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The Dogs of Riga: Kurt Wallander
Henning Mankell
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Paperback. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Previous owners name on FFEP. Light nicks & creases, remains very good
Sweden, winter, 1991. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team receive an anonymous tip-off. A few days later a life raft is washed up on a beach. In it are two men, dressed in expensive suits, shot dead. The dead men were criminals, victims of what seems to have been a gangland hit. But what appears to be an open-and-shut case soon takes on a far more sinister aspect. Wallander travels across the Baltic Sea, to Riga in Latvia, where he is plunged into a frozen, alien world of police surveillance, scarcely veiled threats, and lies. Doomed always ... Read more
Sweden, winter, 1991. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team receive an anonymous tip-off. A few days later a life raft is washed up on a beach. In it are two men, dressed in expensive suits, shot dead. The dead men were criminals, victims of what seems to have been a gangland hit. But what appears to be an open-and-shut case soon takes on a far more sinister aspect. Wallander travels across the Baltic Sea, to Riga in Latvia, where he is plunged into a frozen, alien world of police surveillance, scarcely veiled threats, and lies. Doomed always ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099535287
SKU
KCW0019631
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Henning Mankell
Henning Mankell (1948-2015) became a worldwide phenomenon with his crime writing, gripping thrillers and atmospheric novels set in Africa. His prizewinning and critically acclaimed Inspector Wallander Mysteries continue to dominate bestseller lists all over the globe and his books have been translated into forty-five languages and made into numerous international film and television adaptations: most recently the BAFTA-award-winning BBC television ... Read more
Reviews for The Dogs of Riga: Kurt Wallander
"Mankell is in the first division of crime writing"
Observer
"Riga is a haunted place, and Mankell describes it with the sort of creepy detail that one shudders to believe is accurate"
Donna Leon "Mankell could turn you to crime"
Daily Telegraph
"Mankell is a powerful writer"
Independent
"Wallander is among the very ... Read more
Observer
"Riga is a haunted place, and Mankell describes it with the sort of creepy detail that one shudders to believe is accurate"
Donna Leon "Mankell could turn you to crime"
Daily Telegraph
"Mankell is a powerful writer"
Independent
"Wallander is among the very ... Read more