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When a woman is found murdered at a rest area in Kronviken, Detective Inspector Maria Wern becomes involved in the investigation. The woman's body is severely burned, her clothes are in shreds and the blue synthetic cap has melted over her face. Who is she? And is there a connection with the...

All The Tranquil Dead is the second book in the hit series about Detective Inspector Maria Wern. A man has been reported missing. Rosmarie Haag, his wife, seeks out Detective Inspector Maria Wern. What initially appears to be a routine matter develops with frightening speed into one of the...

When a bird flu pandemic reaches the picturesque yet uncanny island Gotland, panic spreads among the inhabitants who are frantic for an elusive cure. As the community becomes more desperate, the hunt for scapegoats begins. Extremist and anti-immigrant groups gain ground while nurse Sandra Hägg...

The old wooden door to the prison tower Kajsarn in Visby is slightly open. The boy takes the girls hand in the dark when the moist, cold air hits them as a breath from death and the door closes behind them. No one would be able to hear their call for help. They stumble not to fall down in the...

It's reassuring when teenagers keep themselves busy at home on their computers. At least then you know where they are. Don't you? A 14-year old girl disappears on her way home from a film night at school. Her lifeless body is found in the forest the next day. Detective Inspector Maria Wern is...

It is December in Visby. Pernilla Ekvall cannot feel any holiday spirit - her husband is almost never home and she suspects that he is having an affair. On Lucia morning, December 13, Pernilla takes off in a rush after leaving the daughter Tove at school. What she does not see, is how someone...

Wilhelm Jacobsson disappears without a trace on the Gotland boat. He is a small farmer who is fiercely independent, stubborn and constantly arguing with his neighbors. A few days later, an elderly lady is out walking her son's Rottweiler. The dog escapes, starts digging in a cairn and digs up a...

'With a few simple strokes on the keyboard, he could see the little people in their everyday lives over satellite. These superstitious and hardly intelligent creatures still believed in pure luck. It gave him a feeling of power when he could observe them. When weather was good he could even see...

In einer Höhle im schwedischen Naturschutzgebiet Skärmarboda wird das Skelett eines neunjährigen Mädchens gefunden. Kriminalinspektor Kristoffer Bark und sein Team von der Polizei Örebro verfolgen die Spur bis zu einer Familie, die vor 50 Jahren Kinder in Pflege genommen hat. Nach einem bis heute ungeklärten Brand galt das Mädchen als verschollen. Der Hinweis auf die Tote kam von Magdalena Fernåker, einem selbsternannten Medium, die jedoch spurlos verschwindet, bevor Bark sie befragen kann.

The Speechless God is Anna Jansson's debut novel and the first in the hit Nordic crime series about Detective Constable Maria Wern. "The man was hanging stiffly by a slip noose, his shirt ripped to shreds, with a thick stick piercing his belly." Police constable Maria Wern and her colleagues...

Bisher konnte Kommissar Bark noch jeden kniffligen Cold-Case-Fall lösen, doch diesmal ist es ein Rennen gegen die Zeit, ein tödliches! 1945: Zwei junge Männer steigen in eine Grube in Bergslagen, in der sie Silber vermuten – nur einer von ihnen wird je wieder das Tageslicht erblicken. Wieso musste Vilho sterben? Hat Tom seinen Freund erschlagen? 2021: Als Kristoffer Bark auf dem Weg zu einem Tatort bei den alten Silbergruben ist, erreicht ihn ein Notruf: Ein Mann ist in die Kita seiner Urenkel eingedrungen und bedroht Kinder und Erziehende mit einem Gewehr!