Arrived from Better World Books yesterday. Used.

A stand-alone novel by one of the best mystery writers.

This complex tale begins when a man traveling through a tiny village discovers that most of its inhabitants are dead, murdered. Birgitta Roslin, granddaughter of two of the victims, travels to the village to see it and to learn more, and can't leave it alone. While the investigators of the crime think they have it covered she is not so sure. But will they listen to her?

The story reaches back in time to China and the United States and in the present to China again, where Birgitta is threatened while continuing her search for answers.

As is often the case in Mankell's novels, this one brings in parts of history some of us know nothing about or prefer not to remember. I love his sense of justice.

On a table inside.