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Continues the story of local detective Patrik Hedström and his girlfriend, Erica Falck, the beloved crime-solving duo whose first child has just been born. But while they celebrate this new life, a suspicious drowning claims a little girl they knew well. As the murders implications widen, Patriks investigation threatens to tear apart the rural fishing village of Fjällbacka, where a secret lurks that spans generations.

"Engaging images accompany information about Sweden. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--

"Doting wife, devoted husband, cherished child. Merry, Sam, and Conor are the perfect family in the perfect place. Merry adores the domestic life: baking, gardening, caring for her infant son. Sam, formerly an academic, is pursuing a new career as a filmmaker. Sometimes they can hardly believe how lucky they are. What perfect new lives they've built. When Merry's childhood friend Frank visits their Swedish paradise, she immediately becomes part of...

One cold January day the police are called to a sleepy little hamlet in the north of Sweden where they discover a savagely murdered man lying in the snow. As they begin their investigation they notice that the village seems eerily quiet and deserted. Going from house to house, looking for witnesses, they uncover a crime unprecedented in Swedish history. When Judge Birgitta Roslin reads about the massacre, she realises that she has a family connection...

In the Swedish countryside during the summer, a woman becomes enamored with her older sister's husband, a charming-yet-violent writer.

An illustrated account of Sweden's resources, industries, and issues involving them.

Discusses the history, government, economy, people, and culture of the largest Scandinavian country.

Inspector Fredericka Bergman investigates the kidnapping and murder of a child who had been separated from her mother on a crowded train on a rainy Swedish summer day, a case that points to the work of a brilliant and ruthless killer.

Faye has loved Jack since they were students at business school. Jack, the perpetual golden boy, grew up wealthy, unlike Faye, who has worked hard to bury a dark past. When Jack needs help launching a new company, Faye leaves school to support him, waitressing by day and working as his strategist by night. With the business soaring, Faye and Jack have a baby, and Faye finds herself at home, caring for their daughter, wealthier than she ever imagined,...

First published in English in 1954, this novel opens in 1850 as a party of immigrants from Smaland, a province in Sweden, arrive in New York City. Their journey to a new home in Minnesota Territory takes them by river boat, steam wagon, Great Lakes steamship, and ox cart to Chisago County. Their life as farmers is difficult, but the kindness of friends, both American and Swedish, help to make it more bearable.