The Dogs of Riga

Henning Mankell

ISBN 10: 1565847873 / ISBN 13: 9781565847873

Published by The New Press / W.W. Norton & Co., New York, 2003

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First American Edition, First Printing. Text And Binding In Flne Condition. Cover Show A Bit Of Shelf Wear. Inspector Kurt Wallander And His Team At The Ystad Police Station In Skåne, Southern Sweden, Receive An Anonymous Tip-Off That Comes To Pass A Few Days Later: A Life Raft Is Washed Up On A Beach. In It Are Two Men, Dressed In Expensive Suits, Shot Dead. The Dead Men Were Eastern European Criminals, Victims Of What Seems To Have Been A Gangland Hit. But As The Case Soon Takes On A Sinister Turn, Wallander Finds Himself In Riga, Latvia. There He Is Plunged Into A Frozen, Alien World Of Police Surveillance, Scarcely Veiled Threats And Lies. Only His Dogged, Almost Subconscious Desire To See Justice Done Brings The Truth To Light.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Dogs of Riga
• Publisher: The New Press / W.W. Norton & Co., New York
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565847873
• ISBN 13: 9781565847873
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

The Dogs of Riga takes Inspector Kurt Wallander to Riga, Latvia, to investigate the murder of two Eastern European criminals.

About the Author

Internationally acclaimed author Henning Mankell has written nine Kurt Wallander mysteries. The books have been published in thirty-three countries and consistently top the bestseller lists in Europe, receiving major literary prizes (including the UK's Golden Dagger for Sidetracked) and generating numerous international film and television adaptations. Born in 1948, Mankell grew up in the Swedish village of Sveg. He now divides his time between Sweden and Maputo, Mozambique, where he works as a director at Teatro Avenida. Translator Laurie Thompson lives in Wales and has edited Swedish Book Review since its launch in 1983. He has translated fifteen books from Swedish, including three Kurt Wallander mysteries.