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Sidetracked is a crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell featuring police inspector Kurt Wallander. First published in Swedish in 1995, it follows Wallander and his colleagues as they investigate a sequence of ritualized killings while also confronting the death of a young woman who sets herse...
Why this score
Gold Dagger-winning Wallander, widely praised for tension, social unease, and serial-killer plot.
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Black Cherry Blues is a 1989 crime novel by James Lee Burke and the third book centered on Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux. The story follows Robicheaux from New Iberia to Montana after he learns of a possible murder connected to oil exploration and becomes implicated in another killing. Combini...
Why this score
Edgar-winning Robicheaux novel, praised for prose, trauma, and Louisiana-Montana atmosphere; major Burke reputation.
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