Henning Mankell is the internatinally acclaimed, bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander novels. Mankell's novels have been translated into forty-five languages and have sold more than forty million copies worldwide. He was the first winner of the Ripper Award and also received the Glass Key and the Crime Writers' Association Golden Dagger, among other awards. His Kurt Wallander mysteries have been adapted into a PBS television series starring Kenneth Branagh. During his life, Mankell divided his time between Sweden and Mozambique, where he was artistic director of the Teatro Avenida in Maputo. He died in 2015.
"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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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
From the Trade Paperback edition."
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