![]() He is called on to solve the case of the murders of Maria and Johannes Lövgren, a couple found at their farm after placing a desperate call to police. While extremely depressed and alcoholic, Wallander hopes to rekindle his relationship with his daughter, who has grown progressively distant ever since she attempted suicide several years before. The novel begins in the wake of Wallander’s divorce. Wallander finds that the brutal murders may have been perpetrated by foreigners the case, as it unravels, makes an implicit commentary on the relationships between Sweden’s immigration policies, the epidemic of racism, and Swedish nationalism. While Wallander’s personal life flounders after a recent divorce, he strives to find the killers of a well-respected elderly couple who owned a local farm. ![]() ![]() It is the first book in the Wallander series, named after its recurring protagonist, a middle-aged detective based in Ystad, Sweden named Kurt Wallander. Faceless Killers is a 1991 crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell. ![]()
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