Faceless Killers
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SqueakyChu
of Rockville, Maryland USA on 4/15/2013
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
SqueakyChu of Rockville, Maryland USA on 4/15/2013 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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On 4/14/13, this book was chosen at The Book Thing of Baltimore, an organization whose mission it is to put books into the hands of those who want them. My husband is now reading this book.
Well, my husband never finished reading this book because he didn't like it. That was six year ago! :D
Even though I'm not really a big reader of crime fiction, I found this novel of a police investigation of a violent murder of a farmer and his wife a compelling read. Henning Mankell is a Swedish author, and the settings for his novel are in various places within Sweden. I'm only sorry that this country's cities are not familiar to me.
The book was so interesting to read with it many clues, an incredible number of characters, many place names and much alcohol and even more coffee. I found the characters very likable. Wallander came across as a dedicated policeman although I had a problem with his hitting on a married woman in his office. I felt great compassion toward the policeman Rydberg who was ill toward the end of the book.
I know that this book is the first book of a series of more than twenty novels. I don't know that I'll ever get to or want to read them all, but for now, I'd certainly like to try the next book in this series.
I have to note here that this book was written about Sweden in 1991. It's very unsettling for me now as an American reader in 2019 to be reading about white nationalism and crimes against asylum seekers as my own country is dealing with a federal government with what I consider to be repugnant policies against asylum seekrs and refugees. Sad truth so often comes out in fiction.
The book was so interesting to read with it many clues, an incredible number of characters, many place names and much alcohol and even more coffee. I found the characters very likable. Wallander came across as a dedicated policeman although I had a problem with his hitting on a married woman in his office. I felt great compassion toward the policeman Rydberg who was ill toward the end of the book.
I know that this book is the first book of a series of more than twenty novels. I don't know that I'll ever get to or want to read them all, but for now, I'd certainly like to try the next book in this series.
I have to note here that this book was written about Sweden in 1991. It's very unsettling for me now as an American reader in 2019 to be reading about white nationalism and crimes against asylum seekers as my own country is dealing with a federal government with what I consider to be repugnant policies against asylum seekrs and refugees. Sad truth so often comes out in fiction.
Journal Entry 4 by SqueakyChu at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA on Wednesday, December 25, 2019
SqueakyChu at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA on Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (12/25/2019 UTC) at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA
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***The 2019 What's in a Name Release Challenge hosted by DragonGoddess. The title of this book contains the names LE (x2). ACE and LES.
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***The 2019 What's in a Name Release Challenge hosted by DragonGoddess. The title of this book contains the names LE (x2). ACE and LES.
----------------------------
Hello and welcome to BookCrossing ... where we make the whole world a library!
Now that you've "caught" this book, it is yours to do with as you like. Read it, keep it, or give it away. It's your choice!
I'd love if you'd enter a note here on BookCrossing about this book -- where you found it, how you like it, and/or where you release it. If you join BookCrossing (free and fun), kindly list me, SqueakyChu. or any other journaler on this thread as your referring person. Thank you so much.
Enjoy the book!
