Henning Mankell
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
December 12, 1945. Nazi Germany lies in ruins as a British warplane lands in Buckeburg. A man carrying a small black bag quickly disembarks and travels to Hamelin, where he disappears behind the prison gates. Early the next day, England's most experienced hangman executes twelve war criminals. Fifty-four years later, retired policeman Herbert Molin spends another sleepless night on his remote farm in Härjedalen, Sweden. But it is this night when...
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In the late 1950s, fifteen-year-old Joel is anxious to leave his remote hometown in northern Sweden and sail to far-off places with his father, a former sailor, but the arrival of a letter giving news about his long-absent, nearly forgotten, mother, sends Joel and his father on a journey to Stockholm that will change their lives forever.
Author
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"A novel in which Kurt Wallander becomes involved in the case of the disappearance of a retired naval officer--who is Wallander's daughter Linda's future father-in-law--which leads him into a story of Cold War espionage. Wallander also confronts his own age and mortality, while welcoming his first granddaughter"--
Publisher
MHZ Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Swedish
Description
The Overdose: A white car is parked by a side road in the beautiful landscape of Scania in southern Sweden. A child sits alone without an adult in sight. The child's father has been reported as missing, while the mother is in a psychiatric institution, unresponsive and apathetic. Kurt Wallander's failing health sees Linda take the lead in the case. It will touch her deeply as she discovers that the child has been unscrupulously tricked, exploited...
Publisher
MHz Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Swedish
Description
A lifetime of police work has left Detective Kurt Wallander with the look of a man who's seen too much. In a spare and compelling performance, Krister Henriksson does justice to the complicated detective beloved by fans of the bestselling crime novels by Henning Mankell.
Publisher
Mhz Networks Home
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The Tricksters: A farmer is apparently kicked to death by a horse, until Detective Wallander investigates and uncovers clues suggesting a different scenario--one that involves a mysterious woman the farmer had met through personal ads. Kurt and Linda bait the killer with their own personal ad and soon find themselves in hot water. DVD format.
The Photographer: An American tourist is found dead and her husband demands the body and all her possessions...
