by Henning Mankell
An old lawyer dies in a car accident. His son believes his father was killed and visits recovering Wallander in Denmark. Wallander refuses to help and some days later his friend is killed.Guilt ridden Wallander goes back to work and starts investigating both deaths. Quite soon he has a suspect but n...
Another wonderful book - 4.5 stars. There are times when I felt that Mankell was too conscious (self-conscious?) of the success of his prior books, and that affects his performance here slightly. That is a negative. On the positive side, the book is brilliantly constructed, intricate and careful and...
Mankell books are really hit or miss with me. This one was def. a miss. I found it rather boring and I was distracted frequently. It just really fell flat compared to most nordic noir with me.
I generally don't like crime fiction, however I found this book to be very interesting. Kurt Wallander is a complex person, who is troubled from his past, and has an ability to see things other people don't. I liked the main theme of the book, economic fraud. I've seen it a lot when it comes to tv s...
My love for Wallander only grows. Mostly because he a good character for being too human, have too many fears, doubts and, at same time, he's an excellent police officer because he want to be good in his job and mainly because he use his intellect to crack his cases. This wasn't my favorite case, bu...
Finished it in a few days. And I rationed myself with two chapters a day until last night when I finished the last 8 chapters. The mentor student relationship that Wallander starts with Ann Britt is one of the highlights of this novel. The whole evil financier who doesn't have a conscience got old b...
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