Re my post below:
> Given the recent vote, there are an awful lot
of
> Martin Beck fans on the list. I just finished
a
> book
> by a Swedish writer named Henning Mankell
called
> FACELESS KILLERS that I think will appeal to
most
> Sjowall/Wahloo enthusiasts.
>
> The hero is a rural detective inspector named
Kurt
> Wallender. Think of him as Carl Houseman to
Martin
> Beck's Steve Carella. He operates in a
rural
> farming
> community that, despite its rustic charm has
more
> than
> its share of violent crime.
>
> The first two books published in English won
some
> kind
> of Swedish crime writing award. The
thrid,
> SIDETRACKED, won the CWA's Golden Dagger for
Best
> Novel.
>
> I found FACELESS KILLERS to be a bit of a
slow
> starter, but sticking with it paid off. I'll make
a
> point of looking for the other Wallender
books.
I just noticed that, wlthough I mentioned him in the subject
line, nowhere in the body of the message did I mention that
the author's name is Henning Mankell.
JIM DOHERTY
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