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Julia Malmros is thriving. A former police officer making her way in the world of crime fiction, she’s turning popularity into fame by writing the next book in a world-renowned suspense series. To help her research, Julia connects with Kim Ribbing. More hacker than man, Kim bears a dark past that’s the very antithesis of the promising future she has planned for herself. They share an undeniable spark—yet it’s likely to implode. That’s the least of Julia’s worries. Hounded by publicity, Julia retreats to her cottage in the Stockholm archipelago.

Julia Malmros è una scrittrice molto nota, i suoi gialli vendono centinaia di migliaia di copie e i lettori la amano incondizionatamente. Per una ex poliziotta che ha preso in mano la penna al posto del manganello è già uno splendido risultato. Ma quando le viene offerta l’occasione per fare il grande salto, quello che porta alla fama vera, Julia decide di non farsela scappare: l’editore di Millennium vuole affidarle il nuovo episodio della celebre saga e lei, lusingata, accetta.

Whatever happened to Oskar and Eli? And what became of the beleaguered families in Handling the Undead? Find out in Let the Old Dreams Die. In other tales from this collection, a woman finds a dead body and decides to keep it for herself, a customs officer has a mysterious gift that enables her to see what others hide, and a man believes he knows how to deceive death. These are the stories of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s rich imagination. They are about love and death, and what we do when the two collide and the monsters emerge.

Kim Ribbing is a peculiar man—a skilled hacker, but otherwise reticent and fiercely private. Crime writer Julia Malmros never expected more than a working relationship with him, but all that changed the moment they locked eyes. Now there’s something between them just as thrilling as the mysteries they investigate together. And just as dangerous too. Because Kim has secrets. Enemies. A murky past. And it’s all coming to a head in the confines of his basement.

Stockholm, August 2002: Nach einer extremen Hitzewelle legt sich ein elektrisches Feld über die Stadt. Lampen können nicht mehr gelöscht, Maschinen nicht mehr ausgeschaltet werden. Die Menschen leiden unter Kopfschmerzen, ein Chaos droht. Doch plötzlich ist alles wieder vorüber. Oder doch nicht?

Die sechsjährige Maja verschwindet spurlos auf dem gefrorenen Meer. kurz zuvor sah sie etwas auf dem Eis. Für ihre Eltern beginnt ein fürchterlicher Albtraum...