Firewall
A Kurt Wallander Mystery

The eighth book in the Swedish detective series, starts with what appears to be the unrelated random vicious slaying of their cab driver, by the two female passengers, and then the apparent heart attack of an IT consultant at a cash machine… which leads to Wallander believing that maybe he has struc......more

In this 8th book in the 'Kurt Wallander' series, the Swedish detective is dealing with personal problems while investigating two suspicious deaths. The book can be read as a standalone. ***** Inspector Kurt Wallender and his detectives are looking into two incidents: the brutal murder of a cab driver......more

This book made me feel sick to my stomach. Not because it was too gory or because what was written disagreed with me in a philosophical way, but because I have grown to care about Kurt Wallander over the eight books I've read -- maybe even seeing a bit of myself in him -- and it's in this book that......more

For me, this is the least compelling story from Henning Mankell in his Kurt Wallander series, #8, Firewall. Published in 1998, it might have been seen then as cutting edge (though I doubt it) in predicting the ways computers might endanger our lives. Now we know there are no permanent firewalls that......more