Laurie Thompson
Author
Language
English
Description
Inspector Kurt Wallander, having decided to retire from the police force of Ystad, Sweden, after struggling to deal with the trauma of killing a man in the line of duty, is instead pulled back into action after a friend and his father are both killed under suspicious circumstances.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When his father-in-law, a retired naval officer, disappears under suspicious circumstances, Kurt Wallander uncovers disturbing evidence of Cold War espionage, a case that forces him to confront dark truths about his own nature.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is called in to help the local police find a suspected serial killer who seems to choose his victims at random, but the case becomes more personal when a colleague is taken by the murderer, leading Veteren and the police on a chase to find their friend before it is too late.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
An intimate memoir that provides a unique perspective on the life and legacy of Stieg Larsson, author of The Millennium Trilogy. "He was both a dream and a nightmare to work with. He was not only involved in the struggle against intolerance, he was obsessed with it" are the words used to describe the now world famous author Stieg Larsson by his friend and close colleague, Kurdo Baksi, who himself was a prominent character in The Millennium Trilogy....
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A small-town murder leads to international intrigue in this "first-class thriller" from the New York Times -bestselling master of Scandinavian crime ( The New York Times Book Review ). Inspector Kurt Wallander returns in the second of Henning Mankell's award-winning, internationally-bestselling detective novels, this time to investigate the execution-style killing of a Swedish housewife. The local police focus on a determined stalker who's suddenly...
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The story of the Swedish detective's beginnings, told in five gripping short mysteries: "An indispensable chapter to the saga" ( Booklist , starred review). Here are the stories that trace, chronologically, Kurt Wallander's growth from a rookie cop into a young father and then a middle-aged divorce, illuminating how he became a first-rate detective and highlighting new facets of the character who "remains one of the most impressive and credible creations...