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The White Lioness (Kurt Wallender Mystery) (Hardcover)

by Henning Mankell (Author), Laurie Thompson (Translator)
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 372 pages
  • Publisher: The Harvill Press (3 April 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1860469604
  • ISBN-13: 978-1860469602
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.2 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 570,442 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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SEAN FRENCH, The Independent·

"The real test of thrillers is whether you want to spend more time in the detective’s company. I certainly do"


PETER GUTTERIDGE, The Observer

"Mankell is one of the most ingenious crime writers around, strong on characterisation, plotting and atmosphere. Highly recommended"
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Pacy, atmospheric and utterly believable, 2 Mar 2004
The opening of White Lioness seems innocuous and somewhat jaded; a happily married woman disappears in southern Sweden while going about her business as an estate agent. Mankell then stirs in a few surprise ingredients to spice up the recipe: an exploding house, the severed finger of a negro, the remains of a radio transmitter and the butt of a very specialised gun all add to the flavour and keep the reader turning pages with a smoothly paced build up of suspense.
The plot, as intricate as it is beautifully constructed, involves an assassination attempt on a leading South African politician and the seriously psychotic attempts by the assassin's trainer, ex KGB agent Konovalenko, to erradicate Swedish detective Kurt Wallander before Konovalenko's bosses discover that he has not only killed the assassin -as well as the missing estate agent - but also endangered the success of the mission.
Action switches effortlessly between Wallander in Sweden and the unravelling of events in South Africa during the turbulent months of 1992. Mankell's genius keeps the action ticking even as he describes the weblike intrigues taking shape behind the public masks of politicians and policemen and the multi faceted climax explodes into a confusion of strands which leave the reader gasping for air.
It is rare for a work of fiction to surpass the outrageous facts which are too often hidden from public gaze and glossed over by a politically sympathetic media - Forsythe achieved similar results with Day of the Jackal - and Mankell should be congratulated on this, his most rivetting read to date.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Wallander Strikes Again, 5 Aug 2003
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'The White Lioness' is the sixth of Mankell's novels to be published in the UK, and the third, chronologically, to feature the uniquely appealing Kurt Wallander. Those who have already had the pleasure of reading 'Faceless Killers' or 'The Dogs of Riga' will not be disappointed: Wallander comes to life as vividly here as he did there. Echoing 'The Dogs of Riga', Wallander is placed in a plot which spans continents, involving both intuitive police-work and emotional turmoil. But unlike 'The Dogs of Riga', Wallander is always at a remove from events as he investigates an apparently motiveless murder in Sweden.

The only disappointment is that the ever-suffering Swedish detective is not in the novel more - much of the narrative concerns events in South Africa which although excellently written are never quite as compelling as the sections featuring the astute investigations of Wallander and his colleagues. However, there is still much here to recommend - great pacing, a blisteringly gripping conclusion, and a central character and location (southern Sweden) as richly textured as any you'll find in a contemporary novel, whether translated or otherwise.

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