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From palace-based societies in Minoan Crete to the Germanic invasion of Rome, it tells the story of these classical civilizations, covering their political development, the rise of the city state, and the growth of their empires. Also included are insights into the architectural, artistic and cultural impact of early Greece and Rome and vignettes of key political and cultural figures.

Liam finally popped the question, and Emily said yes. But that very same night, Liam gets abducted . . . and wakes up to a nightmare. On a large estate in the middle of nowhere, Liam finds himself the object of a woman's twisted affections—and confined to a stone cell. A servant ignores him. A guard watches over him. Meanwhile, Emily struggles to take care of their newborn child and tries to find the strength to move on. Can Liam ever escape and recover the life that was stolen from him—or will this bizarre prison be the last place he ever sees?

Maria Wern has been struck by tragedy. Her husband, Björn, is paralyzed from the neck down, and she now cares for him at home. When a body is found in the waters below Högklint, she is forced to hand over more responsibility to the personal assistants. Though she trusts them, something about...

Close to the water. He goes there often, each time with a new woman by his side. Are they there willingly? Maria Wern is busy with a disappearance. Cecilia, who suffers from a heart condition, has been missing for several days without her medication-finding her is a race against time...

Twenty-year-old Agnes has been subjected to abuse for a long time. She confides in a midwife who has started a secret Facebook group called Ullsaxen. Agnes tells her story, and at last she finds understanding. Meanwhile, suspected but acquitted rapists and sex offenders begin falling victim to...

In Tingstäde, a Viking-era assembly site on Gotland, a group of people has gathered to await the end of the world. Since the mid-1700s, the knowledge of the final days has been passed down in the Runö family. An astronomical clock from the time of Christoffer Polhem and a handwritten letter...

he late-summer warmth lingers on Gotland. Maria Wern is at a party with her new neighbors in Åminne when an explosive fire breaks out in a nearby house. The incident is linked to a series of burglaries in the summer cottage area. The following morning, Tomas Hartman's daughter, Sofi, vanishes...

Detective Inspector Jesper Ek has fallen head over heels in love. But his new love, Julia, is a mystery. What is it she doesn't want to tell? When her past catches up with her, the trap closes around Ek, leaving him in a terrible predicament where he can't even turn to his colleagues for help...

After a resident's death, Tore Lindahl, a former policeman, suspects foul play, but his concerns are dismissed as the ramblings of an old man. Lindahl turns to Veronika Wiklund, a young journalist stuck tracing small-town stories for the local paper. Together, the unlikely duo begins asking questions that unsettle their entire community. As Veronika searches for answers, the care home reveals itself as the battleground for power, and the hunting ground for a killer tangled in dark legacies of World War II.

An aging school photographer is brutally assaulted in his home on northern Gotland. Someone has tried to set fire to his archive. He is found dead four days later. Tomas Hartman's mother is beaten and left in the woods to die. She vaguely remembers that someone was filming her. When Maria Wern...

The 90-year-old Heinz Meyer is found shot in Ronehamn. Who would want to murder a 90-year-old? And why? Heinz Meyer was one of the German soldiers who came to Gotland after World War II, wounded in battles near the Baltics. At the same time, 500 concentration camp prisoners arrived on the...

The annual Medieval Festival is going on in Visby. A secret theater company has taken the St. Clement Church Ruins as their private stage at night. In its center, there is a double tomb from the 12th century where a young woman and an elderly man were buried. They were brutally murdered...

Everything will be fine. That is what Mary and John promise when they tell their two children that they are getting a divorce. But while the end of their marriage offers them both freedom from their dissatisfaction, it brings to the fore the pain and resentments that have always percolated in their relationship and throws into stark relief their shortcomings as partners and as parents.

'A “he said/she said” courtroom drama with a very contemporary twist; I was gripped!’ Jackie Kabler, bestselling author of The Vanishing of Class 3B The perfect up-all-night thriller to keep you gripped this summer! For fans of Gillian McAllister, Freida McFadden and Harriet Tyce! What...

In The Eternal Flame of Alchemy Detective Inspector Maria Wern struggles with a murderer who turns out to follow the principles of alchemy. The hunt of the fanatic perpetrator goes from an old artist community on Gotland to Kosta Art Hotel on the mainland. The aged glass artist Justus Hartman...

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...

Iceland, 985—When Eirik the Red sailed from Iceland to journey west, everyone knew he was mad. Everyone knew Jörmungandr would swallow him and his crew whole. Everyone lost faith in him, including his wife, who turned to her Christian friends for solace.

With tensions at an all time high, the team is divided, pulled in different directions as they hunt different prey. Jamie doesn't know which way to turn, but when the killings begin, things become blindingly apparent. They're not just dealing with a killer doing this out of necessity, but one doing it out of pleasure. He's skilled, experienced, and he knows who is chasing him, and seemingly, how to avoid them at every step.

In this “compulsively readable” (Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author), unique spin on zombie horror, a brilliant female scientist desperately searches for a cure after a devastating epidemic while also hiding a monumental secret—her undead husband. How far would you go to save...

May Death Sleep is the third book in the hit series about Detective Inspector Maria Wern. A murder, and a suicide leads DI Maria Wern into the world of renowned IVF-clinic Cheiron and its owner Per Göthe - a man with an impeccable history. How is he involved in the grisly murder? As Maria...