The Dogs of Riga
The Dogs of Riga
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Summary
Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team are called in to investigate the murder of two Latvian criminals. Wallander then travels to Riga, where he is plunged into a nightmare world of police surveillance, veiled threats, and lies.
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The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell
Another mesmerising and brilliant mystery from Sweden's renowned crime writer. It is February, 1991. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team receive a call to the Ystad police station. A dinghy has washed ashore, carrying a hideous cargo: two men, dressed in expensive suits, shot dead. The dead men were Latvian criminals, and this time Wallander will unwittingly become involved in the affairs of the nation so close to Sweden, yet still emerging from behind the Iron Curtain. When another murder is committed, Wallander agrees to travel to Riga to help solve the crimes. There he finds himself plunged into a nightmare world of police surveillance, veiled threats, and lies. Alone, determined to discover the truth and pursued by the shadowy figures of the secret police, Wallander will test his bravery to the limits - and he will also find love.
Inspector Wallander has touches of Dexter's Inspector Morse about him, while remaining an original and highly likeable creation Marcel Berlins, The Times; It is not hard to see why the Wallander books have made a particular impactThey are tightly plotted, but even more importantly, as in most good crime fiction, the character of the detective and the atmosphere surrounding the action are what give that extra edge to the performance Hugh Macpherson, Times Literary Supplement
Henning Mankell was born in Stockholm in 1948. His many works of fiction have been translated into 19 languages. He has worked as an actor, theatre director and manager in Sweden and more recently in Mozambique, where he now lives and is the head of the Teatro Avenida in Maputo.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781860468384 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860468381 |
| Title | The Dogs of Riga |
| Author | Henning Mankell |
| Series | Kurt Wallender Mystery S |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2001-10-18 |
| Number of pages | 326 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |