num_pages: 280
description: 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 the Ystad police Inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying woman’s last word is foreign, leaving the police the one tangible clue they have–and in the process, the match that could inflame Sweden’s already smoldering anti-immigrant sentiments. Unlike the situation with his ex-wife, his estranged daughter, or the beautiful but married young prosecuter who has piqued his interest, in this case, Wallander finds a problem he can handle. He quickly becomes obsessed with solving the crime before the already tense situation explodes, but soon comes to realize that it will require all his reserves of energy and dedication to solve.--back cover
language: English
title: Faceless Killers
titlecomplete: Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander, #1)
characters: Kurt Wallander, Johannes Lövgren
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Nordic Noir, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Sweden, Audiobook, Scandinavian Literature
ratings_count: 73132
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: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard