Winner of the Sweden’s Best Mystery Award and the first installment in the series that inspired the PBS program Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh, Faceless Killers is a razor-sharp, stylishly dark police procedural with searing social commentary that reaches beyond its genre to. Mankells passion for Africa expresses itself in an elaborate plot of great consequences, some well-wrought paragraphs. Tenacious and levelheaded in his sleuthing, he and his colleagues must contend with a wave of violent xenophobia as they search for the killers. His family is falling apart, he’s gaining weight, and he drinks too much and sleeps too little. In charge of the investigation is Inspector Kurt Wallander, a local detective whose personal life is in a shambles. Furthermore, Mankell who called himself a humanitarian socialist believed that failure of the authorities to find the killer of Sweden’s prime minister, Olof Palme, shot dead in 1986, created. 1 Share LinkedIn Facebook Pinterest Twitter Email Buffer Flipboard More Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell Are you striving to become a better problem solver I love detective stories, and I have mentioned here that reading these kinds of books enable you to become a better problem solver. Henning Mankell's Faceless Killers brings to life Kurt Wallander, a detective in a small town in the south of Sweden who, on a frozen January morning, comes face to face with the grisly murder of an elderly farm couple. The only clue is the single word she utters before she dies: “foreign.” Faceless Killers Henning Mankell First in the Kurt Wallander series, one of the Hounds greatest crime fighters. Be the first to contribute Just click the 'Edit page' button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Synopsis submission guide. It looks like we don't have a Synopsis for this title yet. A #1 international bestseller: This “exquisite novel of mesmerizing depth” launched the acclaimed Wallander Mysteries and BBC series starring Kenneth Branagh (Los Angeles Times).Įarly one morning, a small-town farmer discovers that his neighbors have been victims of a brutal attack during the night: An old man has been bludgeoned to death, and his tortured wife lies dying before the farmer’s eyes. Faceless Killers is the story of divorced police detective Kurt Wallanders quest to bring to justice the murderers of an elderly farming couple. Be the first to contribute Just click the 'Edit page' button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Plot Summary submission guide.
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