Henning Mankell, the internationally renowned Swedish crime writer whose books about the gloomy, soul-searching police inspector Kurt Wallander enticed readers around the world, died early Monday, his ...

Swedish author Henning Mankell has become famous for his Kurt Wallander detective stories. Now, he is back with the 11th and possibly last... Henning Mankell's Last Wallander Novel Arrives The Swedish ...

Henning Mankell, trans. from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson. Knopf, $26.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-307-96122-8 Africa features prominently in the work of Mankell (The Shadow Girls), both in his acclaimed ...

Henning Mankell, trans. from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson. Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $14.95 trade paper (176p) ISBN 978-0-8041-7064-2 Set in 2002, this compelling short novel chronicles an episode ...

It is a freezing night in southern Sweden, and police inspector Kurt Wallander is summoned to an isolated farmhouse. He pushes open the door with his foot... what meets him is worse than he expected.

Mankell’s publisher Leopard, which he co-founded in 2001, said last night on its website that the author and theatre director died in the city of Goteborg, southwestern Sweden, during the night ...

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With or without his gloomy detective Kurt Wallander, the Swedish novelist feels compelled to prick the conscience of readers and fellow writers I approached my meeting with Henning Mankell, creator of ...

Want to read something cold and dark on a hot summer day? We’ve got recommendations. By Tina Jordan and Marilyn Stasio Tales of Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch and Lee Child’s Jack Reacher; Henning ...

Henning Mankell is known as the “dean” of Nordic noir, so it’s only fitting that the first book in his acclaimed Inspector Kurt Wallander series won the first ever Glass Key Award, the eminent prize ...

French filmmaker Julie Bertuccelli is teaming with Canadian producer Roger Frappier of Max Films on Italian Shoes, an adaptation of the crime novel of the same name by Henning Mankell, set to star ...