The Troubled Man

from Laura400

I actually think this was the best Wallander. These always seem to have been written a little awkwardly, which I am not sure is due to a clunky writing style or the problems of translation. And the central mystery is always a little weak on motive, with ends left hanging, but honestly that worked...

from Scrabblenut

I lost myself for several days in this book. Kurt Wallander is turning 60 and feeling the effects of aging. His daughter Linda surprises him with the news that she is pregnant, and he becomes a grandfather. Linda's soon to be father-in-law disappears without a trace, and Wallander is drawn in to ...

from herschelian

I have read most of the Wallender books by Henning Mankell and liked some more than others. This one struck me as very slow paced - but maybe that was deliberate - and I found it was a bit of a struggle to keep going with it at times. It also made me think of the way Swedes used to be stereotyped...

from klockrike

The last in the Kurt Wallander series is a rather thick book and more retrospective than the others. Kurt is aging, and his daughter Linda plays an important part, but not in the actual solving of a case. For people not familiar with the 1980s hunt for foreign submarines in the Swedish archipelag...

from Bruce_McNair

Detective Kurt Wallander's life is a mess again - after drinking a bottle of wine and a glass of cognac at a restaurant, he left his service gun behind. The next day he is called before his boss but is at a loss to explain what happened. As a result, he is put on leave while an internal investiga...