Crime

With Faceless Killers, the first book in the Kurt Wallander series, Henning Mankell reached nearly instant success as a crime writer.

»For me, Henning Mankell is by far the best writer of police mysteries today. He is in the great tradition of those whose works transcend their chosen genre to become thrilling and moral literature.« — Michael Ondaatje

The Wallander series was published in the following order (links to book details further down the page):

1. Mördare utan ansikte, 1991 (Faceless Killers)
2. Hundarna i Riga, 1992 (The Dogs of Riga)
3. Den vita lejoninnan, 1993 (The White Lioness)
4. Mannen som log, 1994 (The Man who Smiled)
5. Villospår, 1995 (Sidetracked)
6. Den femte kvinnan, 1996 (The Fifth Woman)
7. Steget efter, 1997 (One Step Behind)
8. Brandvägg, 1998 (Firewall)
9. Pyramiden, 1999 (The Pyramid, short stories)
10. Innan frosten, 2002 (Before the Frost, about Linda Wallander, Kurt Wallanders daughter)

Kennedy's brain
All signs indicate that the death of young Henrik Cantor is a suicide. However, his parents don't agree and begins an investigation of their own. Kennedy's brain is the new thriller by Henning Mankell.
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Before the Frost
In Before the Frost we meet Kurt Wallander's daughter Linda, now a police as well.
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The Return of the Dancing Master
The Return of the Dancing Master is Henning Mankell's first crime novel after the Wallander series. And, even if the subject matter and environment is different, it has the same kind of drive, the same anxious pulse.
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The pyramid
A Piper Cherokee airplane crashes down and starts to burn. All the passengers and the pilots are dead in a minute. Kurt Wallander at the police in Ystad, is introduced to the case.
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Firewall
Firewall is the last novel in the series with Inspector Kurt Wallander as the leading character. »Wallander remains one of the most impressive and credible creations of crime fiction today«, The Times wrote.
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Sidetracked
Midsummer approaches and Kurt Wallander clears his desk and prepares to set off on holiday. But his plans are ruined as a series of vicious murders shatter the tranquillity.
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The man who smiled
When an old acquaintance, a solicitor, seeks Wallander's help to investigate the suspicious circumstances in which his father has died, Kurt doesn't want to know. But when the solicitor also turns up dead, shot three times, Wallander realises that he was wrong not to listen.
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The white lioness
The murder of a Swedish housewife looks like a simple case even though there is no obvious suspect.
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The dogs of Riga
It is winter, 1991. Inspector Kurt Wallander's team at the Ystad police station face a new challenge: two corpses, frozen together in a gruesome embrace, have been washed ashore on the remote Swedish coastline.
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Faceless killers
One night in early spring, an elderly farmer and his wife are savagely murdered in an isolated and rural area of southernmost Sweden.
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Updated: August 30, 2007.