The Man Who Smiled

Informationen zum Autor Henning Mankell Klappentext Fourth mystery in the bestselling Kurt Wallander series finds the detective deep in crisis after killing a man in the line of duty. Vowing to quit the police force, he instead becomes involved in solving a friends murder. A new edition of the classic thriller featuring Inspector Kurt Wallander, republished as part of a major re-jacketing campaign. 'Absorbing, chilling and dripping with evil atmosphere' "The Times" Zusammenfassung Spiralling into an alcohol-fuelled depression after killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Kurt Wallander has made up his mind to quit the police force for good. When an old acquaintance seeks Wallander's help to investigate the suspicious circumstances in which his father has died, Kurt doesn't want to know. But when his former friend turns up dead, shot three times, Wallander realises that he was wrong not to listen. Against his better judgment, he returns to work to head what may now have become a double murder case. An enigmatic big-business tycoon seems to be the common denominator in the two deaths. But while Wallander is on the trail of the killer, somebody is on the trail of Wallander, and closing in fast... Over 35 million copies of the Kurt Wallander series sold worldwide.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Henning Mankell, MANKELL HENNING
• Con la collaborazione di: Laurie Thompson (Traduzione), Thompson Laurie (Traduzione)
• Editore: Vintage UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2012
• EAN: 9780099571728
• ISBN: 978-0-09-957172-8
• Pagine: 448
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 28 mm
• Serie: VINTAGE BOOKS; Kurt Wallander; Kurt Wallander
• Categorie: Narrativa > Gialli > Polizieschi, thriller, spionaggio; Schwedische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.), Sweden, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Modern and contemporary fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary