The White Lioness: Kurt Wallander - Softcover

Mankell, Henning

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099535327 ISBN 13: 9780099535324

Publisher: Vintage, 2009

Synopsis

In peaceful southern Sweden, Louise Akerblom, an estate agent, pillar of the Methodist church, wife and mother, disappears. There is no explanation and no motive. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team are called in to investigate.

As Inspector Wallander is introduced to this missing persons case, he has a gut feeling that the victim will never be found alive, but he has no idea how far he will have to go in search of the killer. In South Africa, meanwhile Nelson Mandela has made his long walk to freedom. Wallander find himself caught up in a conspiracy involving renegade members of the South African secret service and a former KGB agent, all of them set upon halting Mandela's rise to power. Faced with a world in which terrorism knows no frontiers Wallander must prevent a hideous crime that means to dam the tide of history.

About this title

Review:

"Well paced... A thinking man's thriller" (New York Times)

"Mankell is one of the most ingenious crime writers around" (Observer)

"Wallander is among the very best fictional crimebusters" (Daily Telegraph)

"A master of atmospher and suspense" (Los Angeles Times)

"The real test of thrillers of this kind is whether you want to spend more time in the detective's company. I certainly do" (Sean French Independent)

From the Publisher:

The new novel by a writer who is both a bestseller throughout Europe and universally critically acclaimed, the winner of the 2002 Gold Dagger.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0099535327
• ISBN 13: 9780099535324
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576