Henning Mankell is the prize-winning and internationally acclaimed author of the Inspector Wallander Mysteries, now dominating bestseller lists throughout Europe. 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.
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 *