Jens Lapidus

Una novela policial sin policías donde el objetivo es obtener dinero de la forma más fácil posible. Los bajos fondos de Estocolmo son un sumidero al que han ido a parar todos los desechos de la sociedad sueca: drogadictos, camellos, putas, mafiosos, ladrones, bandas... Todos quieren defender su territorio y lucrarse a cualquier precio. Campan a sus anchas por las paginas de esta incisiva novela y la policia solo aparece en las actas judiciales. Una novela policial sin policias donde el objetivo es obtener Dinero de la forma mas facil posible. Jorge, JW y Mrado forman parte de la fisonomia de estos bajos fondos. Jorge esta entre rejas, aunque en poco tiempo se fuga para cargarse al chivato que lo enchirono. Mrado se ve incapaz de compatibilizar su papel de maton yugoslavo con el de padre que lucha por la custodia de su hijita. Y JW conduce un taxi mientras se viste con ropa de Marc Jacobs de segunda mano e intenta aparentar ser de una clase social a la que no pertenece. La enigmatica desaparicion de Camilla, la hermana mayor de JW, sera el nexo de union de sus tres vidas y el desencadenante de un deseo de venganza con un denominador comun: el gran capo Radovan. Jens Lapidus es el brillante y joven escritor que esta detras de esta absorbente novela, con la que reinventa el genero policiaco. En ella, con la precision de un neurocirujano, hace una incision en la sociedad sueca, y nos la muestra cruda, indiferente y escindida. Con Dinero facil, Lapidus entra directamente en la pugna literaria de autores como Larsson y Mankell.Reseñas:Dinero facil, la novela policiaca sueca mas original publicada en la ultima decada y el relato mas documentado de los bajos fondos de Estocolmo jamas escrito.Radio Euskadi Dicen que es el mejor entre sus compatriotas, no se inventa asesinos en serie niextraños ritos criminales. Va al delito callejero mas normal (...) Menos fantasioso, mas realista.El Correo español Lapidus lo que persigue es dejar al lector mas perturbado al cerrar el libro que cuando empezo.El Mundo La realidad tiene una importante presencia en la obra de Lapidus, sobre todo gracias a la documentacion a la que ha tenido acceso gracias a su trabajo en los tribunales.El Mundo

Jorge knows one thing he''s never going back inside. Mrado knows one thing he''s not going to kill for cash anymore. JW knows nothing and that''s why he''s in too deep. Their paths are about to cross, but are they on the same side? Whether they''re uneasy conspirators or deadly rivals, they''re all looking for the fastest way to get filthy rich. They''re about to learn the hard way that there''s no such thing as easy money... Jens Lapidus is a highly successful criminal defence lawyer. His experiences with some of the country''s most notorious criminals have made this debut novel the fastest-selling and most talked about thriller in Europe in a decade.

Jorge es un traficante de drogas latino que se niega a permanecer entre rejas. Quiere salir para acabar con los que lo delataron. Mrado es un matón yugoslavo adicto a las pastillas que con una mano rompe los dedos a la gente y con la otra acaricia la mejilla de su hija. JW es un quiero y no puedo venido del pueblo que trabaja por la noche para financiar sus juergas con chicos de clase alta. Todos buscan una manera rapida para conseguir dinero y el mundo de la cocaina los une. Pero estos tres hombres pronto estaran unidos por un objetivo mas importante: vengarse del hombre que les ha perjudicado. El estilo original y de intenso ritmo junto con los inolvidables retratos de los antiheroes JW, Jorge y Mrado, consiguen crear algo totalmente nuevo en la ficcion policiaca. Lapidus teje su relato por medio de los criminales, las autoridades solo aparecen en asepticas actas de juicios y memorandos policiales: rigidos, sin voz, sin posibilidades contra aquellos a los que persiguen, los gangsteres malhablados que tienen la agudeza que les da la calle. El resultado es una novela policiaca cruda, sombria y original, entretenida de una manera inteligente.

Mrado Slovovic e un picchiatore della mafia slava di Stoccolma. Ma e anche un padre che adora la figlia piccola e cerca disperatamente di stabilire un rapporto con lei. Da quando pero il capo e cambiato, Mrado ha dei problemi. Jorge Salinas Barrio e un ragazzo di origini sudamericane, finito in prigione per spaccio di cocaina dopo essere stato tradito dai suoi datori di lavoro. Ha aspettato a lungo il momento giusto per evadere, pianificando meticolosamente la fuga, e ora e fuori grazie a una spettacolare evasione. Johan Westlund, per tutti JW, e un giovane studente di economia, sempre vestito alla moda e instancabile frequentatore dei migliori locali di Stoccolma. Quello che pero i suoi ricchi compagni di bagordi non sanno e che JW in realta e uno spiantato ragazzo di campagna, che lavora di notte come tassista abusivo per pagarsi i lussi e far parte del jet set. Tre criminali dall''inquietante inventiva, disposti a tutto pur di riuscire a fare il salto. È il traffico di cocaina a farli conoscere e a metterli sulla stessa rotta, ma anche a catapultarli nella sfera di interesse di Radovan, il capo della malavita slava, che pochi hanno visto di persona ma che governa i destini della droga a Stoccolma, e di chiunque ne faccia smercio.

Entraînant le lecteur dans les bas-fonds d''une capitale en apparence aseptisée, Stockholm noir est le premier volet d''une trilogie criminelle où les réseaux cosmopolites de la mafia se livrent au t

Now a major Swedish TV series, with plans to bring it to UK audiences.For decades, a secret network in Stockholm has been exploiting young girls, ruthlessly eliminating anyone who threatens to reveal their secret. As oddly paired duo Teddy and Emelie - the thug and the lawyer - investigate, the terrifying noose tightens. The police force has established a special team to find out just whos involved in the network, but cant seem to get close enough. And who is it thats trying to silence Teddy and Emelie, using any means necessary?

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Une forêt, Mahmud, tenu en joue, supplie qu''on lui laisse la vie sauve. Jouée à la roulette russe, sa tête est épargnée. Dès lors, il est l''un des trois hommes pris dans le tourbillon de violence e

Jens LapidusC'est une ville qui n'a rien du circuit touristique, une ville occulte, la face cachée du rêve nordique. Prostitution, narcotrafic, crime organisé : sous les eaux calmes de la capitale su

Literatura en inglés: Novela negra sueca.

Niklas, a weapons expert, has returned home after years as a mercenary. His world has no laws. His life has made him a violence fanatic and an adrenaline junkie. He is haunted by traumatic childhood memories. One night his mother calls, hysterical. Someone has been murdered in her apartment building. Thomas is a demoralized cop. Hes working the night shift when the call about the murder comes in. The victim has been badly beaten, and his arms have been pockmarked by syringes. But someone wants the case silenced - why? Mahmud is just out of jail, and keen to live the high life. He has debts to someone he used to deal for. In a game of russian roulette, his life is spared but at what cost? He has to look for a man whom he later wishes hed never found. And his search takes him to a side of Stockholm he wishes hed never seen. No matter how hard they try, the power is not theirs. It belongs to Radovan who rules over the dark parts of the city where everything is for sale. But the price is much too high.

Stockholm Delete is a superbly gritty thriller which gets right to the heart of the Stockholm criminal world.Now a major Swedish TV series, with plans to bring it to UK audiences.Emilie Jansson has just been made partner at a prestigious law firm when she is asked to work with an unusual partner. Teddy is an ex-con trying to stay on the right side of the law while working as the firms fixer and Special Investigator. Meanwhile, a body is discovered in a remote house in the country after what looks like an attempted robbery - and a severely wounded man found near the scene is soon in the frame for murder. Emilie takes on the role of his defence lawyer. But when the trail of evidence leads back to her partner Teddys wayward past, Emilie begins to wonder what shes taken on...In Stockholm Delete, Emilie and Teddy become entangled in a complex and dangerous web with deep connections to Stockholms criminal underworld. Both will be tested in terrible ways. But can they survive long enough to uncover the truth?

From one of Swedens most successful defense lawyers comes an unflinching look at Stockholms underworld, told from the perspective of the mob bosses, the patsies, and the thugs who help operate its twisted justice system. JW is a student having trouble keeping up appearances in the rich party crowd he has involved himself with. Hes desperate for money, and when hes offered a job dealing drugs to the very crowd hes vying for a place in, he accepts it. Meanwhile, Jorge, a young Latino drug dealer, has just broken out of jail and is itching for revenge. When JWs supplier gets wind of Jorges escape, he suggests JW track him down and attempt to win his trust in order to cover more area in the drug circuit. But JWs not the only one on Jorges trail: Mrado, the brutal muscle behind the Yugoslavian mob boss whose goons were the ones who ratted Jorge out to the cops, is also on the hunt. But like everyone else, hes tired of being a mere pawn in an impossibly risky game, and hes seeking to carve out a niche of his own. As the paths of these antiheroes intertwine further, they find themselves mercilessly pitted against one another in a world where allegiances are hard-won, revenge is hard-fought, and a way out of it all is even harder to come by. Fast and intricately paced, and with pitch-perfect dialogue, Easy Money is a raw, dark, and intelligent crime novel that has catapulted Jens Lapidus into the company of Swedens most acclaimed crime writers.

With the same raw energy and verve he displayed in Easy Money, Jens Lapidus delivers an electrifying tale of Stockholms vicious underworld. Mahmud is fresh out of jail, but hes forced to work for a brutal mob boss to pay off his debts to a drug lord. Niklas, a mercenary and weapons expert with an appetite for vigilante justice, is back in Sweden and plans to keep a low profile. But the discovery of a murdered man in his mothers building severely threatens those plans. Thomas, the volatile detective on the case, finding his efforts suspiciously stymied and the evidence tampered with, goes off the grid in search of the truth. But as the paths of these three men intertwine and the identity of the murdered man is revealed, crimes and secrets bigger, deeper, and darker than a mere murder will come to light.

The final chapter in the electrifying Stockholm Noir Trilogy, which has been translated into more than thirty languages worldwide: here is the no-holds-barred, rapid-fire tale of a supreme struggle for the legacy of the Swedish underworld, as the power, honor, and respect commanded by Stockholms largest criminal organization are passed from father to daughter."A good old-fashioned gangster story about the godfathers of Swedens criminal underworld."The New York Times Jorge was making a living as a drug dealer until he was caught and thrown into prison. Recently released and warned to keep out of trouble, hes already bored with his new existence: selling lattes and cappuccinos at a cafe. Who wouldnt be? But Jorge has a plan, and big money looms on the horizon if he can pull off one final audacious heist and flee the country before the police close in. Meanwhile, Deputy Inspector Martin Hagerstromentrusted with a secret mission, code name Operation Tidehas gone deep undercover as a disgraced cop turned corrections officer. Hes slowly earning the trust of Stockholms imprisoned expert money launderer, Johan Westlund. A career criminal with a taste for the jet-setting lifestyle, JW is a dangerous man to befriend, one who may demand more loyalty than Hagerstrom had planned on offering. Natalie is the twenty-two-year-old daughter of Radovan Kranjic, the Serbian crime boss who rules Swedens underworld. When an assassin threatens Radovans life, Natalie is hurled into a chaotic struggle for control of her fathers empireand the competition is fierce. Who will rise to power in the voracious hunt for money, prestige, and luxury to become Stockholms new kingor queenof crime?

A number one bestseller in Sweden, Jens Lapiduss Top Dog is a thrilling, character-driven look at Stockholms drug-and-sex-fueled underworld. A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Original.Emelie is a young lawyer whos just started her own firm. Teddy is a reformed criminal looking for a fresh start. The first time they teamed up, in Stockholm Delete, they uncovered the secrets of a Swedish sex ring. Though their partnership proved rewarding--both professionally and personally--they havent seen each other since. But when a vulnerable young client of Emelies is murdered before she can testify against her abusers, Emelie turns to her ex-partner/lover for help.Meanwhile, Teddys nephew Nikolas has resolved not to repeat his uncles felonious mistakes. But the gang-related murder of his best friend sets him back on a trail of violent vengeance--and into the path of Roksana, a naive hipster whose discovery of a drug cache is giving her a dangerous crash course in Stockholms dark side. And as Teddy and Emelies investigation heats up, police corruption threatens to land him back in prison--or both of them in body bags.