First published in Sweden in 1994, Mankell's terrific fourth Kurt
Wallender mystery opens with the kind of startling image typical of
this internationally bestselling series (Firewall, etc.): a lawyer,
driving home through the fog, stops after he sees "a human-sized
effigy" propped on a chair in the middle of a deserted highway.
Gustaf Torstensson gets out of the car to investigate, is hit from
behind and was "dead before his body hit the damp asphalt." The
police accept the assailant's claim that it was an accident, but
when Torstensson's son, Sten, is shot dead just two weeks later,
the brooding Wallender, who's on sick leave and vowing to retire
from the Ystad police force, decides to pursue the killer and
resume his career. The chief suspecta powerful, globe-trotting
Swedish businessman who's the smiling man of the titleleads
Wallender on an exquisitely plotted search for motive and evidence.
Dark and moody, this is crime fiction of the highest order. Reed
Business Information
General
Imprint: |
Tusquets Editores
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Country of origin: |
Spain |
Release date: |
June 2008 |
First published: |
June 2008 |
Authors: |
Henning Mankell
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Dimensions: |
185 x 124 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
476 |
ISBN-13: |
978-84-8383-523-4 |
Languages: |
Spanish
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Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
84-8383-523-1 |
Barcode: |
9788483835234 |
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