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Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallender, #1) - Henning Mankell
Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallender, #1)
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One frozen January Morning at 5 am, Inspector Wallander responds to what he expects is a routine call out. When he reaches the isolated farmhouse he discovers a bloodbath. An old man has been tortured and beaten to death, his wife lies barely alive beside his shattered body, victims of violence... show more
One frozen January Morning at 5 am, Inspector Wallander responds to what he expects is a routine call out. When he reaches the isolated farmhouse he discovers a bloodbath. An old man has been tortured and beaten to death, his wife lies barely alive beside his shattered body, victims of violence beyond reason. The woman supplies Wallander with his only clue: the perpetrators may have been foreign. When this is leaked to the press, racial hatred is unleashed. Kurt Wallander is a senior police officer at Ystad, a small town in the wind-lashed Swedish province of Skane. His life is a shambles. His wife has left him, his daughter refuses to speak to him, even his ageing father barely tolerates him. He works tirelessly, eats badly and drinks the nights away in a lonely, neglected flat. But now winter closes its grip on Ystad, and Wallander, his tenacious efforts closely monitored by the tough minded (and disarmingly attractive) district attorney Anette Brolin, must forget his trouble, and throw himself into a battle against time and xenophobia.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780099445227 (0099445220)
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Series: Kurt Wallander (#1)
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Abandoned by Booklikes
Abandoned by Booklikes rated it
2.0 Faceless Killers (Wallander, #1)
Please note that I gave this book 1.5 stars, but rounded it up to 2 stars on Goodreads.So I have to say that I was overall very disappointed with this look at Kurt Wallander. I started watching the BBC show and liked the character and stories a lot. Besides the same last night and backstory here and...
Wandering through fiction
Wandering through fiction rated it
3.0 Faceless Killers
Not as good as I was hoping from the hype.
Seriously, Read a Book!
Seriously, Read a Book! rated it
2.5 Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander #1)
“To grow old is to live in fear. The dread of something menacing that you felt when you were a child returns when you get old.” The first episode of a sitcom is usually a bit clunky. The joke to exposition ratio is low, and you’ve got all these new people to meet. While Henning Mankell’s Kurt Walla...
DanySpike
DanySpike rated it
4.0 Asesinos sin rostro (Wallander #1) - Henning Mankell (Spanish/English Review)
El primer caso del Detective Kurt Wallander nos trae un horrendo doble asesinato de dos abuelitos que viven en el campo. En sus últimos segundos de vida, la abuela moribunda sólo alcanza a decir "Extranjeros", lo que sólo aumenta la tensión que existe en Suecia respecto a la gran cantidad de inmigra...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it
4.0 Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander #1)
bookshelves: mystery-thriller, one-penny-wonder, published-1991, re-read, spring-2012, fradio, paper-read Read from October 22, 2009 to May 14, 2012, read count: 2 Re-read via radio 4x starting 6/4/12--------------------------------He has forgotten something, he knows that for sure when he wakes...
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