Author:
Henning Mankell
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Learn moreIn an African convent, four nuns and an unidentified fifth woman are brutally murdered, and the death of the unknown woman is covered up by the local police. A year later in Sweden, Inspector Kurt Wallander is baffled and appalled by two strange murders. Holger Eriksson, a retired car dealer and bird watcher, is impaled on sharpened bamboo poles in a ditch behind his secluded home, while the body of a missing florist is discovered strangled and tied to a tree. The only clues Wallander has to go on are a skull, a diary, and a photo of three men. What ensues is a case that will test Wallander’s strength and patience, for in order to solve these murders he will need to uncover their elusive connection to the earlier unsolved murder in Africa of the fifth woman.
Henning Mankell (1948–2015) was a Swedish author of award-winning mystery novels, children’s books, drama, and television screenplays. He is best known for his Inspector Kurt Wallander mystery series, which was made into a television series starring Kenneth Branagh.
Dick Hill, named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, has won several Audie Awards and dozens of AudioFile Earphones Awards.
Audiobook details
Narrator:
Dick Hill
ISBN:
9781483071220
Length:
17 hours 4 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:
November 1, 2007
Edition:
Unabridged
Reviews
“Captures listeners with a suspenseful plot and an evocative setting…Hill’s narration lends suspense, humor, and terrific character delineation of Wallander and his cohorts.”
“[The Fifth Woman’s] intricate plotting, chilling psychological divination, and thrilling police procedural are all seamlessly translated...Highly recommended.”
“Achieves a deeply satisfying density of plot and characterization.”
“A marvelously told mystery…You can’t put it down, but you won’t want to finish it either.”
“A scary and cunning tale…Here is a police procedural in which the main procedure is thought.”
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