'Finally a novel I couldn't put down for an entire weekend' - Petra Hammesfahr, German bestselling author 'Anna Jansson is the new literary voice from the Nordic countries' - Berliner Morgenpost One forgotten grave. Two identical crimes. A killer who was supposed to be dead. Detective Constable Maria Wern is no stranger to the darkness of the Swedish landscape, but nothing could prepare her for the ritualistic horror found in the local woods. A man hangs from a noose, his body marked by a ...

A secret from the past. A storm in the present. A killer with an invitation. Thirty years ago, two children found a pirate's map hidden in a damp Visby prison tower, swearing a blood oath to find a shipwreck looter's treasure on the desolate island of Gotska Sandön. But secrets that begin in the dark rarely stay there. Now, just before Christmas, one of those children, Erik Hansson, is found frozen to death in his car. The official ruling is suicide by rare plant poison - but the truth is ...

The war ended seventy years ago. The vengeance is only just beginning. In the quiet harbor of Ronehamn, a ninety-year-old man is found with a bullet in his chest. Heinz Meyer was a pillar of the community, but he carried a secret that dated back to the darkest days of 1945. He was one of the German soldiers who arrived on Gotland alongside five hundred emaciated survivors of the concentration camps-a ghost army of victims and victimizers housed under the same roof at the Lärbro war hospita...

Two days before Christmas 88-year-old Gertrud disappears without a trace from her apartment in Visby. The town is covered in snow and the temperature is decreasing. Despite great search efforts, she is nowhere to be found. When Maria Wern investigates the case, she learns that Gertrud's husband recently passed away and she fears that Gertrud is depressed or confused. But new clues surface that makes Maria try another theory in the search for the missing woman.

The judge is hooded. The sentence is ancient. And the execution has only just begun. For Detective Inspector Maria Wern, the greatest battle is no longer on the streets of Visby, but within the walls of her own home. After a catastrophic accident leaves her husband, Björn, paralyzed and unable to speak, Maria is trapped in a waking nightmare. But when a young man's body is pulled from the frigid Baltic waters, duty calls her back to a case that is far more twisted than a simple drowning. W...

How far would you go to save your child? On a secluded Gotland beach, a middle-aged couple watches a stranger pitch a tent. Day after day, he returns-always with a different woman at his side. The neighbors watch from their window with a mounting, sickening suspicion: Are these women guests, or are they prisoners? The mystery takes a frantic turn for Detective Inspector Maria Wern when Cecilia, a woman suffering from a terminal heart condition, vanishes. Without her life-saving medication,...

Justice is blind. Vengeance sees everything. Twenty-year-old Agnes has spent years living in the shadows of a trauma she couldn't name. Her only sanctuary is Ullsaxen, a secret online community where survivors find the one thing the legal system denied them: belief. But as the group grows, a darker shadow begins to fall across Gotland. Acquitted predators and suspected offenders are being hunted. One by one, they are found dead, their bodies marked with a single, cryptic name: Erinya. Besi...

The earth never forgets. And some promises should never be kept. Frida Norrby has lived a long, quiet life near the ancient Roma church on Gotland. But when her husband, Helge, passes away, he leaves behind a burden heavier than grief: a secret buried decades ago in a field of stone. Bound by a vow of silence to a dying friend, Frida does the unthinkable. She takes a spade to the earth and unearths the fragile skeleton of an infant - a horrible truth she decides to bring into her own home....

A storm is coming. The clock is ticking. And the end is closer than you think. It is June in Visby, and an unusual start to the summer has brought Gotland to its knees. Hurricane-force winds have severed the Swedish island from the mainland, cancelling all boat traffic and leaving the inhabitants trapped. Amidst the howling gales, the prestigious Politicians' Week begins with a bloodbath: a young woman, married to a rising political star, is found brutally murdered in her own home. Detecti...

'Sophisticated depictions of human frailty, both among the police and civilians, make this a memorable read.' - Publishers Weekly He sees everything. He knows your secrets. And he's waiting for you to walk into the light. From a darkened room, a predator watches the inhabitants of Gotland island through a satellite feed. To him, they are merely superstitious, unintelligent creatures whose lives he can snuff out with a single keystroke. He doesn't just want to kill; he wants the god-like pl...

The smallest secret can shatter a life. For the legendary glass artist Justus Hartman, the fire of the furnace was never just about craft-it was about a mystical obsession with alchemy that demanded absolute secrecy. For decades, he kept his apprentices in a tight, sect-like circle, guarding a truth that transcended wealth. But the pursuit of the 'Great Work' always has a price. The peace of Gotland is cracked when Justus is abducted from his hospital bed in a stolen van. For his nephew, P...

'What You Do Not Know is suspenseful from the very first page' - Dagens Bok Sweden A billion-dollar report. A community at war. A disappearance that was no accident. The late summer heat on Gotland is stifling, but the tension in the village of Åminne is at its breaking point. A series of brazen cottage burglaries has escalated into a lethal explosion, shattering the peace just as Detective Inspector Maria Wern moves into her new summer home. But the fire is only a distraction for a much l...