Henning Mankell

Henning Mankell was born on 3 February 1948. He is an internationally known Swedish author of crime fiction and other books, as well as plays. He is best known for the character Kurt Wallander[?].

Kurt Wallander series

Kurt Wallander[?] is a fictional police inspector living and working in Ystad, Sweden. In the eight novels, he solves shocking murders with his colleagues. The novels have an underlying question: What went wrong with the Swedish society? The final book, Pyramiden[?], is a collection of short stories about Wallander's past.

• Faceless killers[?] (1991)
• The dogs of Riga[?] (1992)
• The white lioness[?] (1993)
• Mannen som log[?] (1994)
• Sidetracked[?] (1995)
• The fifth woman[?] (1996)
• One step behind[?] (1997)
• Firewall[?] (1998)
• Pyramiden[?] (2000)

The following book is not really a Kurt Wallander book, but it is close (its protagonist is Kurt's daughter, Linda, a police cadet, and Kurt himself is a major supporting character):

• Innan frosten[?] (2002)

Other books

• Sandmålaren[?] (1974)
• Vettvillingen[?] (1977)
• Apelsinträdet[?] (1983)
• Skuggorna växer i skymningen[?] (1991)
• Katten som älskade regn[?] (1992)
• Secrets in the fire[?] (1995)
• Comédia Infantil[?] (1995)
• Pojken som sov med snö i sin säng[?] (1996)
• Vindens son[?] (2000)
• The return of the dancing master[?] (2000)
• Tea-Bag[?] (2001)