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Third in the Kurt Wallander series.
The execution-style murder of a Swedish housewife looks like a simple case even though there is no obvious suspect. But then Wallander learns of a determined stalker, and soon enough, the cops catch up with him. But when his alibi turns out to be airtight, they realize that what seemed a simple crime of passion is actually far more complex—and dangerous. The search for the truth behind the killing eventually uncovers an assassination plot, and Wallander soon finds himself in a tangle with both the secret police and a ruthless foreign agent. Combining compelling insights into the sinister side of modern life with a riveting tale of international intrigue, The White Lioness keeps you on the knife-edge of suspense.
Internationally acclaimed author Henning Mankell has written eight novels and a collection of short stories featuring Kurt Wallander. The books have been published in thirty-three countries and consistently top the bestseller lists in Europe, receiving major literary prizes (including Great Britain’s Gold Dagger in 2000) and generating numerous international film and television adaptations. He has also published many other novels for children, young people, and adults, and is one of Sweden’s most frequently performed dramatists. He has spent many years in Africa, where a number of his novels are set. Born in 1948, Mankell grew up in the Swedish village of Sveg. He now divides his time between Sweden and Maputo, Mozambique, where he works as a director at Teatro Avenida.
Author biography courtesy of The Random House Group.
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Posted December 28, 2012
This is the third of Wallender books (I am reading in their sequence) and is the epitome of "couldn't put it down." Marvelous integration of plot elements. Possibly the best constructed "light" reading I have ever done.
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Posted May 7, 2010
There was a period a year or two ago in which I quickly devoured what I thought were all of Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander mysteries. Recently I came across White Lioness and realized I hadn't read it. It begins promisingly enough, with the disappearance of a happily married real-estate saleswoman. This part of the story, including Wallander's investigation and daring pursuit of her killer, is successful enough. But spending a couple of hundred pages on a right-wing conspiracy to kill Nelson Mandela doesn't work because we know Mandela wasn't assassinated! I found myself skipping chunks of the book to cut to the chase, and I suspect others will as well.
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.This series is nearly as good as the "Girl With the Dragon Tatoo" series. These are not as psycho-thriller as the other series, but just as suspenseful and just as mysterious. Good book!
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Posted March 20, 2013
I've enjoyed all of Henning Mankells books and this one tied events in South Africa to Sweden
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Posted November 12, 2009
If you love mysteries this author and his character, Kurt Wallander, will keep you interested and wanting to read another of the author's series on this character. These stories take place in Sweden and the reader gets a view of how the police in a foreign country operate and there is always a "political/social" issue (from what I understand they are really some of the problems in this country) woven into the story. I have found these books to be extremely easy to follow, except for all of the names of the cities, etc., that only Rose Nylen of The Golden Girls could pronounce. I don't think anyone will be disappointed after reading this author.
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Overview
Third in the Kurt Wallander series.
The execution-style murder of a Swedish housewife looks like a simple case even though there is no obvious suspect. But then Wallander learns of a determined stalker, and soon enough, the cops catch up with him. But when his alibi turns out to be airtight, they realize that what seemed a simple crime of passion is actually far more complex—and dangerous. The search for the truth behind the killing eventually uncovers an assassination plot, and...