Henning Mankell

Henning Mankell was born on 3 February 1948. He is an internationally known Swedish author of crime fiction and other books, as well as plays. He is best known for the character Kurt Wallander.

Kurt Wallander series

Kurt Wallander is a fictional police inspector living and working in Ystad, Sweden. In the novels, he solves shocking murders with his colleagues. The novels have an underlying question: What went wrong with the Swedish society? The final book, The Pyramid (short stories) (not yet translated), is a collection of short stories about Wallander's past.

Chronologically (English title, English year of publishing, original title, original year):

• 01 Faceless Killers (1997), Mördare utan ansikte (1991)
• 02 The Dogs of Riga (2003), Hundarna i Riga (1992)
• 03 The White Lioness (1998), Den vita lejoninnan (1993)
• 04 The man who smiled (not yet translated), Mannen som log (1994)
• 05 Sidetracked (1999), Villospår (1995)
• 06 The Fifth Woman (2000), Den femte kvinnan (1996)
• 07 One Step Behind (2002), Steget efter (1997)
• 08 Firewall (2002), Brandvägg (1998)
• 09 The Pyramid (short stories) (not yet translated), Pyramiden (2000)

The following book is not quite a Kurt Wallander book, but it is close (its protagonist is Kurt's daughter, Linda, a police cadet, and Kurt himself is a major supporting character):

• Before the frost (2005), Innan frosten (2002)

Other books

• Sandmålaren (1974)
• Vettvillingen (1977)
• Apelsinträdet (1983)
• Skuggorna växer i skymningen (1991)
• Katten som älskade regn (1992)
• Secrets in the Fire (1995)
• Comédia Infantil (1995)
• Pojken som sov med snö i sin säng (1996)
• Vindens son (2000)
• The Return of the Dancing Master (2000)
• Tea-Bag (2001)