After eight books in the Kurt Wallander police mystery series, this renowned Swedish crime writer is developing a new character, Kurt’s daughter Linda. This seems to be the change-over title with a part for them both, although it turns out to be very much Linda’s book. The appeal of the masters of this particular genre is their feeling for place, Rebus with Edinburgh, Morse with Oxford, and Sweden is very much a player in this grizzly tale. Comparison: Ian Rankin, Colin Dexter, Reginald Hill. Similar this month: Stephen Booth, Sue Grafton.
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Kurt Wallander and his daughter join forces to hunt for a ritual killer in this '
gripping, beautifully orchestrated' mystery (The New York Times Book Review). Linda Wallander is bored. Having just graduated from the police academy, she's waiting to start work with the Ystad police and move into her own apartment. In the meantime, she's staying with her father and, like fathers and daughters everywhere, they are driving each other crazy. Nor will they be able to escape each other when she moves out. Her father is Inspector Kurt Wallander, a veteran of the Ystad police force, and the two of them are about to find themselves working a case that couldn't be closer to home. Linda's childhood friend Anna has disappeared. As the investigation proceeds, she makes a few rookie mistakes that are both understandable and life-threatening. But as the case her father is working on dovetails with her own, something far more dangerous, and chillingly calculated, begins to emerge. A '
powerful' and '
thoroughly engaging' thriller from '
a master storyteller,' Before the Frost introduces an unforgettable new heroine to the acclaimed series that is the basis for the BBC television show starring Kenneth Branagh (San Francisco Chronicle)
Henning Mankell was born in Stockholm in 1948. He is the prize-winning author of the eight novels in the Inspector Wallander Series which has been translated into many languages and consistently tops the best-seller lists throughout Europe. His novel Sidetracked won the CWA Gold dagger in 2001. Mankell has worked as an actor, theatre director and manager in Sweden and in Mozambique, where he is head of Teatro Avenida in Maputo. He died in October 2015.
International bestseller: Kurt Wallander and his daughter join forces to hunt for a ritual killer in this ';gripping, beautifully orchestrated' mystery (The New York Times Book Review). Linda Wallander is bored.
Before the Frost features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
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Before the Frost was written by Henning Mankell and published by The New Press
£10.16. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..
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