The white lioness
By: Henning Mankell ; translated from Swedish by Laurie Thompson
Contributors: Thompson, Laurie, 1938-2015
Series: An Inspector Wallander mystery -- 3.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9780099535324
Subjects: Kurt Wallander (Fictitious character); Detective and mystery stories; Police; Fiction
Work titles: Vita lejoninnan
Description: In 1992, in peaceful Southern Sweden, a young housewife, pillar of the Methodist church, disappears and is found murdered, execution style, and Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team are called in to investigate. The execution-style murder of a Swedish housewife looks like a simple case even though there is no obvious suspect. But then Wallander learns of a determined stalker, and soon enough, the cops catch up with him. However, when his alibi turns out to be airtight, they realize that what seemed a simple crime of passion is actually far more complex and dangerous. The search for the truth behind the killing eventually uncovers an assassination plot, and Wallander soon finds himself in a tangle with both the secret police and a ruthless foreign agent.
Notes: This translation originally published: London: Harvill, 2003.

Translated from the Swedish.