Henning Mankell - Faceless Killers
Scandi-noir at its best - Swedish sleuth Kurt Wallander's first murder mystery
This month's World Book Club comes from the church of St Mary Magdalene in Woodstock, England.
Harriett Gilbert talks to Swedish superstar Henning Mankell about Faceless Killers, the first novel in his globally acclaimed series featuring Inspector Kurt Wallander.
In it, an elderly farm couple is brutally murdered and the only clue is the wife's uttering of the word "foreign" before she dies. Wallander must find the killers before anger towards foreigners boils over.
Hear about - and from - Wallander's female admirers around the globe all apparently queuing up to marry him, and about how Mankell plants deliberate errors - one in each novel - that no-one has ever spotted.
Last on
More episodes
Previous
Broadcasts
- Sat 2 Jul 2011 10:05GMT麻豆社 World Service Online
- Sat 2 Jul 2011 22:05GMT麻豆社 World Service Online
- Sun 3 Jul 2011 02:05GMT麻豆社 World Service Online
- Sun 3 Jul 2011 18:05GMT麻豆社 World Service Online
Featured in...
![]()
Eight crime writers and the detectives they've created—World Book Club
Henning Mankell on Wallander, Jo Nesbo on Harry Hole and PD James on Adam Dalgleish
![]()
The World Book Club Edit—World Book Club
Ten amazing interviews from the archive, including Maya Angelou and Henning Mankell.
![]()
Crime Fiction—World Book Club
The stars of crime fiction discuss their grisly craft
![]()
Henning Mankell
Radio 4 celebrates the life of the great Skandi thriller writer.
Ten Amazing Interviews
Favourite episodes of World Book Club, featuring Maya Angelou and Henning Mankell.
Crime Fiction
Henning Mankel, Patrica Cornwell, Jo Nesbo: stars of the genre discuss their craft.
Tales from History
From the tulip fields of 17th Century Amsterdam to the trenches of World War One.
Podcast
-
![]()
World Book Club
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
