One Step Behind27 reviews Henning Mankell Vintage, 2003 Another Uniquely Satisfying Murder Mystery by Mankell + Kurt Wallander Right in Step + Another heart stopper from Henning Mankell + A Great Police Thriller + A Compelling and Entertaining Page Turner: Mankell's Best?             The White Lioness22 reviews Henning Mankell Vintage, 2003 A nonstandard Wallender Mystery + Not a Wallander story we are used to, but not bad! + Who's a Better Writer: the Author or the Translator Having already read the 4th Wallender book, 'The Man Who Smiled' ('Silkeridderen' or 'The Silk Rider, in Norwegian translation), I now know where Wallender's depression came from. It's developed in the present book. Wallender has character the opposite that of a psychopath, and it's why he rarely ...             Before the Frost11 reviews Henning Mankell Vintage, 2006 The Sinister World Invades Sweden + I'd give the book an A, the translation a C+ + Unusual, Involving, Shocking + Master of historical "What if..."             The Dogs of Riga28 reviews Henning Mankell Vintage, 2004 Wallander Works His Magic in Eastern Europe + Recent Baltic history through Swedish eyes + Latvia in Wallender-Land In most mystery novels, the social order is disturbed when a horrific crime is committed. The hero/detective uses his superior skills to solve the mystery, catch the criminal and thus restore the social order. One variation on this pattern is when the mystery writer takes the hero/detective out of ...             Firewall25 reviews Henning Mankell Vintage, 2003 Firewall and other Mankell mysteries + Good for a leisurely read + Sweden? + The last book in the Wallander series is again excellent             The Return of the Dancing Master20 reviews Henning Mankell Vintage, 2005 Wallender isn't the only oddball cop in Sweden! + The Dance Goes On and On + Neo-nazism in Sweden + Not my type of dance             Sidetracked27 reviews Henning Mankell Vintage, 2003 Good But Not His Best Novel: 4 or 5 Stars, Spoiled By Too Many Murders + Thank you, Len + Ah, take one consideration with another I thank fellow reviewer Leonard Fleisig for bringing this author to my attention. The writing is simply superb. I am very interested in reading more books by the Mankell. So far, I have bought and read six novels in the Wallander series. I thought that the novel was excellent up to a point. But ...             Faceless Killers44 reviews Henning Mankell Vintage, 2003 Its Hard To Put Down + Swedish police officer Wallender is a tough cop with many human frailties... + Good characters and story It's hard to solve the mystery. But, it's even harder to put the book down... Imagine waking up during the middle of the night. You're awakened by a bad dream that tells you something is terribly wrong, awfully strange. You check your house and everything appears to be normal. You notice ...             The Fifth Woman (A Kurt Wallander Mystery)24 reviews Henning Mankell Vintage, 2004 Amazing thriller + Riveting Mystery + Crime Committed By Real People, Solved By A Real Person + One of his best + "Though this be madness             One Step Behind27 reviews Henning Mankell Vintage, 2003 Another Uniquely Satisfying Murder Mystery by Mankell + Kurt Wallander Right in Step + Another heart stopper from Henning Mankell + A Great Police Thriller + A Compelling and Entertaining Page Turner: Mankell's Best?             Before the Frost11 reviews Henning Mankell Vintage, 2006 The Sinister World Invades Sweden + I'd give the book an A, the translation a C+ + Unusual, Involving, Shocking + Master of historical "What if..."             The Return of the Dancing Master20 reviews Henning Mankell Vintage, 2005 Wallender isn't the only oddball cop in Sweden! + The Dance Goes On and On + Neo-nazism in Sweden + Not my type of dance             Faceless Killers44 reviews Henning Mankell Vintage, 2003 Its Hard To Put Down + Swedish police officer Wallender is a tough cop with many human frailties... + Good characters and story It's hard to solve the mystery. But, it's even harder to put the book down... Imagine waking up during the middle of the night. You're awakened by a bad dream that tells you something is terribly wrong, awfully strange. You check your house and everything appears to be normal. You notice ...             Sidetracked27 reviews Henning Mankell Vintage, 2003 Good But Not His Best Novel: 4 or 5 Stars, Spoiled By Too Many Murders + Thank you, Len + Ah, take one consideration with another I thank fellow reviewer Leonard Fleisig for bringing this author to my attention. The writing is simply superb. I am very interested in reading more books by the Mankell. So far, I have bought and read six novels in the Wallander series. I thought that the novel was excellent up to a point. But ...             The White Lioness22 reviews Henning Mankell Vintage, 2003 A nonstandard Wallender Mystery + Not a Wallander story we are used to, but not bad! + Who's a Better Writer: the Author or the Translator Having already read the 4th Wallender book, 'The Man Who Smiled' ('Silkeridderen' or 'The Silk Rider, in Norwegian translation), I now know where Wallender's depression came from. It's developed in the present book. Wallender has character the opposite that of a psychopath, and it's why he rarely ...             The Fifth Woman (A Kurt Wallander Mystery)24 reviews Henning Mankell Vintage, 2004 Amazing thriller + Riveting Mystery + Crime Committed By Real People, Solved By A Real Person + One of his best + "Though this be madness             Firewall25 reviews Henning Mankell Vintage, 2003 Firewall and other Mankell mysteries + Good for a leisurely read + Sweden? + The last book in the Wallander series is again excellent             The Dogs of Riga28 reviews Henning Mankell Vintage, 2004 Wallander Works His Magic in Eastern Europe + Recent Baltic history through Swedish eyes + Latvia in Wallender-Land In most mystery novels, the social order is disturbed when a horrific crime is committed. The hero/detective uses his superior skills to solve the mystery, catch the criminal and thus restore the social order. One variation on this pattern is when the mystery writer takes the hero/detective out of ...