3/16/2023 0 Comments Faceless killers kindleI will definitely read the next book in the series!Ĭalifornia Historical Landmark (428) Movies (320) books (208) Facebook (158) Andrew Heringer Music (145) Dining Out (132) 30 for 30 (126) Milo Greene (126) Moblog (126) golf (104) National Register of Historic Places (81) NBA Power Rankings (72) Hikes (69) Andrew (68) Soundtrack of my Life (66) Fall Dinner Party (65) My Life (64) Cub Scouts (61) Camino de Santiago (57) Running (55) Tom and Eric on the Way (55) Anniversary (54) 30 for 30 Short (51) Elk Grove Outlaws Baseball Statistics (49) Morgan (49) France 2006 (48) Pony Express Stations (46) Lee (45) Sacramento Kings (44) Christmas Tree (37) Nevada Historical Marker (37) Art Docent (36) Apple TV (33) Snow Skiing (33) Morgan Heringer Music (30) Christmas Ornaments (28) Sea Ranch Historical Markers (28) 2010 LYB Major Angels (27) James Bond (27) Sharon's Birthday (27) Elk Grove Gunners Baseball (26) Christmas Card (25) Throwback Thursday (24) Run to Feed the Hungry (23) Catan (22) ESPN Films (22) New Year's Eve (22) Christmas Eve (21) Fourth of July (21) Mother's Day (21) My Birthday (21) Elk Grove Outlaws Baseball (20) Father's Day (20) Thanksgiving (20) Christmas Day (19) Easter (19) Valentine's Day (19) steps (19) SEAs Eagles JV Comp Basketball Statistics (18) #ShelterInPlace (17) curbside takeout (17) Mayfly (16) Lexus RX400h (15) Philippines 2003 (15) Super Bowl (15) Volvo XC60 T8 (15) 25th Wedding Anniversary (14) Building the Elk Grove House (14) Christmas Lights (14) Cisco EBC (14) Cooperstown Dreams Park (14) Fall Dinner Party Menu (14) Trip to Russia and Germany (14) AllTrails (13) Bill Simmons (13) Book Club (13) Westerns (13) iPhone (13) Clint Eastwood (12) Outlaws Spring 2011 Pictures (12) College Visit (11) #mustacheabroad (10) Biking (10) Christie's (10) LYB All Star Tryout (10) New Year's Day (10) science fiction (10) Kayaking (9) Varsity Baseball Top 20 (9) Jerusalem Farm (8) Nine for IX (8) Pennsylvania Historical Marker (8) River Cats (8) SEAS Christmas Program (8) SHSS IS Golf Tournament (8) St. I give it a solid "B" and recommend the book. It was a nice quick read between weighier projects like the Johnson biographies. The story focuses on Sweden's liberal attitude regarding immigration, and explores themes of racism and national identity. In 1992, Faceless Killers won the first ever Glass Key award it is given to crime writers from the Nordic countries. It is the first in his acclaimed Wallander series. Someone must have recommended it to me (Tom?), but frankly I have no recollection of who.įaceless Killers (Swedish: Mördare utan ansikte) is a 1991 crime novel by the Swedish writer Henning Mankell. Looking for new and different books, I am constantly talking to people about what they are reading. Somewhat disturbingly, I am not sure why I downloaded the book. Looking in the Kindle app, I saw that I had downloaded this book in March. Flying back from Burbank, I finished the book that I was reading. Winner of the Sweden's Best Mystery Award and the first installment in the series that inspired the PBS program Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh, Faceless Killers is a razor-sharp, stylishly dark police procedural with searing social commentary that reaches beyond its genre to produce "a superior novel-and a harbinger of great things to come" ( Booklist).My third book for June is Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell. Tenacious and levelheaded in his sleuthing, he and his colleagues must contend with a wave of violent xenophobia as they search for the killers. His family is falling apart, he's gaining weight, and he drinks too much and sleeps too little. In charge of the investigation is Inspector Kurt Wallander, a local detective whose personal life is in a shambles. The only clue is the single word she utters before she dies: "foreign." A #1 international bestseller: This "exquisite novel of mesmerizing depth" launched the acclaimed Wallander Mysteries and BBC series starring Kenneth Branagh ( Los Angeles Times).Įarly one morning, a small-town farmer discovers that his neighbors have been victims of a brutal attack during the night: An old man has been bludgeoned to death, and his tortured wife lies dying before the farmer's eyes.
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