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FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE WALLANDER MYSTERIES

REVENGE CAN TAKE MORE THAN A LIFETIME

In a sleepy hamlet in north Sweden, the local police make a chilling discovery; nineteen people have been brutally slaughtered. It is a crime unprecedented in Sweden''s history and the police are under incredible pressure to solve the killings.

When Judge Birgitta Roslin reads about the massacre, she realises that she has a family connection to one of the couples involved and decides to investigate. When the police make a hasty arrest it is left to her to investigate the source of a nineteenth century diary and red silk ribbon found near the crime scene. What she will uncover leads her into an international web of corruption and a story of vengeance that stretches back over a hundred years.

The Man from Beijing is a gripping political thriller and a compelling detective story from a writer at the height of his powers.



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The master of the Swedish crime thriller... a master modern storyteller -- Barry Forshaw * Daily Express *
Riveting * The Times *
Mankell is one of the most ingenious crime writers around. Highly recommended * Observer *
Readable, tense, sometimes horrific and chilling in its precise delineation of brutal crime * Guardian *
It's hard to think of a crime novel with a more grisly opening * Sunday Times *

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 2 March 2011
      ISBN-13 9780099532040
      978-0099532040
      ISBN-10 0099532042
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE WALLANDER MYSTERIES

      REVENGE CAN TAKE MORE THAN A LIFETIME

      In a sleepy hamlet in north Sweden, the local police make a chilling discovery; nineteen people have been brutally slaughtered. It is a crime unprecedented in Sweden''s history and the police are under incredible pressure to solve the killings.

      When Judge Birgitta Roslin reads about the massacre, she realises that she has a family connection to one of the couples involved and decides to investigate. When the police make a hasty arrest it is left to her to investigate the source of a nineteenth century diary and red silk ribbon found near the crime scene. What she will uncover leads her into an international web of corruption and a story of vengeance that stretches back over a hundred years.

      The Man from Beijing is a gripping political thriller and a compelling detective story from a writer at the height of his powers.



      Trade Review
      The master of the Swedish crime thriller... a master modern storyteller -- Barry Forshaw * Daily Express *
      Riveting * The Times *
      Mankell is one of the most ingenious crime writers around. Highly recommended * Observer *
      Readable, tense, sometimes horrific and chilling in its precise delineation of brutal crime * Guardian *
      It's hard to think of a crime novel with a more grisly opening * Sunday Times *

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