Henning Mankell, trans. from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson. Knopf, $26.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-307-96122-8 Africa features prominently in the work of Mankell (The Shadow Girls), both in his acclaimed ...

It’s not easy for an author to catch on across borders, but Swedish crime novelist Henning Mankell did it, all on the strength of a single character. Although Mankell wrote novels and plays about many ...

Henning Mankell, the Swedish author best known for writing the “Wallander” crime novels, died Monday. He was 67. “He died in his sleep early this morning in Göteborg,” a statement posted on his ...

CANNES — Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell, who was a leading figure in the wave of “Nordic Noir” fiction and whose books sold more than 40 million copies, died in Goteborg, Sweden, on Monday at ...

Henning Mankell, the internationally renowned Swedish crime writer whose books about the gloomy, soul-searching police inspector Kurt Wallander enticed readers around the world, died early Monday, his ...

Henning Mankell stands on the patio of his house, hands in his pockets, enjoying the view. The writer lives on a hillside village about 40 minutes' drive south of Gothenburg. The view across the sea ...

The Swedish writer Henning Mankell's new novel, The Troubled Man, is another installment of his long-running series about Kurt Wallander, a police detective who works in the southernmost part of ...

Henning Mankell, the internationally renowned Swedish crime writer whose books about the gloomy, soul-searching police inspector Kurt Wallander enticed readers around the world, died early Monday. He ...

Want to read something cold and dark on a hot summer day? We’ve got recommendations. By Tina Jordan and Marilyn Stasio Tales of Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch and Lee Child’s Jack Reacher; Henning ...

Faceless Killers, originally published in Swedish in 1991 and translated to English by Steven T. Murray in 1997, is a dark ...

Henning Mankell is best known for his crime writing, especially his novels about the world weary Swedish detective, Kurt Wallander. Henning Mankell talks to a Congolese refugee during his recent visit ...

Henning Mankell, trans. by Laurie Thompson, read by Rosalyn Landor. Random House Audio, unabridged, nine CDs, 11.5 hrs., $40 ISBN 978-0-8041-2693-9 Through an odd series of circumstances, Hanna ...