But I was just as interested in learning about a situation outside my experience and realising just how difficult it must have been to live through those times. The case itself adds to the feeling of uncertainty and a life filled with grey areas - police corruption and political instability where one does not know whom the enemy is. To much plot effort. And when hailed as a sharp detective he brushes it of because he feels like a complete failure. Do not go spy novel on us. Sweden, winter, 1991. We're committed to providing low prices every day, on everything. A few days later a life raft is washed up on a beach.

The book begins with a grisly find of two bodies in a lifeboat on a local beach in Sweden and ends in the streets of Riga, with Wallander fighting for his life and those of freedom loving Latvians.

While the story was resolved effectively and answered all the questions raised, it left the reader wondering more, especially in relation to Kurt Wallander. and we have not verified it. You Save 6%. The Dogs of Riga. At least in [The Dogs of Riga] Wallander is surprisingly vulnerable - with chest pains and bowel problems - a distaste for police work and a misanthropic nature.

You were good enuf for the trip but not one to save on my Mystery shelf.This is the second of the Wallander-novels - and my first Wallander, so I can't compare it to the others in the series - but I really enjoyed this detective. His settings tend to be dark and cold.Get specific details about this product from customers who own it.Here at Walmart.com, we are committed to protecting your privacy. Paperback (Reprint) $ 14.95 $15.95 Save 6% Current price is $14.95, Original price is $15.95. Going renegade when Swedish. (Oct 20, 2007)When a raft holding two dead well-dressed men washes ashore in Skane, Kurt Wallander finds himself in the midst of an international mystery. The book is set in Sweden and Latvia during 1991 when the fate of the Baltic countries was still unknown. The story starts in the familiar setting of Ystad, Wallander's home town, where two murdered men are found in a rubber lifeboat washed up on a nearby beach, and has much of the atmosphere that we now know from the later novels. And the case he's thrown into gets him quickly out of his comfort zone - a trip to Riga where he's powerless most of the time and has to rely on his instinct rather than facts. It's not even the case that drives him at last but a vague love for a women he hardly knows. The case itself adds to the feeling of uncertainty and a life filled with grey areas - police corruption and political instability where one does not know whom the enemy is.

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And when hailed as a sharp detective he brushes it of because he feels like a complete failure. I want to spend more time with Wallander. Just write you detective novels at home in cold wet Sweden. NOOK Book. And the case he's thrown into gets him quickly out of his comfort zone - a trip to Riga where he's powerless most of the time and has to rely on his instinct rather than facts. I like the mood of despair and disillusionment that pervades the novel. The Dogs of Riga: Kurt Wallander eBook: Mankell, Henning: Amazon.in: Kindle Store. He knows nothing of Latvia, yet first finds himself partnered with a Latvian police major, and then has to travel to Riga to find the beginnings of the mystery.I liked this even better than the first Wallander mystery (Faceless Killers).

To much plot effort.

Your email address will never be sold or distributed to a third party for any reason. Just write you detective novels at home in cold wet Sweden. To much plot effort. I want to spend more time with Wallander. The story line is interesting and fast paced. Sweden, winter, 1991.

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View All Available Formats & Editions. Do not go spy novel on us. Puppy dog love/infatuation with a dead cop's wife by our Wallander nearing 50. This story, notwithstanding some incongruous actions and reactions by our inspector, seemed totally believable to me and gave me much food for thought. At least in [The Dogs of Riga] Wallander is surprisingly vulnerable - with chest pains and bowel problems - a distaste for police work and a misanthropic nature. And when hailed as a sharp detective he brushes it of because he feels like a complete failure. Please take a minute to review our Sorry, but we can't respond to individual comments.Your feedback helps us make Walmart shopping better for millions of customers.We’re having technical issues, but we’ll be back in a flash.Sorry, this webpage requires JavaScript to function correctly. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team determine that the men were Eastern European criminals.

At least in [The Dogs of Riga] Wallander is surprisingly vulnerable - with chest pains and bowel problems - a distaste for police work and a misanthropic nature.

The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander Series #2) 336. by Henning Mankell, Laurie Thompson (Translator) | Editorial Reviews.

And the case he's thrown into gets him quickly out of his comfort zone - a trip to Riga where he's powerless most of the time and has to rely on his instinct rather than facts. Detective drama.

Puppy dog love/infatuation with a dead cop's wife by our Wallander nearing 50. Wallander's introspection and self-doubt make him compellingly real, and his efforts to find out what happened to those men on the life raft makes for riveting reading. Going renegade when Swedish. Enjoy yourself there.

Prime Cart. No doubt about it.Come on, Mr Mankell. The Dogs of Riga . It's not even the case that drives him at last but a vague love for a women he hardly knows. I left you in the seatpocket of a Delta jet. No doubt about it.This book, the second in the Kurt Wallander series, is as much an indictment on the society of the time as a murder mystery. No doubt about it.Come on, Mr Mankell. There's a pervasive sense of Scandinavian gloom, in Wallander and in the novel, that might be difficult for some American readers, but this is a very worthy book-a unique combination of police procedural and spy thriller that also happens to be a devastating critique of Soviet-style Communism. Next!

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