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Best 1 Sidetracked

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...

2 One Step Behind

One Step Behind is a crime novel by Henning Mankell featuring Swedish police inspector Kurt Wallander. First published in Swedish in 1997, it follows the investigation of three young people murdered while wearing historical costumes near a nature reserve, alongside the death of one of Wallander's co...

3 The Fifth Woman

The Fifth Woman is a crime novel by Henning Mankell and the sixth book in the series centered on Swedish police inspector Kurt Wallander. First published in Swedish in 1996, it follows Wallander and his colleagues as they investigate several men killed through elaborate and deliberately punitive met...

4 Faceless Killers

Faceless Killers is a crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell and the first book in the Kurt Wallander series. Originally published in Swedish in 1991, it follows the Ystad police inspector as he investigates the brutal killing of an elderly farming couple in rural Skåne. The case unfolds alon...

5 The White Lioness

The White Lioness is a crime novel by Henning Mankell and the third book in the series featuring Swedish police inspector Kurt Wallander. First published in Swedish in 1993, it begins with the disappearance of a woman near Ystad and expands into an international conspiracy connected to apartheid-era...

6 The Dogs of Riga

The Dogs of Riga is a crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell and the second book featuring police inspector Kurt Wallander. First published in Swedish in 1992, it begins with two murdered men found in a life raft and takes Wallander from southern Sweden to Latvia, where the case intersects wi...

7 The Troubled Man

The Troubled Man is a 2009 crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell and the final full-length novel centered on police detective Kurt Wallander. The disappearance of a retired naval officer, who is the father of Wallander's daughter's partner, draws the aging detective into an investigation con...

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