Carmen Montes Cano

"Visitar un apartamento en venta no es una situación de vida o muerte. A menos que sea la víspera de Nochevieja, vivas en una pequeña ciudad en Suecia y alguien haya tenido la peor idea de su vida y decidido atracar un banco que no maneja efectivo. Entonces, sí lo es. Porque, cuando alguien es así de idiota, es inevitable que no sepa cómo huir y termine en un apartamento en venta tomando rehenes sin querer. Pero puedes confiar en la policía....

Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon-- the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him "the bitter neighbor from hell." But behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove's mailbox,...

"El mundo de Karin se ha transformado por completo. John, el hombre al que amaba, ya no esta con ella. Y con John ha desaparecido el tren de vida que llevaba: las fiestas amenizadas con coca, los lujos... Ahora esta sola con su hija Dream, el poco dinero que le queda se le esta agotando y el entorno en el que se movia las otras mujeres de los miembros de la organizacion criminal de la que formaba parte John le ha dado la espalda. La justicia ha desmontado...

A volume of short works featuring the popular investigator features Wallander as a young patrolman on his first case, a new father facing unexpected danger on Christmas Eve, a middle-aged man solving a poisoning death, a separated husband investigating a photographer's murder, and a veteran detective connecting a dual murder to a plane crash.

The teacher always says: "Speak louder!" Her mother always says: "Don't be shy!" Her grandfather tells her: "Don't pay attention, silence is gold, beautiful." But Jenny would rather be stealthy and fierce, like a shark. When Jenny's mother works late at the hospital, Jenny stays with her friend Amina. Together they spend hours in silence, reading and drawing. Meanwhile, Jenny's grandfather is mourning the death of his wife. Maybe Jenny and Amina can...

Determined to prove the innocence of a young man he helped raise, disgraced former cop Harry Hole embarks on an increasingly dangerous investigation linked to Oslo's most virulent street drug.