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The Man From Beijing

Laurie Thompson Henning Mankell

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English
Vintage
01 April 2011
A brutal revenge story that

is both a gripping police procedural and a chilling political thriller.

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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Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 192mm,  Width: 128mm,  Spine: 40mm
Weight:   380g
ISBN:   9780099532040
ISBN 10:   0099532042
Pages:   560
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Henning Mankell is the prize-winning and internationally acclaimed author of the Inspector Wallander Mysteries, now dominating bestseller lists throughout Europe and being adapted into a BBC television series starring Kenneth Branagh. He devotes much of his free time to working with AIDS charities in Africa, where he is also director of the Teatro Avenida in Maputo. www.henningmankell.co.uk

Reviews for The Man From Beijing

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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