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Clement Attlee was a slightly-built, bald, pipe-smoking and unassuming man who presided over the radical administration of 1945-51 and is sometimes referred to as Britain’s greatest peace-time Prime Minster. This book will pierce the reticence of Attlee and explore the intellectual foundations and core beliefs of one of the most important figures in 20th century British history.
Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist have not been in touch for some time. Then Blomkvist is contacted by renowned Swedish scientist Professor Balder. Warned that his life is in danger, but more concerned for his son’s well-being, Balder wants Millennium to publish his story – and it is a terrifying one. More interesting to Blomkvist than Balder’s world-leading advances in Artificial Intelligence, is his connection with a certain female superhacker. It seems that Salander, like Balder, is a target of ruthless cyber gangsters – and a violent criminal conspiracy that will very soon bring terror to the snowbound streets of Stockholm, to the Millennium team, and to Blomkvist and Salander themselves.
An honorary citizen of the USA, and designated as one of the Righteous among the Nations by Israel, Raoul Wallenberg’s heroism in Budapest at the height of the Holocaust saved countless lives – and ultimately cost him his own. For this seminal biography, Ingrid Carlberg has carried out unprecedented research into all elements of Wallenberg’s life, narrating with vigour and insight the story of a heroic life, and navigating with wisdom and sensitivity the truth about his disappearance and death.
The girl with the dragon tattoo is back: Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return in a continuation of Stieg Larsson’s ‘Millennium’ series.
Why is it that the more advanced our society becomes, the unhappier we are? Seeking an answer from the only honest perspective, Tobias Jones and his wife opened up their family home and ten acre woodland to those going through crises in their lives, or suffering from depression, addiction and loneliness. They encounter extraordinary people: from ‘Roadkill Kev’ to ‘Mary Poppins’; build a chapel, raise pigs and encounter both violent antagonism and astounding generosity. At the same time, they open themselves, their children and their ideals up to the most demanding of judgements and transformations.
Puy-de-Dôme, France. A silenced man. Footprints in the snow lead to the murder scene of Marc Fraysse, France’s most celebrated chef – brutally shot before he could make the revelation of his career. A determined man. Seven years on and the mystery still raw, Enzo Macleod, forensic investigator, forays into the heated world of haute cuisine to uncover bitter feuds and a burning secret. A hunted man. The Fraysse family history is as twisted Enzo’s own. And in his pursuit of truth, the depths of deceit threaten to consume Enzo – and that which he cherishes most.
40 years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared off the secluded island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger family. There was no corpse, no witnesses, no evidence. But her uncle, Henrik, is convinced that she was murdered by someone in her own family – the deeply dysfunctional Vanger clan.
Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Two journalists from Millennium magazine about to expose the truth about the sex trade in Sweden are brutally murdered, and Salander’s prints are on the weapon. Meanwhile, Blomkvist, editor-in-chief of Millennium, does not believe that she is guilty.
Salander is plotting her revenge against the man who tried to kill her and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in intensive care and is set to face trial for three murders. Can she prove her innocence?
Ile de Groix, France. A frozen island. This tiny isle off the coast of Brittany is the scene of a murder left shrouded in mystery and grief. Adam Killian’s study has been left intact since his death – the perfect state for Enzo Macleod’s forensic investigation. Killian’s widow is still hoping; the first suspect is still hiding; and the treacherous island itself still has a revelation for Enzo.
Sam Houston, a bestselling thriller writer who farms many of his books out to a team of co-authors, wants to get back to his roots and write something himself again. But if the book-writing machine stops, many people stand to lose out, and Sam’s extensive research has left him with some powerful secrets to keep …
Enzo MacLeod, a Scot teaching on a faculty in southwest France, confidently bets that he can use his expertise to crack seven notorious cold case murders. Enzo is distracted from his third case, however, when he becomes the victim of someone who seems intent on getting him arrested for murder.
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