Johan Theorin

Bringing to life the culture of Harlem in the 1920s, Charles Chestnutt's final novel dramatizes the political and aesthetic milieu of the exciting period we now know as the Harlem Renaissance. Mixing fact and fiction, and real and imagined characters, The Quarry is peopled with so many figures of the time - including Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Dubois, and Marcus Garvey - that it constitutes a virtual guide to this inspiring period in American history. Protagonist Glover is a light-skinned man, whose adoptive black parents are determined that he become a leader in the black community. Moving from Ohio to Tennessee, from rural Kentucky to Harlem, his story depicts not only his conflicted relationship to his heritage but also the situation of a variety of black people struggling to escape prejudice and to take advantage of new opportunities.

A number one bestseller in Sweden, and winner of the the prestigious Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel, 2008 - the chilling story of a couple of who live in a house with a secret, murderous past. 'For several hours I believed that my daughter had drowned and my wife as alive, when in fact the reverse was true.'It is bitter mid-winter when Katrine and Joakim Westin move with their children into the old manor house at Eel Point on the Swedish island of Oland. But their new home is no remote idyll. Just days later, Katrine is found drowned off the rocks nearby. While Joakim struggles to keep his sanity, Tilda Davidsson – a young policewoman fresh out of college- becomes convinced that Katrine was murdered.Then, on Christmas Eve, a blizzard hits Eel Point. Isolated by the snow, Joakim does not know that visitors – as unwelcome as they are terrifying – are making their way towards him.For this is the darkest night of the year, the night when the living meet the dead ...

Julia Davidsson's five-year-old son disappeared 20 years ago on the Swedish island of ?and. No trace of him has ever been found, until his shoe is sent to Julia's father. Soon he and Julia are piecing together fragments of the past: fragments that point to a local man called Nils Kant, known to delight in the pain of others.

Joakim et Katrine décident de quitter Stockholm pour s'installer dans une vieille ferme de l'île d'Öland. Katrine et les enfants s'y installent, Joakim finit l'année scolaire où il enseigne. Katrine se noie accidentellement. En faisant des travaux dans la maison, Joakim apprend que, dans le passé, les habitants de la ferme ont été victimes d'accidents mortels. La policière Tilda Davidsson enquête.--[Résumé de l'éditeur].

"Containing seventeen stories, never before published in English, 'A Darker Shade of Sweden' illuminates this beguiling country and its inhabitants as never before. Included are stories from such Swedish literary luminaries as: Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, Asa Larsson, and Eva Gabrielsson."--Provided by publisher. Reunion -- Tove Alsterdal He liked his hair -- Rolf and Cilla Bo˜rjlind Never in real life -- Ake Edwardson In our darkened house -- Inger Frimansson Paul's last summer -- Eva Gabrielsson The ring -- Anna Jansson The mail run -- Asa Larsson Brain power -- Stieg Larsson An unlikely meeting -- Henning Mankell and Hakan Nesser An alibi for Senor Banegas -- Magnus Montelius Something in his eyes -- Dag O˜hrlund Day and night my keeper be -- Malin Persson Giolito The multi-millionaire -- Maj Sjo˜wall and Per Wahlo˜o˜ Diary Braun -- Sara Stridsberg Revenge of the virgin -- Johan Theorin Maitreya -- Veronica von Schenck Too late shall the sinner awaken -- Katarina Wennstam.

A l'heure trouble avant la tombée de la nuit, un enfant disparaît sans laisser de trace dans les brouillards d'une petite île de la Baltique. Vingt ans plus tard, une de ses chaussures est mystérieusement adressée à son grand-père. Qui a intérêt à relancer l'affaire? Pourquoi toutes les pistes mènent-elles à un criminel mort il y a longtemps? Dans une oppressante atmosphère de huis-clos, une étrange histoire de deuil, d'oubli et de pardon, hantée par les ombres du passé.