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.
A noirish psychological thriller, steeped in eerie premonitions and symbolism, in prose that's as cold, empty and pitiless as the landscape it describes * Metro * An atmospheric and chilling portrait of a disturbed mind * Observer * A terse, gripping dissection of a broken man whose private morality is as barren as the frozen wastes that betray his destiny * Times Literary Supplement * Mesmerically fascinating * Daily Telegraph * Razor-sharp... Mankell is, without doubt, one of the most impressive crime writers at work today * Guardian *