Kurt Wallander (5 books in series)
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review 1: I have not read every Henning Mankell novel that features Kurt Wallender, but I’ve read a few. And they are consistently engaging. The plots are strong with just enough twists to keep the reader on their feet. They often range beyond the small Swedish city where Wallender is on t...
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review 1: This is the last of the Kurt Wallander mysteries. 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 of the Stockholm polic...
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review 1: A collection of stories about Wallander, the main character in many of Henning Mankell's novels. These take place when Wallander is still a patrolman and when he first became a detective. I enjoyed the stories even more than the novels. I felt closer to Wallander; it was interest...
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review 1: I first heard of and became a Henning Mankell and Wallander fan because of the PBS series starring Kenneth Branaugh. As good as that one was, I was then fortunate to see the original Swedish t.v. series which portrayed the often-depressed and socially discomforted Wallander even...
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review 1: Five gripping stories of the earliest exploits of Kurt Wallander before his first proper debut in 'Faceless Killers', the opening novel in a fine series of Nordic crime by Henning Mankell...the first, to me, of a veritable wave of Scandanavian thrillers/crime novels. These high-q...