Dog in Riga

Author: Henning Mankell
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Ranked at the top of the bestseller list of Germany's Focus Weekly, New Bestselling Thriller Mystery Series in Europe and America! The author's works have been translated into twenty-five foreign languages. Countries like Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia have even bought the entire "Wallander Series." Among the top twenty literary bestsellers announced by Focus Weekly in Germany, six of Mankell's novels made the list. Works such as The Wrong Kind of Death have been adapted into films, and Wallander will soon appear on the big screen. Two bodies, dressed for an expedition but without any identification, washed ashore in the coastal town of ?sthammar. The evidence suggested the case was connected to the neighboring country. For this reason, the Latvian police sent a major to assist in the investigation, but the major was assassinated upon his return to his home country. Wallander is assigned to Latvia and gradually gets drawn into a confusing power conspiracy. Who is a friend? Who is an enemy? The ending is unexpected, with the dark forces punished and Wallander finding the woman he loves.