The Man From Beijing

Resumen del libro

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE WALLANDER MYSTERIESREVENGE CAN TAKE MORE THAN A LIFETIMEIn a sleepy hamlet in north Sweden, the local police make a chilling discovery; nineteen people have been brutally slaughtered. It is a crime unprecedented in Sweden's history and the police are under incredible pressure to solve the killings. When Judge Birgitta Roslin reads about the massacre, she realises that she has a family connection to one of the couples involved and decides to investigate.

When the police make a hasty arrest it is left to her to investigate the source of a nineteenth century diary and red silk ribbon found near the crime scene. What she will uncover leads her into an international web of corruption and a story of vengeance that stretches back over a hundred years. The Man from Beijing is a gripping political thriller and a compelling detective story from a writer at the height of his powers.

Biografía del autor

Henning Mankell (Estocolmo, 1948-Göteborg, 2015) ha sido conocido en todo el mundo por su serie de novelas policiacas protagonizadas por el célebre inspector Kurt Wallander, traducidas a cuarenta y dos idiomas, aclamadas por el público, merecedoras de numerosos galardones y adaptadas al cine y la televisión. Tusquets Editores ha publicado la serie completa (compuesta por Asesinos sin rostro, Los perros de Riga, La leona blanca, El hombre sonriente, La falsa pista, La quinta mujer, Pisando los talones, Cortafuegos, Antes de que hiele x{0026} x02014;protagonizado por Linda Wallanderx{0026} x02014;, Huesos en el jardín, El hombre inquieto y La pirámide) junto a otras doce obras, entre ellas el thriller titulado El chino y el relato autobiográfico Arenas movedizas.