Vaggeryds bibliotek

En taxischaufför hittar sin frus örhänge i sin chefs bil. Att chefen ofta kör natt och är en beryktad kvinnokarl gör inte saken bättre."Örhänget" är en av novellerna i Jo Nesbøs Sv ...

Under en flygresa från New York berättar en kvinna för sin stolsgranne att hon är på väg till London för att ta sitt liv efter att hennes man varit otrogen med hennes bästa väninna ...

En mordutredare med stark inlevelseförmåga, skickas från fastlandet till en av de grekiska öarna, för att utreda ett försvinnande.Svartsjukemannen är en av novellerna i Jo Nesbøs S ...

En ung man tvingar sig före i en kö, något som skrämmer och upprör de övriga i butiken.Kön är en av novellerna i Jo Nesbøs Svartsjukemannen och andra berättelser. De kretsar runt m ...

En genomillustrerad deckare för mellanåldern med Agatha Christie-känsla. Bästsäljarna M. G Leonard och Sam Sedgman skriver en deckarserie där alla böcker utspelar sig på tåg i olik ...

A man stows away aboard a whaling ship and gets caught up in shipwreck, mutiny, cannibalism and, finally, utter weirdness.Edgar Allen Poe’s only novel, "The Narrative of Arthur Gor ...

A mine that should have been mined out years ago. A series of inexplicable events. A city that suddenly appears almost at the centre of the earth. Mining engineer James Starr disco ...

‘The Way We Live Now’ is perhaps the most famous of all Anthony Trollope’s novels, and widely considered his masterpiece. A 19th century classic, it follows the tale of the mysteri ...

Set in Wiltshire, the compassionate yet stubborn Vicar Frank Fenwick and his wife Janet are active members within their local community. They soon find themselves caught up in a ra ...

Young Guy Poynton finds himself caught up in a mystery after witnessing a clandestine political meeting on the German-Russia border. A few weeks later, Guy disappears from a nightc ...

One of E. Phillips Oppenheim’s earlier novels, ‘A Monk of Cruta’ follows the story of wealthy Englishman Paul de Vaux, witness to a murder on the Mediterranean island of Cruta. He ...

The conference of European Nations is taking place in The Hague. Mr John P. Dunster, an American, is travelling to the conference with important information relating to the seeming ...

"Dracula" is the most popular and widely acclaimed horror novel by Bram Stoker. He introduced the famous vampire, who in turn changed the literary and cultural world forever. Follo ...

Rex och Lisa är hos farmor. Det är sommar och de är ute i trädgården. Då hittar de en hund som har gått vilse och kommit ifrån sina människor. Rex får veta att hunden heter Fred, o ...

When thousands are being executed, would you risk your life to save a stranger? That’s the choice faced by Dr. Ledru in Alexandre Dumas’ "Solange". It’s the time of The Terror, an ...

How far would you go to secure a fortune? In late 18th Century Paris, one man turned to murder. In this volume of his "Celebrated Crimes" series, Alexandre Dumas takes on the subje ...

Plagues, assassinations and warring popes. The reign of Joan I had it all. Her domain was the Kingdom of Naples. And she held onto it for forty years, resisting everything from a H ...

Fanatic. Murderer. Martyr. Karl-Ludwig Sand was all of these things and more. Alexandre Dumas delves into his fascinating story as part of the "Celebrated Crimes" series. Sand was ...

In a morally corrupt society, where does the guilt for a crime really end? In "La Constantin", Alexandre Dumas introduces us to two women who met untimely ends—Angelique-Louise de ...

When it came to the art of poisoning, Marquise de Brinvilliers had a rare talent. She honed her craft by testing out mixtures on hospital patients. And then began her most ambitiou ...

She had a fortune to her name. And it made her an irresistible target. A famous beauty, Marie de Rossan married the Marquis de Ganges in 1658. It appeared to be a happy match, but ...

Beatrice Cenci laid her neck on the chopping block. She’d helped to beat a powerful nobleman to death, but for many in Rome, her execution was a tragic perversion of justice. Beatr ...

For hundreds of centuries, one of Europe’s great powers was the stage for untold death and destruction. In "The Massacres of the South", Alexandre Dumas leads us through the many b ...

Two queens, joined by blood and rivals for the throne. Only one would survive their decades-long power play. "Mary Stuart" is a fictionalised essay about Mary Queen of Scots. Mary’ ...

Martin Guerre’s disappearance has changed him. In fact, he’s no longer Martin Guerre at all. In this true crime tale, Alexandre Dumas explores an outlandish case of impersonation. ...