The White Lioness
A Kurt Wallander Mystery

Kurt Wallander book 3: My first Wallander, and not realising that this would be the start of my affection for this series despite the following one sentence review I gave this, when I read it: 'Kurt Wallander investigates the random killing of a 'perfect' wife; a killing that is which is just the st......more

This, the third entry in Henning Mankell's series featuring Swedish Inspector Kurt Wallander, appeared in 1993, and is a very ambitious effort--in the end, perhaps overly so. The story starts simply enough with the murder of a real estate agent who finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time,......more

I'm only reviewing this one book, but I've read the entire detective series by Henning Mankell, and I am a huge fan. I first became aware of him after returning from a trip to Sweden in 2004, and then discovered he has a cult following in Europe and is beginning to have one in the U.S. He has writte......more

This is the third and by far most ambitious of Henning Mankell’s Wallander series. I’ll call it 3.75, some points in favor because of the ambition, and some points against because of the ambitihon, but on the whole I think it is very good. I haven’t read anything about what Mankell was trying to do......more

These are three small stars, as I find it too long - and honestly a bit boring......more