier, at Hakan's 75th birthday party, Kurt noticed that the old man appeared uneasy and seemed eager to talk about a controversial incident from his past career that remained shrouded in mystery. Could this be connected to his disappearance? When Hakan's wife Louise also goes missing, Wallander is determined to uncover the truth. His search leads him down dark and unexpected avenues involving espionage, betrayal and new information about events during the Cold War that threatens to cause a political scandal on a scale unprecedented in Swedish history. The investigation also forces Kurt to look back over his own past and consider his hopes and regrets, as he comes to the unsettling realisation that even those we love the most can remain strangers to us. And then an even darker cloud appears on the horizon...The return of Kurt Wallander, for his final case, has already caused a sensation around the globe. The Troubled Man confirms Henning Mankell's position as the king of crime writing.

Ühel 2006. aasta külmal jaanuaripäeval avastab Rootsi politsei midagi tõeliselt koletut. Väikeses Hesjövalleni linnas on aset leidnud tõeline veresaun. Ainult hullumeelne suudaks nii jõhkral moel tappa kaheksateist inimest. Kui Helsingborgi kohtunik Birgitta Roslin juhtunu kohta loeb, taipab ta äkki midagi ootamatut. Tal on perekondlik seos mitte ainult ühe mõrvaohvriga, vaid peaaegu kõikidega neist. Kuna politsei tammub kohapeal, otsustab Birgitta Roslin ise juhtunusse selgust tuua. See viib ta rännakule ajas kaugele tagasi, 1860ndate Ameerikasse, kus hiinlastest orjatööjõud ehitab lääne- ja idaranniku vahele raudteed. Kuid jäljed viivad ka tänapäeva Hiinasse, riigi kommunistliku partei ladviku juurde. Uus supervõim vajab piiramatut ligipääsu toorainele, et saada arenenud tööstusriigiks, ja peab samal ajal lahendama miljonite rahulolematute talupoegade probleemi, kelleni üha kasvav heaolu ei jõua. Süütult ja pahaaimamatult tõmmatakse Birgitta Roslin kõrgetasemelisse poliitilisse mängu, mis seab ohtu ta elu. Kõrgel rahvusvahelisel tasemel põnevik viitab ohtudele, mis võivad tekkida, kui Hiinast saab taas suurvõim, samal ajal kui demokraatia küsimused on lahendamata. Raamat pakub ohtralt mõtlemisainet ka väljaspool põneviku tavapärast meelelahutuslikku süžeed.