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Faceless Killers

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Faceless Killers

By: Henning Mankell
Narrated by: Sean Barrett
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One frozen January morning at 5am, Inspector Wallander responds to what he believes is a routine call out. 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.
Wallander's life is a shambles. His wife has left him, his daughter refuses to speak to him, and even his ageing father barely tolerates him. He works tirelessly, eats badly, and drinks his nights away in a lonely, neglected flat. But now Wallander must forget his troubles and throw himself into a battle against time.

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After reading the books at the end of this series I headed back to the beginning where I should've started! I did enjoy this book and as usual excellent narration. This did fill in some of the gaps for me with incidents mentioned later on, story not as good as the others but still worth a listen.

After this book I found The Dogs of Riga -2nd book and I really did enjoy that - an excellent listen I couldn't put down- fills in the gaps of how Wallander met Bieber and the story behind her- thoroughly enjoyable listen and highly recommended. Great story with lots of twists and turns right up to the end! Am miffed that this was the last book for me to read in the series so off to find a new series!

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This seemed an exceptionally long book. I am judging it purely on audible. Personally, I did not find it an easy listen. The author writes in staccato style. Sentences are lists of small details. Swedish names of the detectives are confusing and sound the same. The biggest problem is there is no tension in this book, no build up, no thrill. Just a depressed, flawed detective heading an endless red- herring . It maybe lovers of Mankell’s books read him for his spare prose and likeable hero, but by the time I got to the end I was as exhausted and depressed as the detective...

It seemed a very long book

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a very good reader and a very good start to this set of books....enjoy bookone

wallander book one a good start

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Great story, characters and flow. finally got round to downloading this and not disappointed

brilliant

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I’d read Italian shoe by Henning Mankell and had really enjoyed it. This was the second book by him I’d read and I wasn’t that taken with it. It was very drawn out and not a particularly gripping story with a few loose ends not tied up. Disappointing

A bit longwinded

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