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  • Published: 4 November 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407052045
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 14 hr 10 min
  • Narrator: Sean Barrett
  • RRP: $24.99

The Return Of The Dancing Master





Kurt Wallander fans will love this new novel from Henning Mankell. Featuring a new cast of characters this novel marks the end of the Kurt Wallander Mysteries and prepares the way for many more mysteries to come.

Herbert Molin, a retired police officer, lives alone in a remote cottage in northern Sweden. Two things seem to consume him; his passion for the tango, and an obsession with the \"demons\" he believes to be pursuing him. Early one morning shots shatter Molin's window- by the time his body is found it is almost unrecognisable. Stefan Lindman is another off-the-job police officer. On extended sick leave due to having cancer of the tongue Lindman hears about the murder of his former colleague and, in a bid to take his mind off his own problems, decides to investigate. As his investigation becomes increasingly complex it is with both horror and disbelief that Lindman uncovers links to a global web of neo-Nazi activity. Written with all the usual flair so highly commended by Mankell fans this intricate crime novel, with its cast of new characters, heralds the end of the Kurt Wallander Mysteries and yet, ultimately, it leads the story back to Wallander's Ystad where a new outstanding series of thrillers can begin.

  • Published: 4 November 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407052045
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 14 hr 10 min
  • Narrator: Sean Barrett
  • RRP: $24.99

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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Praise for The Return Of The Dancing Master

The most impressive new voice in the genre since Ian Rankin

Marc Lawson, Guardian

Mankell is a master of the genre

Sarah Crompton, Daily Telegraph

The investigation is twisting, thoughtful and beguiling

Peter Gutteridge, Observer

Reads like a dream with a cast of believable characters, an edge-of-the-seat plot and mountains of local colour

Jim Driver, Time Out
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