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The Rock Blaster by Henning Mankell
Category: Fiction
An early gem from the creator of the Kurt Wallander series, charting the life of a principled man through tragedy, heartbreak, true love and the battle for a nation's soul."A very engaging portrait . . . There is a powerful lack of sentimentality to the telling of the story [and] a lovely and genuinely ...Show more
The Shadow Girls by Ebba (TRN) Henning; Segerberg Mankell
Category: Fiction
Jesper Humlin is a poet of middling acclaim who is saddled by his underwhelming book sales, an exasperated girlfriend, a demanding mother, and a rapidly fading tan. His boy-wonder stockbroker has squandered Humlin's investments, and his editor, who says he must write a crime novel to survive, begins to ...Show more
The Shadow Girls by Henning Mankell
Category: Fiction
Tea-Bag, a young Nigerian girl, has fled a refugee camp in Spain for the promise of a new life in Sweden. Tania has made a long and dangerous journey to escape themisery of life in a brothel. Leila has travelled with her family from Iran. All of them are facing different challenges in their new home. Me ...Show more
The Shadow Girls by Henning Mankell
Category: Crime and Thrillers
Tea-Bag, a young African girl, has fled a refugee camp in Spain for the promise of a new life in Sweden. Tania has made a long and dangerous journey to escape the horrors of human trafficking. Leyla has come with her family from Iran. All of them are facing different challenges in their new home. Meanwh ...Show more
The Troubled Man by Henning Mankell; Laurie Thompson (Translator)
Category: Fiction | Series: Kurt Wallander Ser.
The tenth riveting installment in the mystery thriller series that inspired the Netflix crime drama Young Wallander - As satisfying for its emotional depth as its suspense.... A gripping mystery." --PEOPLE Magazine A retired navy officer has vanished in a forest near Stockholm. Kurt Wallander is prepare ...Show more
The Troubled Man (Kurt Wallander #10) by Henning Mankell
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Kurt Wallander Ser.
The much-anticipated return of Henning Mankell's brilliant, brooding detective, Kurt Wallander. On a winter day in 2008, Håkan von Enke, a retired high-ranking naval officer, vanishes during his daily walk in a forest near Stockholm. The investigation into his disappearance falls under the jurisdiction ...Show more
The Troubled Man (Wallander #10) by Henning Mankell
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Kurt Wallander Ser.
Every morning Hakan von Enke takes a walk in the forest near his home in Stockholm. However, one winter's day he fails to come home. It seems that the retired naval officer has vanished without trace. Detective Kurt Wallander is not officially involved in the investigation but he has personal reasons fo ...Show more
The White Lioness by Henning Mankell
Category: Crime and Thrillers
In peaceful southern Sweden, Louise Akerblom, an estate agent, pillar of the Methodist church, wife and mother, disappears. There is no explanation and no motive. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team are called in to investigate. As Inspector Wallander is introduced to this missing persons case, he has ...Show more
The White Lioness: Kurt Wallander by Henning Mankell
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Kurt Wallander Ser.
From the dean of Scandinavian noir, the third riveting installment in the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Kurt Wallander series, the basis for the PBS series staring Kenneth Branagh.The execution-style murder of a Swedish housewife looks like a simple case even though there is no o ...Show more
The White Lioness (Wallander #3) by Henning Mankell
Category: Crime and Thrillers
In peaceful southern Sweden, Louise Akerblom, an estate agent, pillar of the Methodist church, wife and mother, disappears. There is no explanation and no motive. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team are called in to investigate. As Inspector Wallander is introduced to this missing persons case, he has ...Show more