Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell


My rating: 5 of 5 stars
One of the reasons I have come to really love the Kurt Wallander series of detective novels and why I really enjoyed this novel, is because of the main protagonist. Kurt Wallander is definitely one of the best realised and fully Human fictional Characters I have read. Wallander probably wouldn't be able to do the Times crossword in ten minutes like Morse, or be as hard boiled as Sam Spade, but instead his more dogged approach feels more realistic. In faceless killers we follow hime across a cold grey Skanian Winter following the horrific Murders of a pair of old age pensioners. We watch as he tries to solve this crime whilst going through a divorce and with his married life falling apart.There are tremendous twists and turns and an undercurrent of racial tension simmering in the background, with a great ending, all in all a really superb first novel

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