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
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 *