Book description
Stopping to use a cash machine one evening, a man falls to the
ground: dead. A taxi driver is brutally murdered by two teenage girls
who demonstrate a complete lack of remorse. One girl escapes police
custody and disappears without trace. Soon afterwards, a blackout
covers half the country. When an engineer arrives at the
malfunctioning power station, he makes a grisly discovery...
Inspector Kurt Wallander is sure that these events must be linked -
somehow. Hampered by the discovery of betrayals in his own team,
lonely and frustrated, Wallander begins to lose conviction in his role
as a detective.
And somehow these criminals seem always to know the police's next move.
Henning Mankell has become a worldwide phenomenon with his crime
writing, gripping thrillers and atmospheric novels set in Africa. His
prizewinning and critically acclaimed Inspector Wallander Mysteries
are currently dominating bestseller lists all over the globe. 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 series Wallander,
starring Kenneth Branagh. Mankell devotes much of his free time to
working with Aids charities in Africa, where he is also director of
the Teatro Avenida in Maputo. In 2008, the University of St Andrews
conferred Henning Mankell with an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters
in recognition of his major contribution to literature and to the
practical exercise of conscience.
www. henningmankell. co. uk
