About the author

Henning Georg Mankell (Swedish pronunciation: [²hɛnːɪŋ ¹maŋːkɛl]; 3 February 1948 – 5 October 2015) was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a number of plays and screenplays for television.

He was a left-wing social critic and activist. In his books and plays he constantly highlighted social inequality issues and injustices in Sweden and abroad. In 2010, Mankell was on board one of the ships in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla that was boarded by Israeli military forces. He was below deck when eight or nine people were shot.

Mankell shared his time between Sweden and countries in Africa, mostly Mozambique where he started a theatre. He made considerable donations to charity organizations, mostly connected to Africa.

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I en lille landsby langt inde i det landlige Sverige findes 19 mennesker myrdet. Stort set samtlige indbyggere i landsbyen er blevet knivmyrdet, de fleste gamle mennesker, en enkelt 12-årig dreng. Alle tilhørte de samme tre slægter, som måske endda oprindelig kun var én. Kriminalinspektør Vivi Sundberg sættes på sagen. Samtidig sidder dommeren Birgitta Roslin, midaldrende og med et skrantende ægteskab, i Göteborg. Ved et tilfælde opdager hun, at hun muligvis er i familie med nogle af de myrdede. Hun researcher lidt og opdager, at en tilsvarende ugerning er blevet begået i en landlig stat i USA, hvor et par, som var efterkommere af svenske indvandrere, er blevet slået ihjel. Snart er hun dybt involveret i mysteriet.

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Printed pages496 Sider
Publish date11 Aug 2015
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ISBN epub9788702085211