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.
This is two for the price of one - the finely crafted thriller you'd expect from Mankell, and the powerful social comment you wouldn't * Daily Sport * On one level, it is a mystery; but it is also an angry polemic on a subject that Mankell feels strongly about - the unnecessary suffering of AIDS victims in Africa * The Times * A journey into the darkest reaches of exploitation * Daily Telegraph * Mankell is writing with his heart on his sleeve, and the subject matter is a worthy one * Irish Times * Inventive, funny and worryingly prophetic * Guardian *