Johan Theorin

Who amongst us can really say they're sane? Jan has just started working at the Dell nursery. But this is no normal nursery. It's linked to a high-security asylum by a dimly-lit underground tunnel, which is used for the children to visit their parents. Who are some of the most dangerous psychopaths in the country.

It is bitter mid-winter on the Swedish island of Oland, and Katrine and Joakim Westin have moved with their children to the boarded-up manor house at Eel Point. But their remote idyll is soon shattered when Katrine is found drowned off the rocks nearby. As Joakim struggles to keep his sanity in the wake of the tragedy, the old house begins to exert a strange hold over him. Joakim has never been in the least superstitious, but from where are those whispering noises coming? To whom does his daughter call out in the night? And why is the barn door for ever ajar? As the end of the year approaches, and the infamous winter storm moves in across Oland, Joakim begins to fear that the most spine-chilling story he's heard about Eel Point might indeed be true: that every Christmas the dead return...

''For several hours I believed that my daughter had drowned and my wife as alive, when in fact the reverse was true''. It is bitter mid-winter when Katrine and Joakim Westin move with their children into the old manor house at Eel Point on the Swedish island of Oland. But their new home is no remote idyll. Just days later, Katrine is found drowned off the rocks nearby. While Joakim struggles to keep his sanity, Tilda Davidsson - a young policewoman fresh out of college- becomes convinced that Katrine was murdered. Then, on Christmas Eve, a blizzard hits Eel Point. Isolated by the snow, Joakim does not know that visitors - as unwelcome as they are terrifying - are making their way towards him. For this is the darkest night of the year, and the night when the living meet the dead.

A l''heure trouble avant la tombée de la nuit, un enfant disparaît sans laisser de trace dans les brouillards d''une petite île de la Baltique. Vingt ans plus tard, une de ses chaussures est mystérie

The third novel set on the Baltic island of Oland from bestselling Swedish author and winner of the CWA International Award 2010. As the last snow melts on the Swedish island of Öland, Per Morner is preparing for his children's Easter visit. But his plans are disrupted when he receives a phone call from his estranged father, Jerry, begging for help. Per finds Jerry close to death in his blazing woodland studio. He's been stabbed, and two dead bodies are later discovered in the burnt-out building. The only suspect, Jerry's work partner, is confirmed as one of the dead. But why does Jerry insist his colleague is still alive? And why does he think he's still a threat to his life? When Jerry dies in hospital a few days later, Per becomes determined to find out what really happened. But the closer he gets to the truth, the more danger he finds himself in. And nowhere is more dangerous than the nearby quarry…

La hora de las sombras es un thriller sueco de gran calidad literaria que nos transporta a un inquietante paraíso veraniego, un lugar remoto poblado de leyendas y mitos. «¿Qué sucedió ese día entre

Tras el otoño de La hora de las sombras, el invierno de La tormenta de nieve y la primavera de La marca de sangre, llega el verano para dar cierre a El cuarteto de Oland.El verano se presenta tranquilo y placentero en la isla sueca de Oland. Sin embargo, el paisaje y las costumbres han cambiado: hace años era un lugar familiar y modesto, donde muchos veraneaban en el camping regentado por el bueno de John, pero ahora parece que los turistas prefieren el lujoso balneario de la familia Kloss.El viejo y entrañable Gerlof pasa el verano alli, cuidando de sus nietos, cuando empiezan a producirse una serie de terribles incidentes que, una vez mas, le obligaran a tomar medidas drasticas.

Summer on the beautiful Swedish island of Oland. Visitors arrive in their thousands, ready to enjoy the calm and relaxation of this paradise. Amongst them is Jonas Kloss, excited at the prospect of staying with his aunt, uncle and older cousins. But it is not as he had hoped. One night he takes a boat out onto the moonlit sea. A ship looms out of the darkness and the horror he finds on board is unimaginable. Fleeing for his life, Jonas arrives at the door of an elderly islander, Gerlof Davidsson. Once Gerlof has heard his tale of dead sailors and axe-wielding madmen, he realizes that this will be a summer like none other Oland has ever seen. For one man - the Homecomer - this is a very special journey. He seeks revenge that he's waited a lifetime to exact...

Un relato inquietante y fantasmagórico sobre la tragedia de una familia y los secretos enterrados en la isla de Öland. Un crudo invierno golpea la isla sueca de Öland. Katrine y Joakim Westin han ab

Summer on the beautiful Swedish island of Oland. Visitors arrive in their thousands, ready to enjoy the calm and relaxation of this paradise. Amongst them is Jonas Kloss, excited at the prospect of staying with his aunt, uncle and older cousins. But it is not as he had hoped. One night he takes a boat out onto the moonlit sea. A ship looms out of the darkness and the horror he finds on board is unimaginable. Fleeing for his life, Jonas arrives at the door of an elderly islander, Gerlof Davidsson. Once Gerlof has heard his tale of dead sailors and axe-wielding madmen, he realizes that this will be a summer like none other Oland has ever seen. For one man - the Homecomer - this is a very special journey. He seeks revenge that he's waited a lifetime to exact...

Un nuevo misterio enterrado entre las leyendas y las supersticiones de la isla de Öland, la isla más famosa de Suecia. Es primavera en la isla de Öland y, coincidiendo con el regreso de las aves mig

An impressive debut novelThe TimesFantasticGuardianCan you ever come to terms with a missing child? Julia Davidsson has not. Her five-year-old son disappeared twenty years previously on the Swedish island of Oland. No trace of him has ever been found.Until his shoe arrives in the post. It has been sent to Julias father, a retired sea-captain still living on the island. Soon he and Julia are piecing together fragments of the past: fragments that point inexorably to a local man called Nils Kant, known to delight in the pain of others. But Nils Kant died during the 1960s. So who is the stranger seen wandering across the fields as darkness falls?It soon becomes clear that someone wants to stop Julias search for the truth. And that hes much, much closer than she thinks . . .

Summer on the beautiful Swedish island of Oland. Visitors arrive in their thousands, ready to enjoy the calm and relaxation of this paradise. Amongst them is Jonas Kloss, excited at the prospect of staying with his aunt, uncle and older cousins. But it is not as he had hoped. One night he takes a boat out onto the moonlit sea. A ship looms out of the darkness and the horror he finds on board is unimaginable.Fleeing for his life, Jonas arrives at the door of an elderly islander, Gerlof Davidsson. Once Gerlof has heard his tale of dead sailors and axe-wielding madmen, he realizes that this will be a summer like none other Oland has ever seen.For one man the Homecomer this is a very special journey. He seeks revenge that hes waited a lifetime to exact

The dead are our neighbours everywhere on the island, and you have to get used to it.It is bitter mid-winter on the Swedish island of Oland, and Katrine and Joakim Westin have moved with their children to the boarded-up manor house at Eel Point. But their remote idyll is soon shattered when Katrine is found drowned off the rocks nearby. As Joakim struggles to keep his sanity in the wake of the tragedy, the old house begins to exert a strange hold over him. Joakim has never been in the least superstitious, but from where are those whispering noises coming? To whom does his daughter call out in the night? And why is the barn door for ever ajar?As the end of the year approaches, and the infamous winter storm moves in across Oland, Joakim begins to fear that the most spine-chilling story hes heard about Eel Point might indeed be true: that every Christmas the dead return...

PowerfulGuardianHauntingIndependentHow close can you get to the truth...before you become the target?Jerry Morner lives quietly in a cabin by the old quarry, hurting no one. Or thats what he wants people to believe. It takes one spark and a can of petrol to expose the truth.The fire is deadly. Not for Jerry, but for the two strangers found burnt to death inside. His son starts to search for answers. But he soon realises that some secrets are better left to the dead.