Faceless Killers
A Mystery
Mankell, Henning
Murray, Steven T. (TRN)
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BOOK SUMMARY
First in the Kurt Wallander series.
It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and his wife is left to die with a noose around her neck. And as if this didnt present enough
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First in the Kurt Wallander series.
It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and his wife is left to die with a noose around her neck. And as if this didnt present enough problems for the Ystad police Inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying womans last word is foreign, leaving the police the one tangible clue they haveand in the process, the match that could inflame Swedens already smoldering anti-immigrant sentiments.
Unlike the situation with his ex-wife, his estranged daughter, or the beautiful but married young prosecuter who has peaked his interest, in this case, Wallander finds a problem he can handle. He quickly becomes obsessed with solving the crime before the already tense situation explodes, but soon comes to realize that it will require all his reserves of energy and dedication to solve.
AUTHOR BIO
Internationally acclaimed author Henning Mankell has written eight novels and a collection of short stories featuring Kurt Wallander. The books have been published in thirty-three countries and consistently top the bestseller lists in Europe, receiving major literary prizes (including Great Britains Gold Dagger in 2000) and generating numerous international film and television adaptations. He has also published many other novels for children, young people, and adults, and is one of Swedens most frequently performed dramatists. He has spent many years in Africa, where a number of his novels are set. Born in 1948, Mankell grew up in the Swedish village of Sveg. He now divides his time between Sweden and Maputo, Mozambique, where he works as a director at Teatro Avenida.
BOOK REVIEWS
An exquisite novel of mesmerizing depth and suspense. Los Angeles Times
An especially satisfying crime novel, like those of such past masters as Georges Simenon, Nicholas Freeling, and Sweden's own Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo. The Wall Street Journal
Intelligent, moving and topical, this is a thriller of the very best kind. The Times (London)
A well-crafted police procedural, the story moves along at a brisk pace and comes to an exciting climax. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1400031575
ISBN(13-digit): 9781400031573
Dewey Decimal: 839.7/374
Library of Congress: 2002028805
Book Publisher: Random House Inc
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 279
Paper Weight (lb): .4563 lb
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