The man from Beijing
By: Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9781846552571; 9781846552588
Subjects: Schwedisch; Massacres; Serial murder investigation; Kriminalroman; Women judges; Revenge; Fiction
Description: "In the Swedish hamlet of Hesjövallen, nineteen people have been found dead. When Judge Birgitta Roslin reads about the massacre, she realises that she has a family connection to one of the couples involved and decides to investigate. A nineteenth-century diary and a red silk ribbon found in the forest nearby are her only clues"--Cover.
Notes: Translated from the Swedish.
Table of contents: title: "In the Swedish hamlet of Hesjövallen, nineteen people have been found dead. When Judge Birgitta Roslin reads about the massacre, she realises that she has a family connection to one of the couples involved and decides to investigate. A nineteenth-century diary and a red silk ribbon found in the forest nearby are her only clues"; title: Cover.