I started with Pyramid, which though written retrospectively, fleshed out the early years of detective Henning Mankell does indeed do that for me with his Inspector Kurt Wallander.There's something about Swedish authors that both fascinates me and tugs at my heartstrings.

He's in less than good health - he's a diabetic - and he's not sure he approves of his daughter's new boyfriend. However, Wallander's obsessive pursuit of the owner of a car used in the revenge killing yields a result, though it almost costs him his job and the Lovgrens' slayers are finally cornered in a fairground.

Welcome back. At forty-two-years old he shouldn't feel as apathetic as he does, but with a separation from his wife, sporadic contact and relations with his daughter, Linda, and with a father characterised by erratic mood changes and almost impossible expectations, he doesn't have much to smile about. Wallander's journey through aging and weight-gain is equality a roller coaster as solving the murder.

Faceless Killers is a worthwhile read for those who've come to the Wallander series late, perhaps through the recent BBC series with Kenneth Branaugh, or as a re-read for long-time series fans. The police officers are barely differentiated (Wallander himself is the only one with any character traits to speak of, and he comes across as kind of a schmuck), and the book cries out for description and emotion. Prior to 70's-80's-Bond-movie-super-villains living in rural Skåne or terrorist organizations in the same area, there was a down-to-earth-Wallander who worked a nasty and seemingly unsolvable double homicide on an elderly couple on a farm.

I thoroughly enjoyed the tension and the investigation details and frustration. 27 October 2017 | Sleepin_Dragon I flew through this first in the Kurt Wallander series, but the writing was squarely in the spectrum of unremarkable to outright you've-got-to-be-kidding-me. An elderly couple, the Lovgrens, are murdered at their isolated farmstead and Mrs. Lovgren's last word to Wallander seems to be "Foreigners." This is an excellent novel in one of the best crime series. Nothing seemed to have been taken from their run-down house so the police initially rule out robbery as a motive. I liked it quite a bit and since I also loved the The Dark, brooding and earthy – like a good Swedish crime mystery should be.Dark, brooding and earthy – like a good Swedish crime mystery should be.Henning Mankell might be the most famous Scandinavian writer of crime novels in the US. (Yes, it had English actors playing Swedes and was filmed in Sweden. Faceless Killers (Swedish: Mördare utan ansikte) is a 1991 crime novel by the Swedish writer Henning Mankell, and the first in his acclaimed Wallander series. 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.

Directed by Hettie Macdonald. I'm not sure he's been translated but he's brillant when it comes to the twisted mind of killers and rapists.An elderly couple is robbed and brutally murdered and it's up to police inspector Kurt Wallander to find the killer or killers. Take a trip down memory lane with photos of high school TV and movie icons then and now, from When we first meet him, Wallander has a boatload of personal problems: he is recently divorced; he's estranged from his daughter; he's drinking too much; he has a lousy diet, and his father is showing signs of senility.This is the first entry in Henning Mankell's series featuring Swedish detective Kurt Wallander.

I've read or listened to most of the Wallander books and was surprised to find Faceless Killers to be the first in the series -- the character is already fully formed, setting the stage for the novels that follow. Really liked this. I can think of at least three Swedes and two Danes who are far, far superior. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. I hope you’ll try one and hope you’ll enjoy it.During one of my periodic efforts to prove to myself that I'm not one of The Great Unwashed, I watched PBS's Masterpiece Mystery series featuring the Swedish detective Kurt Wallander as played by Kenneth Branagh. 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 thIt 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. Got sick of it after about 50 pages, kept going till 100 pages (my rule), then thought, well I might as well get credit for finishing it, so slogged it out.An avid fan of police procedural books and television shows, it was not shocking that I fell in love with BBC's An avid fan of police procedural books and television shows, it was not shocking that I fell in love with BBC's This is my first Mankell. When bestselling author Erik Larson moved to New York City in 2014, he experienced what he now describes as an eerie, “almost epiphanic moment.” Du...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.

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