The Man from Beijing

by Henning Mankell

Laurie Thompson (Translator)

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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.

  • ISBN10 0307271862
  • ISBN13 9780307271860
  • Publish Date 16 February 2010 (first published 1 January 2010)
  • Publish Status Remaindered
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Random House USA Inc
  • Imprint Random House Inc
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 365
  • Language English