Muro di fuoco. Le inchieste del commissario Wallander

The eighth book in the Swedish detective series, starts with what appears to be the unrelated random vicious slaying of their cab driver, by the two female passengers, and then the apparent heart attack of an IT consultant at a cash machine… which leads to Wallander believing that maybe he has struc Leggi tutto

In this 8th book in the 'Kurt Wallander' series, the Swedish detective is dealing with personal problems while investigating two suspicious deaths. The book can be read as a standalone. ***** Inspector Kurt Wallender and his detectives are looking into two incidents: the brutal murder of a cab driver Leggi tutto

This book made me feel sick to my stomach. Not because it was too gory or because what was written disagreed with me in a philosophical way, but because I have grown to care about Kurt Wallander over the eight books I've read -- maybe even seeing a bit of myself in him -- and it's in this book that

For me, this is the least compelling story from Henning Mankell in his Kurt Wallander series, #8, Firewall. Published in 1998, it might have been seen then as cutting edge (though I doubt it) in predicting the ways computers might endanger our lives. Now we know there are no permanent firewalls that Leggi tutto

I usually enjoy the Wallander novels. This one for me is a 2.5. Wallander has become more self pitying about his life, paranoid about his colleagues and blames all his problems on others. The plot also is weak. Falk a computer consultant checks his bank balance late one night at a ATM. He then appar Leggi tutto

This was good, the best so far. Unfortunately it is near the end of the series.

With each Kurt Wallander mystery I read, I'm more and more impressed with Mankell's ability to create a Swedish police procedural that pulls you in--no matter how dense the "procedural" aspects of the case are. Like the first book I read (Faceless Killers), this is no thriller with aspirations for m Leggi tutto

نمیدونم از ضعف ترجمه‌ش بود یا خود نویسنده انقدر ملال‌آور و خسته کننده و خواب‌آور نوشته...چون یه کتاب با یه همچین موضوعی که می‌تونست فوق العاده هیجان انگیز و نفس گیر باشه، بی‌اندازه حوصله‌سربر بود و منم که وقتی روزه‌م خود به خود طول روز رو خوابم میگیره، این کتاب بدتر حکم خواب‌آور رو داشت برام... همین. Leggi tutto

Este libro me costó por razones sentimentales hacía Wallander, quiero decir: ya lo quiero. Y me costó porque había cositas que le estaban pasando en el ámbito amoroso, emocional y de amistad que le dolían y pues no sé, sentí feo por él. también siento que de repente se pone muy moralino pero esta hi Leggi tutto