Firewall

A tight, intense police procedural. It's not exactly a detective story - there's less deduction going on than just following crimes as they happen and see how they all link up - but it's got a great sense of detail and of atmosphere. Wallander is, as many have said, a compelling protagonist, and it's a swift, easy, interesting mystery read. There's a few plot holes...more

A tight, intense police procedural. It's not exactly a detective story - there's less deduction going on than just following crimes as they happen and see how they all link up - but it's got a great sense of detail and of atmosphere. Wallander is, as many have said, a compelling protagonist, and it's a swift, easy, interesting mystery read. There's a few plot holes and quite a few contradictions and confusions in the text, though, that could be the fault of either the writing or the translation.   hide

Great

Not entirely sure about this one. On the surface, it's a straightforward police story set in southern Sweden, written in a straightforward, very procedural style. It was slow-going at first, but the plot eventually drags you in, even if Mankell's style doesn't. His detective, Wallander, is not a superhuman detective in the Poirot mould, but more a kind of Swedish Morse, with...more

Not entirely sure about this one. On the surface, it's a straightforward police story set in southern Sweden, written in a straightforward, very procedural style. It was slow-going at first, but the plot eventually drags you in, even if Mankell's style doesn't. His detective, Wallander, is not a superhuman detective in the Poirot mould, but more a kind of Swedish Morse, with alcoholic/divorce/loneliness lurking in the background, lugubrious and forever teetering on the edge of depression. Must be the long dark nights of a Swedish winter!   hide

Always enjoy Henning Mankell's books. They are expensive to buy where I live, but worth it. This story has lots of twists & turns, I can just feel the cold fog around me as I'm reading. Kurt Wallander is such a real character & watching him work is a treat.

Characters are real. Kurt acts like a normal person that I can relate too.

El mejor libro de Mankell, el más compleo y culmen de la saga Wallander (padre)

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