The man from Beijing

Mankell, Henning

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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
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
Library R33097
Genre:Mystery and suspense stories
Dewey:F
call #:MAN
ISBN:9780099532040
pub:2011