Stefan Marling

Le crime organisé ronge l'Europe. Composée d'éminents financiers et de dealers ultra violents, "la troisième vague en est une des organisations les plus actives. Le commissaire Selberg, récemment nommé chef d'Europol, a pour objectif n°1 d'enrayer ce nouveau mal, et pour ce faire il ne voit qu'une solution: engager son protégé Johan Falk. Une jeune anglaise traquée, Selberg assassiné, Falk se lance dans une course contre la mort à travers l'Europe.....

A travers la dramatique histoire d'un couple d'homosexuels, évocation de la ségrégation et du martyre de ces derniers pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, qui bien souvent préféraient se faire passer pour juifs, plutôt que de porter le triangle rose réservé aux homosexuels.

When the charred remains of woman are found, Säpo, the Swedish Security Services, suspect Gunvald Larsson of being mixed up in her murder. The dead woman was wanted internationally and a member of a group of militant eco-activists carrying out attacks around the world. Gunvald sets out on his own to find the woman's murderer, with Säpo on his heels. Martin Beck is ordered to arrest Gunvald and his loyalty to his colleague is now put to the test.

Whimsical tales of the Tollit family, who live in the picturesque Northern town of Sutton Moor. The husband, Len, is a soft-hearted, well-meaning chap who holds strong views on certain subjects and is fiercely proud of his working-class roots. But his determination to prove himself the equal of those who may consider themselves his betters often leads to confrontation and infuriates his wife, Pat. They have two children, the pre-teen Sean and the sexually-maturing Siobhan, who, at 15, is at that 'awkward age'. Living in the granny flat in their yard is Mr Bebbington, who had been Len's late mother's boyfriend but has remained with them for six months since her death. Pat constantly cajoles Len into getting Bebbington out but he is quite content to let him stay and treats him as one of the family. Len's brother, Morris, who lives nearby, is a spiritual man who comes across as half-hippy and half-witted.

A la frontière entre la Suède et le Danemark, au beau milieu d'un pont, est retrouvé le corps d'une femme, vraisemblablement assassinée. Les polices suédoises et danoises sont alors dépêchées sur les lieux. Mais l'affaire prend une tournure particulièrement glauque et étonnante lorsque les enquêteurs découvrent qu'il ne s'agit pas d'un seul mais de deux cadavres, coupés en deux à la taille, qui ont été assemblés pour n'en faire qu'un...