An Event in Autumn

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Fans of Kurt Wallander are in for an unexpected treat as they probably thought they had read the last about this popular detective.   This short book was published many years ago in Holland in response to a ploy to get more people reading:  anyone buying a crime novel would receive a free book.  Henning Mankell decided to revive the story after it was dramatized by the BBC.  The events take place in 2002.  Kurt, whilst looking at a house he is interested in buying, stumbles across a macabre object in the garden.  Thus ensues an intriguing case involving missing persons and wartime immigrants.  As always in these stories there is a great sense of place and the atmosphere of Sweden is richly portrayed.  Many of Wallander’s colleagues will be familiar to readers and we learn a little more about his daughter, Linda, who is now in the police force and working at the same police station in Ystad as her father. ~ Sarah Broadhurst

Reviewed by Sarah Broadhurst
Sarah Broadhurst spent her early working life in the book trade in both retail and wholesale until the arrival of children forced her to look for freelance work she could do from…
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About An Event in Autumn

Some cases aren't as cold as you'd think Kurt Wallander's life looks like it has taken a turn for the better when his offer on a new house is accepted, only for him to uncover something unexpected in the garden - the skeleton of a middle-aged woman. As police officers comb the property, Wallander attempts to get his new life back on course by finding the woman's killer with the aid of his daughter, Linda.

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