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Zeit seines Lebens war es Hans Christian Andersen ein großer Dorn im Auge, in seiner Heimat Dänemark weit weniger beliebt zu sein als in Deutschland...

Penguin presents The Gingerbread House by Carin Gerhardsen, a sensational new crime writing talent from the same Swedish editorial team and publisher as Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy. Read by the actress Candida Gubbins. Ingrid Olsson returns home from a Stockholm hospital to discover a man...

When celebrity chef Brede Ziegler is discovered stabbed to death on the steps of the Olso police headquarters, it sends a shockwave through the city. Police investigator Billy T. takes on the case, but it seems nobody really knew the dead man. While Billy T. struggles to break the case, Hanne Wilhelmsen returns to Oslo after a six-month absence following the death of her partner. Hanne discovers that not only had Ziegler been stabbed, but he had also ingested a lethal dose of painkillers.

In an orphanage outside Oslo, twelve-year-old Olav is causing havoc. The institution's ageing director, Agnes Vestavik, sees sheer hatred in the boy's eyes. When Vestavik is found murdered at her desk, stabbed in the neck with a kitchen knife – with Olav nowhere to be found – the case goes to Hanne Wilhelmsen, recently promoted to superintendent in the Oslo police. Hanne suspects that Olav witnessed the murder and fled, and she orders an investigation of the orphanage staff.

Chief Prosecutor Sigurd Halvorsrud's wife is found dead in front of the fireplace in the family living room. The cause of death is instantly apparent – she has been brutally decapitated. Halvorsrud immediately falls under suspicion. Then a journalist at one of Oslo's largest newspapers is found beheaded. What links these two horrifically violent crimes?

A grievously mutilated young woman arrives at the hospital in Espoo, Finland—only to vanish without a trace. Though the victim refused to identify herself, Violent Crimes Unit Commander Maria Kallio suspects she's connected to the city's sex-worker underworld. The next day her suspicions grow when celebrity call girl Lulu Nightingale is murdered during a live television broadcast. The victim's clients included some of the top names in Finnish society, but the list of suspects is longer: her infatuated bodyguard, a suicidal TV producer, and a talk-show host with political aspirations.

Often considered to be Ibsen's most popular play in his lifetime, The League of Youth caused fighting in the streets, with conservatives claiming it was an attack on their party and liberals claiming it was an attack on theirs! A thought-provoking comedy that's sure to feel shockingly familiar. Unusually for Ibsen, this play has a lot of humour and a more-or-less happy ending.

When a woman's body turns up in a lake - a bullet to the back of her head - Violent Crime Unit commander Maria Kallio, freshly back from maternity leave, is fast to get on the case. The victim is ID'd as Annukka Hackman, wife of a prominent publisher and author of an upcoming unauthorized tell-all book on Sasha Smeds, Finland's celebrated racing rally driver. Almost as soon as the inquiry starts, it goes off the rails, as those connected to Annukka - and to Smeds - seem to have more secrets than they have alibis.

Shortly before Christmas, Chief Inspector Hanne Wilhelmsen is called to the scene of multiple murders. Four people are found shot dead at the home of the wealthy Stahlberg family. Three of the dead are members of the family, and the fourth victim is an undistinguished author, seemingly out of place. As Hanne and her longtime police partner, Billy T., investigate, they unearth many motives for the murders. But Hanne doesn't believe that the full story has been revealed.

Hedda Gabler, the daughter of a deceased general, marries dull George Tesman and foresees a life of middle-class tedium stretching ahead when they return from their honeymoon. Increasingly she is drawn into the clutches of her admirer, Judge Brack, who seeks to establish a ménage à trois. Then the brilliant but dissolute Eilert Lovborg, a former flame, arrives to rival her husband for an academic post.

Indhold: 1. Hyrdinden og Skorstensfejeren, 2. De røde sko, 3. Børnesnak, 4. Ib og lille Christine, 5. Nabofamilierne, 6. Fem fra en ærtebælg, 7. Alt på sin rette plads, 8. Klokkedybet, 9. Den flyvende kuffert, 10. Den lykkelige familie, 11. Flaskehalsen, 12. Springfyrene.

Indhold: 1. Svinedrengen, 2. Lygtemændene er i byen, 3. Spørg amagermor, 4. Tårnvægteren Ole, 5. Kometen, 6. Den stumme bog, 7. Metalsvinet, 8. Venskabspagten, 9. Fugl Phønix, 10. Ole Lukøje.

Arvid, un joven ambicioso y bien educado, conoce a Lydia durante unas idílicas vacaciones de verano y se enamora. Su amor perdurará, pero se mantienen separados. El dilema moral de Arvid es la imposibilidad de elegir frente al destino. Así, gracias a un lenguaje preciso y nada retórico, Söderberg crea un suspense psicológico digno de Dostoievski. La ciudad de Estocolmo es una clara protagonista en esta novela. Los detalles de los paisajes en los que se producen los encuentros nos ofrecen un mundo de sensaciones en la capital sueca.

Da gamle Jarmer dør, overtager hans søn Palle både den idylliske Møllegård og den dertilhørende mølle, men også den dybt forgældede Piskefabrik. Med alle sine kræfter forsøger han at bringe virksomheden på rette fod igen og gifter sig endda med den bitre, men rige Olga, selvom han elsker den forældreløse Sara fra møllen. Men faderens afskedsord hjemsøger ham. Hvad er det for hemmeligheder, den gamle mand tog med sig i graven? Og hvor passer de mystiske omstændigheder omkring Saras fødsel ind i historien?

Efter det sviende nederlag til England i 1807, går Danmark og Frankrig i alliance. De spanske tropper under Napoleon bliver sendt til Danmark, og til Odense ankommer 3.000 soldater. Byen emmer af nysgerrighed over de fremmede, og mangen en ung kvinde får hjertekvaler ved synet af de unge, smukke mænd i deres uniformer. Også hos familien Mortensen i købmandsgården betyder den spanske hærs komme store omvæltninger.

Et ekslusivt udvalg af forfatteren Selma Lagerlöfs mindre kendte tekster - fortællinger, legender, essays og taler. Teksterne, der måske har stået i skyggen af hendes store romaner, kaster nyt lys over forfatterskabet - og på Selma Lagerlöf som den engagerede person, hun var. Selma Lagerlöf kæmpede i sin tid for kvinders stemmeret. Hun var medlem af Det Svenske Akademi, fik som den første kvinde Nobelprisen i litteratur og var - blandt andre politiske mærkesager - erklæret pacifist. Tilsammen giver de udvalgte tekster et indblik i forfatterskabets forløb og udvikling.

Karen Blixens sidste store samling af fortællinger. Den udkom i 1958, fire år før hendes død, og indeholder 'Dykkeren', 'Babettes Gæstebud', 'Storme', 'Den udødelige Historie' og 'Ringen'.

Der Witwer Anton Simonsen führt mit seiner Lebenspartnerin Olga, der gemeinsamen Tochter Svanhild und Olgas unehelichem Sohn Henry ein bescheidenes Leben. Im Prinzip wäre alles ganz gut, wenn er nur nicht regelmäßig seinen Arbeitsplatz verlieren und Sohn Sigurd um Hilfe bitten müsste. Doch die Beziehungen des Sohnes können ihm diesmal lediglich eine Arbeitsstelle auf dem Lande vermitteln, welche anzutreten gleichbedeutend mit dem Verlassen seiner aktuellen Familie wäre.

After completing a dangerous mission training police officers in war-torn Afghanistan, Detective Maria Kallio returns to Finland as the head of a new special crimes unit. But what awaits her in her home country is her most challenging and unsettling case yet. Three immigrant Muslim girls, all members of the same social club, have gone missing under mysterious circumstances. When the body of a fourth girl is found in the snow, strangled with her own headscarf, the investigation takes on a grim new urgency.

The new summer house on Sandhamn Island is an architectural dream for its owner, Carsten Jonsson. It’s a nightmare for the locals. The venture capitalist has flouted local traditions, property lines, and the natural beauty of the coastline. He’s also too wealthy and arrogant to heed the anonymous warnings to leave. The threats escalate when his guest lodge is burned to the ground and an unidentifiable corpse is found in the charred ruins.