| ISBN |
9780099571698 (paperback) |
| Name |
Mankell, Henning, 1948-2015 author. |
| Uniform title |
Vita lejoninnan. English |
| Title |
The white lioness / Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson. |
| Published |
London : Vintage Books, 2012. |
| ©2003 |
| Description |
564 pages : maps ; 20 cm. |
| Notes |
This translation originally published: London: Harvill, 2003. |
| Summary |
In 1992, in peaceful Southern Sweden, a young housewife, pillar of the Methodist church, disappears and is found murdered, execution style, and Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team are called in to investigate. The execution-style murder of a Swedish housewife looks like a simple case even though there is no obvious suspect. But then Wallander learns of a determined stalker, and soon enough, the cops catch up with him. However, when his alibi turns out to be airtight, they realize that what seemed a simple crime of passion is actually far more complex and dangerous. The search for the truth behind the killing eventually uncovers an assassination plot, and Wallander soon finds himself in a tangle with both the secret police and a ruthless foreign agent. |
| Language note |
Translated from the Swedish. |
| Subjects |
Wallander, Kurt (Fictitious character) Fiction |
| Police -- Sweden -- Fiction |
| Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction |
| Genre |
Detective and mystery fiction |
| Other Names |
Thompson, Laurie, 1938- translator. |
| Series |
Kurt Wallander mystery 03. |
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