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Henning Mankell


Internationally acclaimed author Henning Mankell has written eleven Kurt Wallander mysteries. The books have been published in thirty-three countries and consistently top the bestseller lists in Europe, receiving major literary prizes (including the UK's Golden Dagger for Sidetracked) and generating numerous international film and television adaptations. He has also published many other novels for children, teens, and adults. In addition, he is one of Sweden's most popular dramatists.

Born in 1948, Mankell grew up in the Swedish village Sveg. He now divides his time between Sweden and Maputo, Mozambique, where he works as a director at Teatro Avenida. He has spent many...

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The Troubled Man
Written by Henning Mankell

Trade Paperback | 496 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Thrillers
978-0-307-39884-0 (0-307-39884-6)

April 3, 2012 | $21.00

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The Troubled Man
Written by Henning Mankell

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307398840
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From the author most recently of the bestselling, internationally acclaimed thriller The Man from Beijing — comes the first Kurt Wallander mystery in more than a decade: the much-anticipated return of the brilliant, brooding detective.

On a winter's day in 2008, Hakån von Enke, a retired high-ranking naval officer, disappears during his...


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The Troubled Man
Written by Henning Mankell

Hardcover | 384 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Thrillers
978-0-307-39883-3 (0-307-39883-8)

March 29, 2011 | $32.95

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The Troubled Man
Written by Henning Mankell

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307398833
Our Price: $32.95
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From the author most recently of the bestselling, internationally acclaimed thriller The Man from Beijing — comes the first Kurt Wallander mystery in more than a decade: the much-anticipated return of the brilliant, brooding detective.

On a winter's day in 2008, Hakån von Enke, a retired high-ranking naval officer, disappears during his...


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The Troubled Man
Written by Henning Mankell

eBook | 320 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Thrillers
978-0-307-39885-7 (0-307-39885-4)

March 29, 2011 | $13.99

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The Troubled Man
Written by Henning Mankell

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307398857
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From the author most recently of the bestselling, internationally acclaimed thriller The Man from Beijing — comes the first Kurt Wallander mystery in more than a decade: the much-anticipated return of the brilliant, brooding detective.

On a winter's day in 2008, Hakån von Enke, a retired high-ranking naval officer, disappears during his...


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The Troubled Man
Written by Henning Mankell
Read by Robin Sachs
Translated by Laurie Thompson

Unabridged Compact Disc | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Thrillers
978-0-307-87796-3 (0-307-87796-5)

March 29, 2011 | $51.00

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The Troubled Man
Written by Henning Mankell, Read by Robin Sachs, Translated by Laurie Thompson

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
ISBN: 9780307877963
Our Price: $51.00
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The much-anticipated return of Henning Mankell’s brilliant, brooding detective, Kurt Wallander.

On a winter day in 2008, Håkan von Enke, a retired high-ranking naval officer, vanishes during his daily walk in a forest near Stockholm. The investigation into his disappearance falls under the jurisdiction of the Stockholm police. It has nothing to...


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The Troubled Man
Written by Henning Mankell
Read by Robin Sachs
Translated by Laurie Thompson

Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Thrillers
978-0-307-87797-0 (0-307-87797-3)

March 29, 2011 | $27.00

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The Troubled Man
Written by Henning Mankell, Read by Robin Sachs, Translated by Laurie Thompson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780307877970
Our Price: $27.00


The much-anticipated return of Henning Mankell’s brilliant, brooding detective, Kurt Wallander.

On a winter day in 2008, Håkan von Enke, a retired high-ranking naval officer, vanishes during his daily walk in a forest near Stockholm. The investigation into his disappearance falls under the jurisdiction of the Stockholm police. It has nothing to...

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The Man from Beijing
Written by Henning Mankell

Trade Paperback | 464 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Thrillers
978-0-307-39786-7 (0-307-39786-6)

March 8, 2011 | $21.00

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The Man from Beijing
Written by Henning Mankell

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307397867
Our Price: $21.00
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From the internationally acclaimed author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries comes an extraordinary stand-alone novel - both a mystery and a sweeping drama - that traces the legacy of the nineteenth-century slave trade between China and America.

January 2006. In the small Swedish hamlet of Hesjövallen, a horrific scene is discovered: nineteen...


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Faceless Killers
Written by Henning Mankell

Paperback | 400 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-74285-8 (0-307-74285-7)

January 25, 2011 | $8.99

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Faceless Killers
Written by Henning Mankell

Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780307742858
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First in the Kurt Wallander series.

It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and his wife is left to die with a noose around her neck. And as if this didn’t present enough problems for...

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Roseanna
Written by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo
Introduction by Henning Mankell

eBook | 224 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural
978-0-307-77281-7 (0-307-77281-0)

October 27, 2010 | $9.99

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Roseanna
Written by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo, Introduction by Henning Mankell

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307772817
Our Price: $9.99


The masterful first novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries by the internationally renowned crime writing duo Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, finds Beck hunting for the murderer of a lonely traveler.On a July afternoon, a young woman's body is dredged from Sweden's beautiful Lake Vattern. With no clues Beck...

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The Eye of the Leopard
Written by Henning Mankell

eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Thrillers
978-0-307-37030-3 (0-307-37030-5)

July 1, 2010 | $13.99

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The Eye of the Leopard
Written by Henning Mankell

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307370303
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Interweaving past and present, Sweden and Zambia, The Eye of the Leopard draws on bestselling author Henning Mankell's deep understanding of the two worlds he has inhabited for over twenty years.

Hans Olofson lived through a tough childhood. His father drank himself into oblivion, and his mother was completely absent, only faded...

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Kennedy's Brain
Written by Henning Mankell

eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Thrillers
978-0-307-37350-2 (0-307-37350-9)

April 30, 2010 | $13.99

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Kennedy's Brain
Written by Henning Mankell

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307373502
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An original and breathtaking thriller surrounding one of the most important issues of our time, from internationally acclaimed and bestselling author Henning Mankell.

When archaeologist Louise Cantor’s son Henrik is found dead in his flat, she refuses to believe it was suicide. Despite traces of sleeping tablets in his system, several clues...

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The Man from Beijing
Written by Henning Mankell

eBook | pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Thrillers
978-0-307-37405-9 (0-307-37405-X)

February 16, 2010 | $13.99

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The Man from Beijing
Written by Henning Mankell

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307374059
Our Price: $13.99


From the internationally acclaimed author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries comes an extraordinary stand-alone novel - both a mystery and a sweeping drama - that traces the legacy of the nineteenth-century slave trade between China and America.

January 2006. In the small Swedish hamlet of Hesjövallen, a horrific scene is discovered: nineteen...


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The Man from Beijing
Written by Henning Mankell
Read by Rosalyn Landor
Translated by Laurie Thompson

Unabridged Compact Disc | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-71235-6 (0-307-71235-4)

February 16, 2010 | $55.00

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The Man from Beijing
Written by Henning Mankell, Read by Rosalyn Landor, Translated by Laurie Thompson

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
ISBN: 9780307712356
Our Price: $55.00
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The acclaimed author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries, writing at the height of his powers, now gives us an electrifying stand-alone global thriller.

January 2006. In the Swedish hamlet of Hesjövallen, nineteen people have been massacred. The only clue is a red ribbon found at the scene.

Judge Birgitta Roslin has particular...

Also available as an unabridged audiobook download, eBook and a trade paperback.

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The Man from Beijing
Written by Henning Mankell
Read by Rosalyn Landor
Translated by Laurie Thompson

Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-71236-3 (0-307-71236-2)

February 16, 2010 | $29.95

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The Man from Beijing
Written by Henning Mankell, Read by Rosalyn Landor, Translated by Laurie Thompson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780307712363
Our Price: $29.95


The acclaimed author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries, writing at the height of his powers, now gives us an electrifying stand-alone global thriller.

January 2006. In the Swedish hamlet of Hesjövallen, nineteen people have been massacred. The only clue is a red ribbon found at the scene.

Judge Birgitta Roslin has particular...

Also available as an unabridged audio CD, eBook and a trade paperback.

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The Pyramid
Written by Henning Mankell

Trade Paperback | 416 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-39835-2 (0-307-39835-8)

October 6, 2009 | $21.00

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The Pyramid
Written by Henning Mankell

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307398352
Our Price: $21.00
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Now available for the first time in paperback from Vintage Canada, this international bestseller is the missing piece of the critically acclaimed Kurt Wallander mystery series: the story of Wallander's beginnings.

The Pyramid
is the prequel to the bestselling Kurt Wallander series, and reintroduces readers to a character they thought they knew...


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The Eye of the Leopard
Written by Henning Mankell

Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Thrillers
978-0-307-39784-3 (0-307-39784-X)

April 14, 2009 | $21.00

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The Eye of the Leopard
Written by Henning Mankell

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307397843
Our Price: $21.00
   Quantity: 1 


Interweaving past and present, Sweden and Zambia, The Eye of the Leopard draws on bestselling author Henning Mankell's deep understanding of the two worlds he has inhabited for over twenty years.

Hans Olofson lived through a tough childhood. His father drank himself into oblivion, and his mother was completely absent, only faded...

Also available as an eBook.


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