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Firewall

byHenning Mankell

Genres: Crime Mystery Police Procedurals

Who is this book for? Readers who enjoy intricate crime stories with psychological depth and social commentary.

Topics JusticeBetrayalSurvival

MoodSuspenseful, Dark

RomanceMinor Subplot

ViolenceModerate

Stopping to get money from a cash machine one evening, a man inexplicably falls to the ground: dead. A taxi dirver is brutally murdered by two teenaged girls. Quickly apprehended they appal local policemen with their total lack of remorse. One girl escapes police custody and disappears without trace. Soon afterwards a blackout covers half the country. When an engineer arrives at the malfunctioning power station, he makes a grisly discovery. Inspector Kurt Wallander is sure that these events must be linked - somehow. Hampered by the discovery of betrayals in his own team, lonely and frustrated, Wallander begins to lose conviction in his role as a detective. The search for answers leads Wallander dangerously close to a shadowy group of anarchic terrorists, hidden within the anonymity of cyberspace. Somehow these criminals seem always to know the police's next move. Wallander finds himself fighting to outsmart them In their gripping police procedural about our increasing vulnerability in the modern digitalised world.

Language

Published on

02/09/2004

Pages

544

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780099459057

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10.95 €

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24.9 €

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