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Lord James Gresham, the fifth son of the Duke of Langford, is at a loss over what to do next. He’s made his fortune as a captain in the Royal Navy. Perhaps now he should find a proper wife and set up his nursery, but the sea calls to him. His search for a wife leaves him uninspired, until a dark beauty with a heart for revenge sweeps into his life.

Carl-Henrik Wiberg har precis kommit hem från Paris när polisen kontaktar honom efter att en doktorand vid litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen i Uppsala har mördats. Det visar sig att mordet är kopplat till ett möte mellan Madeleine Raeders farfar och Verner von Heidenstam nästan hundra år tidigare. Heidenstams misstag är den rafflande andra delen i Europatrilogin, där en förbjuden kärlekshistoria från 30-talet kan förändra hela Europa. Jakob Sverker är en svensk författare, litteraturkritiker och IT-expert.

New England, 1992. Sophie’s hand trembles as she places the birthday card on to the creamy wood of her dresser – this one postmarked from far away, and signed with a name she’s never forgotten, despite their years apart. Downstairs, guests wait around a colourful pile of gifts – Happy 90th Birthday, Sophie! But Sophie has a gift of her own to give today – a tattered collection of photographs she’s never shown anybody. Holding it to her heart, a single tear slides down her wrinkled cheek.