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Wallander's First Case [short story]

by Henning Mankell

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Kurt Wallander is twenty one and new to the police force - and he won't let anything stand in the way of solving his first murder case Wallander finds his neighbour dead: a revolver in his hand, and a bullet through his head. Suspicious about the circumstances surrounding the apparently open and shut case of suicide, Wallander starts an off-the-books investigation - only to find that following his instincts is a very dangerous thing to do. Discover the case that began Kurt Wallander's career - first published in The Pyramid, a collection of short stories featuring Wallander. OUT NOW: An Event in Autumn - a new, never before published Wallander novella.… (more)
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I'd already read this in The Pyramid collection of Wallander stories, but bought it for my Kindle as an easy read. It's a neat introduction to Kurt's life as a policeman and his courtship with Mona. It doesn't take long to read. It probably makes more sense if you've read more of the full novels and have more of a sense of Kurt's character, as Mankell playfully refers to things we know about Kurt in middle age through hints in his relationships with Mona, his father and his sister. ( )
  missizicks | Sep 9, 2014 |
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Kurt Wallander is twenty one and new to the police force - and he won't let anything stand in the way of solving his first murder case Wallander finds his neighbour dead: a revolver in his hand, and a bullet through his head. Suspicious about the circumstances surrounding the apparently open and shut case of suicide, Wallander starts an off-the-books investigation - only to find that following his instincts is a very dangerous thing to do. Discover the case that began Kurt Wallander's career - first published in The Pyramid, a collection of short stories featuring Wallander. OUT NOW: An Event in Autumn - a new, never before published Wallander novella.

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