The Pyramid, Henning Mankell
The Pyramid, Henning Mankell
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The Pyramid
And Four Other Kurt Wallander Mysteries

Author: Henning Mankell

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 15 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/04/2009

Synopsis

This collection of five stories traces the growth of Swedish Inspector Kurt Wallander into a firstrate detective, from rookie cop to young father to middleaged divorc, illuminating how Wallander became a firstrate detective and highlighting new facets of a nowcanonical character. In Wallanders First Case, the twentyoneyearold patrolmans first homicide case involves his nextdoor neighbor, seemingly dead by his own hand. Wallander is a young father confronting an unexpected threat on Christmas Eve in The Man with the Mask. In The Man on the Beach, he is on the brink of middle age and troubled by a distant wife as he unravels why a lonely man was poisoned. Newly separated in The Death of the Photographer, he investigates the murder of the local photographer and discovers some well concealed secrets. In The Pyramid he is the veteran detective uncovering connections between a downed plane and the assassination of two elderly sisters. Written from the unique perspective of an author looking back upon his own creation to discover his origins, these mysteries are vintage Mankell and essential reading for all Wallander fans. The Pyramid is a wonderful display of Mankells virtuosic powers as an acknowledged master of the police procedural.

About Henning Mankell

Henning Mankell's novels have been translated into forty-five languages and have sold more than forty million copies worldwide. He was the first winner of the Ripper Award and also received the Glass Key and the Crime Writers' Association Golden Dagger, among other awards. His Kurt Wallander Mysteries have been adapted into a PBS television series starring Kenneth Branagh. During his life, Mankell divided his time between Sweden and Mozambique, where he was artistic director of the Teatro Avenida in Maputo. He died in 2015.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeffrey

"Wallander woke up shortly after six o'clock on the morning of the eleventh of December. At the same moment that he opened his eyes, his alarm clock went off. He turned it off and lay staring out into the dark. Stretched his arms and legs, spread his fingers and toes. That had become a habit, to fee......more

Goodreads review by Baba

The ninth book in the Swedish detective series, is a collection of five cases from different points in Wallander's career, starting with his first detection case and finishing with 'The Pyramid', a story about a pyramid of crimes seemingly linked, where he tries to prove their link so that the crime......more

Goodreads review by Karen

For those who are fans of Kurt Wallender, the Swedish detective, this definitely is one to add to your repertoire. I really hadn’t thought about there being this book of early stories, until we watched the Young Wallender series on Netflix. Still, there isn’t anything similar to what Netflix has don......more

Goodreads review by Mal

What is it about Swedish mystery writers? First (at least in my consciousness) there were the ten Martin Beck police procedurals of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo, published from 1965 to 1975. Now we flock to bookstores and movie theaters to enter the world of Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomqvist, who s......more

Goodreads review by Brad

I am closing in on the end of my time with Kurt Wallander -- only a couple of books to go after this -- and I am a little sad to be saying goodbye to the depressing Swedish cop. As Mankell says, "It is the fans who will miss Wallander." Just so. This volume is a nice beginning of the end for me. A s......more

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