The beautiful island of Sunnanö in the Swedish archipelago is home to a popular B&B run by Anna-Lisa and her son Oscar. Anna-Lisa has summoned her daughter Jonna, an actress, and son Lasse, an opportunist, to the island. It is the first time in years that they are together again. When Anna-Lisa is found dead one morning, the siblings learn that she had terminal cancer and that her will stipulates that all three siblings must run the family B&B together for a year, or they won t inherit it at all. It is a mother s last effort to reunite her children. But it will also confront them with the family s unsolved past, present forces of attraction, and a very dark secret buried in a most unfortunate place...
From the Swedish broadcasters of The Bridge and Jordskott, comes the next gripping, atmospheric and absorbing Nordic mystery drama. On the run from her old life, Vera arrives in a small remote town seeking a new start, only to find herself inextricably entwined in a complex murder investigation. With her marriage and career unravelling, Vera leaves this city behind to pursue a new job in Ãngelby. However, as she drives into the quiet town, she accidentally hits a young man with her car but it transpires that the man was already dead. As the residents of her new community are rocked to the core by a series of increasingly strange happenings, it soon becomes apparent, that unknowingly, only Vera holds the key to their mystery.
Anno 1790 is part mystery part historical drama part romance and partially a look at early forensic science. The setting is Stockholm when Europe is in turmoil a few years after the French Revolution. In wonderful period detail we meet aristocrats functionaries citizens eking out a living and revolutionaries intent on social change. Enter Daadh an educated man of the Enlightenment with one foot firmly planted in the future. He acutely observes and processes the changing world around him. He is of the Age of Reason yet his heart usually gets the best of him. Circumstances hand him an unlikely acquaintance named Freund an erstwhile man of God and erstwhile moral compass for Daadh. Together the two are a fascinating pair of heroes forming a tentative bond of friendship and dependence that deepens over the course of the series. Throw in a smart beautiful and unavailable woman to create a tense romantic angle to the story and Anno 1790 becomes a series that offers something for everyone especially those that appreciate artful storytelling.
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