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The Dogs of Riga

An Inspector Wallander Mystery

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The Dogs of Riga

By: Henning Mankell, Laurie Thompson
Narrated by: Sean Barrett
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell, read by Sean Barrett.

Sweden, winter, 1991. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team receive an anonymous tip-off. A few days later a life raft is washed up on a beach. In it are two men, dressed in expensive suits, shot dead.

The dead men were criminals, victims of what seems to have been a gangland hit. But what appears to be an open-and-shut case soon takes on a far more sinister aspect. Wallander travels across the Baltic Sea, to Riga in Latvia, where he is plunged into a frozen, alien world of police surveillance, scarcely veiled threats and lies.

Doomed always to be one step behind the shadowy figures he pursues, only Wallander's obstinate desire to see that justice is done brings the truth to light.

Audio updated as of December 2017

©2001 Henning Mankell (P)2010 Random House Audiobooks Crime Thrillers Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Thriller Crime

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As usual Henning Mankell kept the reader guessing until the last chapter, having lured the reader in the wrong direction.

Mystery until the last chapter

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A gripping story, well read, with building tension, but the final chapters are a bit over the top without a plausible explanation of some of the narrative events. The residual tape pauses are annoying and could be deleted easily - so why haven't they been?

Good story but ending over dramatised

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I read this after seeing a TV adaptation of the story, as I suspected the TV version hadn't done the story justice and I was right. This crime story was excellently narrated and kept me in suspense the whole time. I was so engaged in it that I was actually frightened for Wallander (the main character) at times!

Excellent-gripping crime thriller

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I found this story too predictable but enjoyed it nevertheless. The detail of Riga was exceptional. worth the read.

Dogs of Riga

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Narration was excellent. It’s not my favourite Wallander case but Menkell describes Riga so well.

A great read

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