Kurt Wallander Mysteries (Audio): The Fifth Woman (Audiobook)

from bcquinnsmom

In this the 6th book of the Wallander series, our hero has just returned to Ystad from Rome with his ailing father as the story opens, and it seems he is just in time to get to work on an incredibly brutal crime. A man is found impaled on sharpened sticks in a pit. As usual in a Mankell novel, th...

from fourbears

A series of horrendous murders takes place and the evidence increasingly points to a woman as the culprit. The detective, Kurt Wallander, is interesting and likable-divorced with a grown daughter, no life but a love interest in the background if he can set aside his work a bit. Lots of speculatio...

from JBreedlove

Great ending but a little sloppy in the middle (not analyzing blood for its owner, not seeing who owns Golf's in Skane?). Wallendar ranged from an in control leader of a detective to a crying child in this book. Mankell provides a lot of good nuance for the character but I am not a fan of Kurt's ...

from KatherineGregg

Another well written piece of crime fiction featuring detective Kurt Wallander. I think that this is my favorite one so far because the series of murders and the psychology behind the killer was interesting. Mankell does a good job developing his characters from book to book. The new female on th...

from MsGumby

Another great Wallander, with lots of unexpected plot turns that I won't reveal. A great series that just keeps getting better as you see the characters grow and change. Wallander is compelling because he's so talented as a policeman, and so often clueless in his personal life; yet his attempts t...