The Man Who Smiled (Kurt Wallander) [Hardcover]

By far the best writer of police mysteries today - Mankell is one of the most ingenious crime writers around. Highly recommended Observer The real test of thrillers of this kind is whether you want to spend more time in the detective's company. I certainly do Independent Mankell is a powerful writer Independent 'Sweden's lord of criminal misrule' Independent 'Absorbing, chilling and dripping with evil atmosphere' The Times 'The novels become a compulsion - one reads them all' Daily Telegraph --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

An exquisitely drawn lead character and a beautifully constructed atmospheric piece of Nordic noir --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

"an exquisitely drawn lead character and a beautifully constructed atmospheric piece of Nordic noir" --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

A disillusioned Inspector Kurt Wallander is thrown back into the fray when he becomes both hunter and hunted in this adventure from the pen of Sweden's master of crime and mystery.

Crestfallen, dejected and spiralling into an alcohol-fuelled depression after killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Kurt Wallander has made up his mind to quit the police force for good. When an old acquaintance, a solicitor, seeks Wallander's help to investigate the suspicious circumstances in which his father has died, Kurt doesn't want to know. But when the solicitor also turns up dead, shot three times, Wallander realises that he was wrong not to listen. Against his better judgment, he returns to work to head what may now have become a double murder case. A rookie female detective has joined the force is his absence, and he adopts the role of mentor to her as they fight to unravel the mystery. An enigmatic big-business tycoon, who hides behind an entourage of brusque secretaries and tight security, seems to be the common denominator in the two deaths. But while Wallander is on the trail of the killer, somebody is on the trail of Wallander, and closing in fast. (20041021)

A disillusioned Inspector Kurt Wallander is thrown back into the fray when he becomes both hunter and hunted in this adventure from the pen of Sweden's master of crime and mystery.

'Absorbing, chilling and dripping with evil atmopshere' The Times

After killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Kurt Wallander finds himself spiralling into an alcohol-fuelled depression. He has just decided to leave the police when an old friend approaches him for help investigating his father's suspicious death. Kurt doesn't want to know. But then his friend is found shot dead. Against his better judgment, he returns to work to head what may now have become a double murder case. But while Wallander is on the trail of the killer, somebody is on the trail of Wallander, and closing in fast.

'Impeccable storytelling' Daily Express

'Superb' Daily Telegraph

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--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

HENNING MANKELL is the prize-winning and internationally acclaimed author of the Inspector Wallander Mysteries, now dominating bestseller lists throughout Europe. He devotes much of his free time to working with Aids charities in Africa, where he has a second home. (20041021)