Fifth Woman - Brossura

Mankell, Henning

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0307946665 ISBN 13: 9780307946669

Casa editrice: Random House Inc., 1668

Riassunto

Four nuns and a fifth woman, a visitor to Africa, are killed in a savage night-time attack. Months later in Sweden, the news of the unexplained tragedy sets off a cruel vengeance for these killings. Inspector Kurt Wallander is home from an idyllic holiday in Rome, full of energy and plans for the future. Autumn settles in, and Wallander prays the winter will be peaceful. But when he investigates the disappearance of an elderly birdwatcher he discovers a gruesome and meticulously planned murder - a body impaled in a trap of sharpened bamboo poles. Then another man is reported missing. And once again Wallander's life is on hold as he and his team work tirelessly to find a link between the series of vicious murders. Making progress through dogged police work and forever battling to make sense of the violence of modern Sweden, Wallander leads a massive investigation to find a killer whose crimes are the product of new realities that make him despair.

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Praise for Henning Mankell and The Fifth Woman

“You can’t put it down.” —Austin American-Statesman
 
“Exquisite. . . . Something to look forward to.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review
 
“A scary and cunning tale.” —Rocky Mountain News
 
“Achieves a deeply satisfying density of plot and characterization.” —The Baltimore Sun
 
“[Mankell] keeps things at a high level of suspense.” —Detroit Free-Press

“Intricate plotting, chilling psychological divination, and thrilling police procedural. . . . Highly recommended.” —Library Journal
 
“[The Fifth Woman] confirms that Mankell is one of the most ingenious crime writers around, strong on characterization, plotting and atmosphere.” —The Observer (London)
 
“Inspector Wallander has established himself as one of the best of recent detectives.” —The Times Literary Supplement (London)
 
“[Mankell is] one of my new favorites. . . . Beautifully constructed plots.” —Otto Penzler, New York Sun

L'autore:

Henning Mankell is the internatinally acclaimed, bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander novels.  Mankell's novels have been translated into forty-five languages and have sold more than forty million copies worldwide. He was the first winner of the Ripper Award and also received the Glass Key and the Crime Writers’ Association Golden Dagger, among other awards. His Kurt Wallander mysteries have been adapted into a PBS television series starring Kenneth Branagh. During his life, Mankell divided his time between Sweden and Mozambique, where he was artistic director of the Teatro Avenida in Maputo. He died in 2015.

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• Editore: Random House Inc.
• Data di pubblicazione: 1668
• ISBN 10: 0307946665
• ISBN 13: 9780307946669
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 660