The writting is ordinary but stays out of the way of the plot and action. The book opens slowly and eventually three murders are solved with two of them not connected. Bond urbane and deadly, Renko, relentless and obstructed by his own government, Marlowe, dark, laconic and quick with his fists, and Wallender is surrounded by Nordic beauty and is overworked and depressed. The writting is ordinary but stays out of the way of the plot Plot spoiler ahead.Īfter reading The Faceless Killers, it occurred to me that the protagonist takes on the qualities of his nationality. After reading The Faceless Killers, it occurred to me that the protagonist takes on the qualities of his nationality. Having recently been reading the Harry Hole books by Jo Nesbo I can see correlations between the two male leads. While Wallander sets out to solve the murder case we learn more about him, about his failed marriage, his estranged daughter and his drink problem all of which make him a sympathetic character as does his modesty and self depreciation about his policing abilities and the mistakes made along the way. The book opens with the brutal murder of two pensioners living on a remote farm, the brutality of the attack shocks the police and they are determined to find the culprits whatever the cost.īefore the woman dies she repeatedly utters the word foreign, the police are reluctant to let this information out into the public domain as the Swedish immigration policy is one that always raises tension as does the fact that large refugee camps exist in the areas surrounding where the couple were killed. Set in the Swedish town of Ystad this is the first book in the Kurt Wallander series.
Before the woman dies she repeatedly utters the word foreign, the police are reluctant to let this information out into the public domain as the Swedish immigration policy is one that Faceless Killers Henning Mankell The book opens with the brutal murder of two pensioners living on a remote farm, the brutality of the attack shocks the police and they are determined to find the culprits whatever the cost.
moreįaceless Killers Henning Mankell ��������� Set in the Swedish town of Ystad this is the first book in the Kurt Wallander series. If you haven’t read Man From Beijing, make that your next To Read!. I have read a cpl other Mankell reads (not in the Wallander series) and liked them much more than this.
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I’m still going to read the #2 in the Wallander series and hope that he was getting off to a slow start. That’s probably what real detective work is like, however that’s not what I want in a page turning mystery. it’s like the book was written in real time. I thought I had hit series gold! Unfortunately, the middle 250 pages were, meh. what’s better than discovering an author that’s written approximately 1k books and loving every minute of their writing.?! Well, the book started off very smooth. I’m still going to read the #2 in the Wallander series and hope that h I wanted to love this book.