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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.
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International bestseller: Kurt Wallander and his daughter join forces to hunt for a ritual killer in this "gripping, beautifully orchestrated" mystery ( New York Times Book Review ). Linda Wallander is bored. Having just graduated from the police academy, she's waiting to start work with the Ystad police and move into her own apartment. In the meantime, she's staying with her father and, like fathers and daughters everywhere, they are driving each...
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Sweden's most tenacious detective races to unlock the twisted logic behind a madman's crimes: "Lyrical, meticulous, and stunningly suspenseful" ( St. Petersburg Times ). On Midsummer's Eve, three friends gather in a secluded meadow in Sweden. In the beautifully clear twilight, they don 18th-century costumes and begin a secret role-play. But an uninvited guest soon brings their performance to a gruesome conclusion. His approach is careful; his aim...
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The New Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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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...
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Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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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...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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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.
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BBC Video
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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Three new crime dramas based on the best selling books by Henning Mankell - Sidetracked, Firewall, and One Step Behind follow Inspector Kurt Wallander, a disillusioned everyman, as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in southern Sweden.
10) Wallander: 3
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Contains three episodes which follow Inspector Kurt Wallander as he investigates crimes of violence and murder in the idyllic tranquility of Ystad in southern Sweden.
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