Mysterious Killer

Author: Henning Mankell
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: He gained fame for writing the "Woland detective series." His works have been translated into 29 languages, with 3.5 million copies sold in Sweden, a country with a population of only 9 million. In Germany, 4.5 million copies have been sold since late 1998, creating a miracle in adult book sales. The story takes place at dawn when a farmer discovers in horror that his elderly neighbors have been brutally murdered, with the scene resembling a slaughterhouse. Chief Woland arrives quickly at the scene and finds the only clue is a word the elderly woman said before her death—"foreign."