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Kennedy's Brain by Henning Mankell
Category: Crime and Thrillers
When archaeologist Louise Cantor's son Henrik is found dead in his flat, she refuses to believe it was suicide. Clues that only a mother could detect lead her to believe something more sinister took place. Henrik had kept many things back from her and she is shocked to learn he had contracted HIV. While ...Show more
Kennedy's Brain by Henning Mankell
Category: Crime and Thrillers
When archaeologist Louise Cantor's son Henrik is found dead in his flat, she refuses to believe it was suicide. Clues that only a mother could detect lead her to believe something more sinister took place. Henrik had kept many things back from her and she is shocked to learn he had contracted HIV. While ...Show more
One Step Behind by Henning Mankell
Category: Crime and Thrillers
Midsummer's Eve, and three friends gather to perform a masque in a wood. A hidden watcher soon brings their performance to an end. His approach is careful; his aim is perfect. Three bullets, three corpses. The murderer then carefully photographs the grisly tableau. Inspector Wallander investigates.
One Step Behind: Kurt Wallander by Henning Mankell
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Kurt Wallander Ser.
On Midsummer s Eve, three friends gather in a secluded meadow in Sweden. In the still-sun-lit northern night, they don costumes and begin to role play. But an uninvited guest soon brings their performance to a gruesome conclusion. His approach is careful; his aim is perfect. Three bullets, three corpses ...Show more
One Step Behind (Wallander #7) by Henning Mankell
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Kurt Wallander Ser.
It is Midsummer's Eve. Three young friends meet in a wood to act out an elaborate masque. But, unknown to them, they are being watched. Each is killed by a single bullet. Soon afterwards, one of Inspector Wallander's colleagues is found murdered. Is it the same killer, and what could the connection be? ...Show more
Playing with Fire (Sofia #2) by Henning Mankell
Category: Children's | Series: Sofia
A brave, moving and unflinchingly honest YA novel about a young girl's life in Mozambique, where poverty, exploitation, HIV/AIDS and the legacy of war are constant problems. This book continues the story of Sofia, from Secrets in the Fire, who lost her legs after a landmine accident.
Quicksand by Henning Mankell
Category: Biography
In January 2014 Henning Mankell was informed that he had cancer. However, Quicksand is not a book about death, but about what it means to be human. Mankell writes about love and jealousy, courage and fear, about what it is like to live with a fatal illness. This book is also about why the cave painters ...Show more
Quicksand by Henning Mankell
Category: Languages and Reference
In January 2014 I was informed that I had cancer. However, Quicksandis not a book about death and destruction, but about what it means to be human. I have undertaken a journey from my childhood to the man I am today, writing about the key events in my life, and about the people who have given me new pe ...Show more
Return of the Dancing Master by Henning Mankell
Category: Fiction
Herbert Molin, a retired police officer, lives alone in a remote cottage in northern Sweden. Two things seem to consume him; his passion for the tango, and an obsession with the "demons" he believes to be pursuing him. Early one morning shots shatter Molin's windows
Roseanna (Martin Beck #1) by Maj Sjöwall; Per Wahlöö; Henning Mankell (Introduction by)
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Martin Beck Police Mystery Ser.
With a New Introduction by Henning Mankell. The masterful first novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries by the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sj wall and Per Wahl ("the best writers of police procedurals in the world"), finds Beck hunting for the murderer of a lonely traveler.On a ...Show more