He works tirelessly, eats badly, and drinks his nights away. His wife has left him, his daughter refuses to speak to him, and even his ageing father barely tolerates him. covering the time until just before the start of Faceless Killers (1991). Meanwhile, he must cope with a leak to the media. Wallander must deal with depression following his divorce, his daughters emotional and physical distance, and his own problems with food and drinking. When this is leaked to the press, it unleashes a tide of racism.Wallander's life is a shambles. Henning Georg Mankell was a Swedish crime writer, childrens author, and dramatist. Faceless Killers is the story of divorced police detective Kurt Wallanders quest to bring to justice the murderers of an elderly farming couple. The woman supplies Wallander with his only clue: the perpetrators may have been foreign. When he reaches the isolated farmhouse he discovers a bloodbath.An old man has been tortured and beaten to death, his wife lies barely alive beside his shattered body, both victims of a violence beyond reason.
An old man has been tortured and beaten to d. Discover the first novel in the addictive Wallander series.'Wallander is among the very best fictional crimebusters' Daily TelegraphOne frozen January morning at 5am, Inspector Wallander responds to what he believes is a routine call out. Entering an isolated farmhouse on what he believes is a routine call, Inspector Wallander discovers a bloodbath.