From the #1 international-bestselling master of Scandinavian noir: a
“marvelously told mystery” of murder in Sweden and corruption in
Africa (Austin American-Statesman). In an African convent, four
nuns and an unidentified fifth woman are found with their throats
slit. The local police do little to investigate . . . and cover up
the unknown woman’s death. A year later in Sweden, Holger Eriksson,
a retired car dealer and birdwatcher, is skewered to death after
falling into a pit of carefully sharpened bamboo poles. Soon after,
the body of a missing florist is discovered strangled and tied to a
tree. Baffled and appalled by the crimes, the only clues Inspector
Kurt Wallander has to go on are a skull, a diary, and a photo of three
men. What ensues is a complex, meticulously plotted investigation
that will push the detective to his limits. The key is the unsolved
killing of the fifth woman in Africa—who was she, and what did she
have to do with the brutal deaths of two seemingly innocent men? Are
more victims in danger? The answers will lead Wallander to question
everything he thought he knew about the psychology of murder. An
international bestseller, this “scary and cunning tale” (Rocky
Mountain News) “achieves the satisfying density of plot and
characterization” that established Henning Mankell as one of the
twentieth-century’s finest crime writers. His Kurt Wallander
mysteries are now the basis for the hit TV show Wallander starring
Kenneth Branagh (The Baltimore Sun).
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ISBN
9781595586124
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Vendor
The New Press (ORIM)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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