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WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR SIDETRACKED

Herbert Molin, a retired police officer, is living alone in a remote cottage in the vast forests of northern Sweden. He has two obsessions: one is the tango and the other is a conviction that he is being hunted, constantly pursued by ''demons''. He has no close friends, no close neighbours, and by the time his body is eventually found, Molin is almost unrecognisable.

Lindman, a police officer on extended sick leave, hears of the death of his former colleague and, to take his mind off his own problems, decides to involve himself in the case. What he discovers, to his horror and disbelief, is a network of evil almost unimaginable in this remote district, and one which seems impossible to link to Molin''s death.



Trade Review
Absorbing, chilling and dripping with evil atmosphere * The Times *
Mankell is the master of the slow burn, and The Return of the Dancing Master makes us crave more of his misty, haunted atmosphere * Independent *
A worthy successor to the Wallander whodunnits * Sunday Telegraph *
The new cast is introduced with customary brilliance, and the political edge suggests a fine new direction from this immense talent * Scotland on Sunday *
Compelling...there's no one better at the genre... His characters are his greatest invention * San Francisco Chronicle *

The Return Of The Dancing Master

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 28 May 2009
      ISBN-13 9780099541882
      978-0099541882
      ISBN-10 0099541882
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      Crime & Thrillers Books by Henning Mankell

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR SIDETRACKED

      Herbert Molin, a retired police officer, is living alone in a remote cottage in the vast forests of northern Sweden. He has two obsessions: one is the tango and the other is a conviction that he is being hunted, constantly pursued by ''demons''. He has no close friends, no close neighbours, and by the time his body is eventually found, Molin is almost unrecognisable.

      Lindman, a police officer on extended sick leave, hears of the death of his former colleague and, to take his mind off his own problems, decides to involve himself in the case. What he discovers, to his horror and disbelief, is a network of evil almost unimaginable in this remote district, and one which seems impossible to link to Molin''s death.



      Trade Review
      Absorbing, chilling and dripping with evil atmosphere * The Times *
      Mankell is the master of the slow burn, and The Return of the Dancing Master makes us crave more of his misty, haunted atmosphere * Independent *
      A worthy successor to the Wallander whodunnits * Sunday Telegraph *
      The new cast is introduced with customary brilliance, and the political edge suggests a fine new direction from this immense talent * Scotland on Sunday *
      Compelling...there's no one better at the genre... His characters are his greatest invention * San Francisco Chronicle *

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