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Book SynopsisFROM 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 ReviewThe 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 *
