Book description
Every morning HÃ¥kan von Enke takes a walk in the forest near his
apartment in Stockholm. Then, one day he fails to come home.
Detective Kurt Wallander is not officially involved but HÃ¥kan's son
is engaged to his daughter Linda. A few months earlier HÃ¥kan was
eager to talk to Kurt about a controversial incident from his past.
Could this be connected to his disappearance?
When HÃ¥kan's wife also goes missing, Wallander is determined to
uncover the truth but the investigation will force him to look back
over his own past, as he comes to the unsettling realisation that even
those we love the most can remain strangers to us...
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 over forty 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.
