About this title: Kurt Wallander is back. This time he must discover why a teenage girl doused herself in petrol and burned herself to death, leaving no clues as to who she was. Then a former minister of justice is butchered in a bizarre murder that proves to be the first of a killer who strikes again and again.
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Description: Good. 2003-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Very Good. 1565846117 Slight Corner Curl, Slight Shelf Wear, Buy with confidence! Please leave feedback after your purchase. It helps other buyers know we are a responsible and reliable seller. Thank you! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781400031566ISBN:1400031567
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 432 p. Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Description: Very Good. 0099446987 Mass Market Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light curve to the spine / light reading creases to the covers. read more
Description: Good. 1565845072 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780099526629ISBN:009952662X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New Press, The
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781565845077ISBN:1565845072
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Harvill Press, London, UK
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780099446989ISBN:0099446987
Description: Very Good. 7" Tall. 421 pages. Moderate forward lean to book. Light wear to covers' corners and spine-ends, page-edges lightly yellowed o/w a very clean, tidy copy. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 2003-05-01
ISBN-13:9781400031566ISBN:1400031567
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781400031566ISBN:1400031567
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: VINTAGE Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780099526629ISBN:009952662X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 512 pages. Midsummer approaches, and wallander prepares for a holiday with the new woman in his life, hopeful that his wayward daughter and his ageing father will cope without him. but his summer is ruined when a girl commits suicide before his eyes, and a former minister of justice is butchered in the first of a series of apparently motiveless murders. (Paperback) read more
"With each Henning Mankell novel, I think this will be my last, but "Sidetracked" is #5 and as with "The White Lioness," they just keep getting better. This one was the most suspenseful; pretty gripping reading, esp. considering that Mankell insists on providing the most mundane details of his hero's life -- doing the laundry, ironing, forgetting to get the car serviced, etc. And of course his continuing dismay at how Swedish society is changing (for the worse). I'm putting another volume of Mankell on my "to read" list."
"very engrossing mystery story that is also a slice of life in Sweden. If you are looking for an interesting story to occupy a lot of your time, this is a good one. its 504 pages and perhaps a bit long. I am also a big fan of the Wallander TV shows on BBC that are actually, slightly more interesting."
"Almost at the level of numbers two and three, the fifth of the Kurt Wallander series doesn't shift outward as those did (to Latvia and South Africa) but inward on Wallander as he is somewhat successful in overcoming his demons. To me, the villain seemed slightly improbable, but as Kurt keeps pointing out, it's an ugly world out there. Despite that, this one ends on a surprisingly hopeful note. Mankell is just the greatest. I started reading these as a stopgap while waiting for my hold on Stieg Larsson's second 'The Girl Who Played with Fire' at the library, but they are more than a stopgap and transcend genre. But watch out...they're really addictive."
"After seeing Kenneth Branagh as Wallander on PBS, I decided to make the series my summer reading. Seemed to make sense to read in chronological order, which was just about my undoing. The first three in the series were tediously written, overblown, and laced with uncomfortable shifts in narrative perspective. If our local library had copies in stock, I would have given up after book #2. Happily, it doesn't, so I had to get them shipped in from around the state, which meant I felt obliged to kept reading as I had put the library through all that work. I found that as Wallander ages Mankell's philosophical overeffort tones down, and the stories become exciting. Wallander isn't a hero one really roots for, and he doesn't have any cleaver skills or quirks that the reader is smugly privy too. But he feels pretty real, and the later mixes the right amount of action and reflection about the degrading state of modern Sweden.
If you're looking for police mysteries, Wallander is worth reading. I'd start with Sidetracked or The Man Who Smiled. If you like the series enough, then go back and read the first three."
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