It all starts on the one-hundredth birthday of Allan Karlsson. Sitting quietly in his room in an old people’s home, he is waiting for the party he-never-wanted-anyway to begin. The Mayor is going to be there. The press is going to be there. But, as it turns out, Allan is not… Slowly but surely Allan climbs out of his bedroom window, into the flowerbed (in his slippers) and makes his getaway. And so begins his picaresque and unlikely journey involving criminals, several murders, a suitcase full of cash, and incompetent police. As his escapades unfold, we learn something of Allan’s earlier life in which – remarkably – he helped to make the atom bomb, became friends with American presidents, Russian tyrants, and Chinese leaders, and was a participant behind the scenes in many key events of the twentieth century. Already a huge bestseller across Europe, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared is a fun and feel-good book for all ages.

榮登瑞典年度暢銷書排行榜第一名！ 德國年度暢銷書排行榜第三名！ 《英倫情人》作者麥可．翁達傑盛讚：『曼凱爾不愧是當代最頂尖的警探小說作家！』 韋蘭德之女琳達首度登場！父女神探聯手出擊！ 他是史上最大規模宗教屠殺案的唯一生還者， 如今，他悄悄歸來，決心彰顯上帝的旨意， 而在霜降之前，這場神聖的儀式，將自血腥的獻祭開始…… 甫自警校畢業的琳達，繼承了父親韋蘭德的熱血個性，辦案衝勁十足。韋蘭德接獲報案，與琳達一同前往森林深處，在廢棄小屋中發現了一顆被砍下的頭顱和一雙十指交扣成祈禱狀的手，殘骸的旁邊還放著一本用蠅頭小字寫滿註記的聖經，而死者似乎又與琳達好友安娜的離奇失蹤案有關。 另一方面，禹斯塔地區接二連三發生了慘不忍睹的火燒動物事件，讓韋蘭德憂心不已，深恐是某個精神變態失控，而下一波凌虐的對象將轉移到人類身上。 原本彼此看似毫無關聯的事件，卻交織成一張令人摸不清方向的謎網，但在琳達從各種細微線索抽絲剝繭之下，竟發現在這些殘忍的殺戮背後，其實隱藏著一樁慘絕人寰的『遠大計畫』…… 在歐美推理文壇具有重量級地位的瑞典犯罪小說大師曼凱爾，他筆下的韋蘭德探長個性鮮明真實、有血有肉，也讓韋蘭德成為歐洲家喻戶曉的名警探！而在本書中新登場的韋蘭德之女琳達，也像韋蘭德一樣擁有強烈的正義感和火爆的脾氣，但又注入女性特有的天生直覺和青春活力。父女神探攜手辦案不但更加精采可期，也為韋蘭德探案系列寫下了世代交替的全新扉頁！