Henning Mankell Wallander Bundle: Faceless Killers, The Dogs of Riga, The White - Softcover

Mankell, Henning

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0307448231 ISBN 13: 9780307448231

Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2011

Synopsis

The first three novels in Henning Manning's Kurt Wallander series are now available in a trade paperback set.
 
Mystery fans across America are discovering the international bestseller Henning Mankell and his character Kurt Wallander, the veteran Swedish police detective.
 
FACELESS KILLERS
First in the Kurt Wallander series. It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and his wife is left to die with a noose around her neck. And as if this didn’t present enough problems for the Ystad police Inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying woman’s last word is foreign, leaving the police the one tangible clue they have–and in the process, the match that could inflame Sweden’s already smoldering anti-immigrant sentiments.
 
THE DOGS OF RIGA
Second in the Kurt Wallander series. On the Swedish coastline, two bodies, victims of grisly torture and cold execution, are discovered in a life raft. With no witnesses, no motives, and no crime scene, Detective Kurt Wallander is frustrated and uncertain he has the ability to solve a case as mysterious as it is heinous. But after the victims are traced to the Baltic state of Latvia, a country gripped by the upheaval of Soviet disintegration, Major Liepa of the Riga police takes over the investigation. Thinking his work done, Wallander slips into routine once more, until suddenly, he is called to Riga and plunged into an alien world where shadows are everywhere, everything is watched, and old regimes will do anything to stay alive.

THE WHITE LIONESS
Third in the Kurt Wallander series. The execution-style murder of a Swedish housewife looks like a simple case even though there is no obvious suspect. But then Wallander learns of a determined stalker, and soon enough, the cops catch up with him. But when his alibi turns out to be airtight, they realize that what seemed a simple crime of passion is actually far more complex—and dangerous. The search for the truth behind the killing eventually uncovers an assassination plot, and Wallander soon finds himself in a tangle with both the secret police and a ruthless foreign agent. Combining compelling insights into the sinister side of modern life with a riveting tale of international intrigue, The White Lioness keeps you on the knife-edge of suspense.

About this title

About the Author:

Henning Mankell’s novels have been translated into forty languages and have sold more than thirty million copies worldwide. He is the first winner of the Ripper Award (the new European prize for crime fiction) and has also received the Glass Key and Golden Dagger awards. He has written nine novels and a collection of short stories featuring Kurt Wallander. Several of these mysteries were adapted into a PBS television series starring Kenneth Branagh and the most recent book in the series, The Troubled Man, is a New York Times bestseller. Mankell divides his time between Sweden and Mozambique.

Review:

"Marvelously astute about behavior and motivation, Mankell has created in Wallander a shambling central character whose unconventional personality is at least as compelling as the crimes he investigates." —Los Angeles Times
 
FACELESS KILLERS
“Intelligent, moving and topical, this is a thriller of the very best kind.”
—The Times U.K.

THE DOGS OF RIGA
“A tale rich in gritty local culture.... The plot is satisfyingly seamy, Wallander is, as always, discombobulated and astute.”
—Los Angeles Times
 
THE WHITE LIONESS
“A first-class thriller.”
—The New York Times Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0307448231
• ISBN 13: 9780307448231
• Binding: Paperback