Firewall
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  • Published: 1 February 2013
  • ISBN: 9780099571766
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $24.99
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Firewall

Kurt Wallander

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1 May 2010
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10 Dec 2009
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1 Feb 2013
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In this tense and gripping installment in the Kurt Wallander series, the criminals always seem to know the police's next move

Stopping to use a cash machine one evening, a man falls to the ground: dead. A taxi driver is brutally murdered by two teenage girls who demonstrate a complete lack of remorse. One girl escapes police custody and disappears without trace. Soon afterwards, a blackout covers half the country. When an engineer arrives at the malfunctioning power station, he makes a grisly discovery...

Inspector Kurt Wallander is sure that these events must be linked - somehow. Hampered by the discovery of betrayals in his own team, lonely and frustrated, Wallander begins to lose conviction in his role as a detective.

And somehow these criminals seem always to know the police's next move.
  • Published: 1 February 2013
  • ISBN: 9780099571766
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $24.99
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Other books in the series
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The Dogs of Riga
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The White Lioness
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The Man Who Smiled
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Sidetracked
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The Fifth Woman
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Firewall
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The Pyramid
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The Troubled Man
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About the author

Henning Mankell

Henning Mankell (1948-2015) became a worldwide phenomenon with his crime writing, gripping thrillers and atmospheric novels set in Africa. His prizewinning and critically acclaimed Inspector Wallander Mysteries continue to dominate bestseller lists all over the globe and his books have been translated into forty-five languages and made into numerous international film and television adaptations: most recently the BAFTA-award-winning BBC television series Wallander, starring Kenneth Branagh.

Driven by a desire to change the world and to fight against racism and nationalism, Mankell devoted much of his time to working with charities in Africa, including SOS Children’s Villages and PLAN International, where he was also director of the Teatro Avenida in Maputo. In 2008, the University of St Andrews conferred Henning Mankell with an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in recognition of his major contribution to literature and to the practical exercise of conscience.

www.henningmankell.com

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Also by Henning Mankell

After the Fire
Quicksand
An Event in Autumn
Wallander's First Case
The Chamber
A Treacherous Paradise
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Praise for Firewall

Kurt Wallander is right up there with Ian Rankin's John Rebus

Waterstone's Books Quarterly

Another gripping Inspector Wallander mystery by Sweden's master crime writer

The Times

Enormously enjoyable

Jessica Mann, Sunday Telegraph

Firewall cracks along at a punishing pace... I am already hankering for a return to Ystad and a few more sleepless nights traipsing after Kurt

Observer

Firewall is the eighth of his investigations, and the most enjoyable yet

Guardian
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