Faceless Killers

If you remember with pleasure those dark and gloomy Martin Beck mysteries by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo, you'll be glad to plunge into the first of Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallender mysteries to appear in English. Wallender's personal life can occasionally seem more depressing than even a provincial Swedish detective should be asked to bear, but his investigative skills are strictly first rate. And Mankell's story of the brutal murder of an elderly farm couple uncovers an unusual aspect of life in modern Sweden--a streak of fear and prejudice against the many newcomers from Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe who have sought asylum there.

• The Dogs of Riga
• The White Lioness
• Sidetracked
• The Man Who Smiled (Kurt Wallander Series)
• An Event in Autumn (Kurt Wallander Series)
• The Pyramid (Kurt Wallander Series)
• Before the Frost
• Firewall (Kurt Wallander Mysteries, No. 8)
• The Fifth Woman (A Kurt Wallander Mystery)
• The Troubled Man