The man from Beijing
Mankell, Henning
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Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson553 p
Translation of: Kinesen
Summary: One cold January day the police discover a massacre in a sleepy little hamlet in the north of Sweden, a crime unprecedented in Swedish history. Judge Birgitta Roslin has a family connection to one of the couples involved and she decides to investigate. What Birgitta uncovers leads her into an international web of corruption and a story of vengeance that stretches back over a hundred years, linking China and the United States of the 1860s with modern-day Beijing, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and coming to a shocking conclusion in London's Chinatown
eng swe Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson
553 p
Translation of: Kinesen
Summary: One cold January day the police discover a massacre in a sleepy little hamlet in the north of Sweden, a crime unprecedented in Swedish history. Judge Birgitta Roslin has a family connection to one of the couples involved and she decides to investigate. What Birgitta uncovers leads her into an international web of corruption and a story of vengeance that stretches back over a hundred years, linking China and the United States of the 1860s with modern-day Beijing, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and coming to a shocking conclusion in London's Chinatown
eng swe Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson
553 p
Translation of: Kinesen
Summary: One cold January day the police discover a massacre in a sleepy little hamlet in the north of Sweden, a crime unprecedented in Swedish history. Judge Birgitta Roslin has a family connection to one of the couples involved and she decides to investigate. What Birgitta uncovers leads her into an international web of corruption and a story of vengeance that stretches back over a hundred years, linking China and the United States of the 1860s with modern-day Beijing, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and coming to a shocking conclusion in London's Chinatown
Location | edition | Bar Code | due date |
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Library | R33097 |
Genre: | Mystery and suspense stories |
Dewey: | F |
call #: | MAN |
ISBN: | 9780099532040 |
pub: | 2011 |
Subjects |
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Seniors' Library |
Political thriller |