Description: On the Swedish coastline, two bodies, victims of grisly torture and cold execution, are discovered in a life raft. With no witnesses, no motives, and no crime scene, Detective Kurt Wallander is frustrated and uncertain he has the ability to solve a case as mysterious as it is heinous.
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ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR:
Laurie Thompson is the distinguished translator of novels by Henning Mankell and Hakan Nesser. He was editor of Swedish Book Review between 1983 and 2002.
Review Quotes:
"A tale rich in gritty local culture...The plot is satisfyingly seamy, [and] Wallander is, as always, discombobulated and astute."
-- "Los Angeles Times"