Faceless killers kindle1/13/2023 I thought it was a very good mystery and better than the other one I read and reviewed, The Man Who Smiled. This book is the first in the series of eleven. The style of the Wallander series is that of a police procedural. Wallander and his team have to investigate these additional crimes as these Nazis murder one man, injure others, and set fire to a local immigrant refugee camp. This gets leaked to the press and starts a frenzy of anti-immigrant feelings among the neo-Nazi types of Sweden who want immigration to cease and foreigners to be deported. The only initial clue is that the female victim said the word ‘foreigner’ just before she died. The main crime to be solved is the brutal torture and murder of an elderly farm couple who lived in an isolated house. And gaining weight because without his wife cooking, he eats only junk food. The detective’s elderly father lives alone in a farmhouse and is getting dementia, walking through the fields with suitcases in the night. He is estranged from his wayward daughter who travels around the world not telling her parents where she is and appearing unexpectedly for brief times. He may be falling in love with a beautiful young prosecutor, but she is married. His wife left him three months ago and she is filing for divorce. But Swedish detective Kurt Wallander has so many things going on that it would take a full hour with Dr. He is estranged from his wayward daughter who travels around the world not tellin Faceless Killers by Henning MankellĪll detectives have to have their personality quirks and personal problems to keep the story interesting. He quickly becomes obsessed with solving the crime before the already tense situation explodes, but soon comes to realize that it will require all his reserves of energy and dedication to solve.įaceless Killers by Henning Mankell All detectives have to have their personality quirks and personal problems to keep the story interesting. Unlike the situation with his ex-wife, his estranged daughter, or the beautiful but married young prosecuter who has piqued his interest, in this case, Wallander finds a problem he can handle. And as if this didn’t present enough problems for the Ystad police Inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying woman’s last word is foreign, leaving the police the one tangible clue they have–and in the process, the match that could inflame Sweden’s already smoldering anti-immigrant sentiments. And as if this didn’t present enough problems for the Ystad police Inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying woman’s last word is foreign, leaving the police the one tangible clue they have–and in th It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and his wife is left to die with a noose around her neck. 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 produce "a superior novel-and a harbinger of great things to come" ( Booklist).It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and his wife is left to die with a noose around her neck. 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. The only clue is the single word she utters before she dies: "foreign." 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.
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