num_pages: 284
description: 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.
language: English
title: Faceless Killers
titlecomplete: Faceless Killers (Wallander #1)
characters: Kurt Wallander, Johannes Lövgren
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Nordic Noir, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Sweden, Audiobook, Scandinavian Literature
ratings_count: 73103
places: Sweden, Ystad
series: Kurt Wallander, Wallander
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Glass Key Award, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Svenska Deckarakademins pris för bästa svenska kriminalroman, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Premio Pepe Carvalho
publisher: The New Press