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Firewall (Kurt Wallander Mystery Book 8) Kindle Edition

by Henning Mankell (Author), Ebba Segerberg (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition
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An international bestseller: Murder becomes a high tech game of cat and mouse in this “thinking man’s thriller” from the master of Nordic noir (The New York Times Book Review).
 
Ystad, Sweden. A man stops at an ATM during his evening walk and inexplicably falls to the ground dead. Two teenage girls brutally murder a taxi driver. They are quickly apprehended, shocking local policemen with their complete lack of remorse. A few days later a blackout cuts power to a large swath of the country. When a serviceman arrives at the malfunctioning power substation, he makes a grisly discovery.
 
Inspector Kurt Wallander senses these events must be linked, but he has to figure out how and why. The search for answers eventually leads him dangerously close to a group of anarchic terrorists who hide in the shadows of cyberspace. Somehow, these criminals always seem to know the police department’s next move. How can a small group of detectives unravel a plot designed to wreak havoc on a worldwide scale? And will they solve the riddle before it’s too late?
 
A riveting police procedural about our increasing vulnerability in the modern digitized world, Firewall “proves once again that spending time with a glum police inspector in chilly Sweden can be quite thrilling . . . A notable success” (Publishers Weekly).
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When two dead bodies show up in the Swedish town of Ystad, the aging and disheartened police detective Kurt Wallander begins to investigate the murders as the press attacks his reputation. Mankell delivers a solid mystery with excellent buildup and dynamic characters, and Dick Hill's delivery keeps the tension taut through the story. Hill's gruff voice perfectly brings the downtrodden Wallander to life, but other characters' voices are sometimes unconvincing. Hill uses the same tone and pitch for all characters, rendering men and women confusingly interchangeable. The liberal use of audible sighs, snorts and chortles pull listeners deep into the narrative, and Hill should also be commended for his smooth reading of Swedish names and places. A Vintage paperback. (Apr.)
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“Well-paced.” —The New York Times Book Review
 
“Satisfying . . . [Mankell’s] Sweden, cold, isolated and brimming with disappointment—is as intriguing a landscape as Raymond Chandler’s Los Angeles or Charles Willeford’s Miami.” —The Wall Street Journal
 
“Wonderful. [A] police procedural with texture.” —Associated Press
 
“Smartly written.” —Publishers Weekly
 
“Mankell’s Inspector Wallander has established himself as one of the best of recent detectives.” —The Times Literary Supplement
 

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The New Press; Translation edition (November 7, 2002)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 7, 2002
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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    Henning Mankell became a worldwide phenomenon with his crime writing, gripping thrillers and atmospheric novels set in Africa. His prize-winning and critically acclaimed Inspector Wallander Mysteries have featured in bestseller lists all over the globe for many years. His books have been translated into over forty languages and made into numerous international film and television adaptations: most recently the BAFTA-award-winning BBC television series Wallander, starring Kenneth Branagh. Mankell devoted much of his free time to working with Aids charities in Africa, where he was also director of the Teatro Avenida in Maputo.

    In 2008, the University of St Andrews conferred Henning Mankell with an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in recognition of his major contribution to literature and to the practical exercise of conscience.

    Henning Mankell was born in Stockholm in 1948. Following his diagnosis in 2014, Mankell wrote a number of articles on his battle with cancer until his death in October 2015

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S. Warfield
5.0 out of 5 stars Five stars for Firewall!
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2015
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Kurt Wallander's life is always described as boring and depressing, but I find it very interesting to read about. Anyone who is awakened in the wee hours of the morning or who never gets to bed at all because of a gripping murder case as many times as Kurt does can't be that bored or boring. It's only when Kurt is alone in his apartment and has time to think about his failed marriage, his aloneness, that he is melancholy.The books tend to treat him as if he is a washed up older policeman, but he is only about 50. That's okay, he's one of my literary heroes, anyway.

In "Firewall" the Ystad police force is up against a tough case this time and Wallander finds himself in an area that he doesn't know hardly anything about: cyberspace. He barely knows how to turn on a computer much less break through a highly protected system of computers that are connected from Sweden to other parts of the world. A plan for a catastrophic worldwide event is going to happen if they can't break the case.

A man who suddenly dies at an ATM machine and the brutal murder of a cab driver by two teenage girls seem unrelated until Wallander figures out that the two incidents may be related in an important way. This case will test Wallander's skills, thinking and performance as a police officer at a time when an adversary is trying to break him down. This is a very difficult case for the entire Ystad police department.

I was delighted by this page turner and since I have only a few more to read in the series, I'll be disappointed when it ends. This is a series that might have to be read over again.
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Mauricio Luz
4.0 out of 5 stars Put the story into context and you will enjoy it
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2015
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I have been following Mankel’s Wllanders mysteries ever since I watched the BBC series starred by Kenneth Branagh. I have been reading the novels in the order of publication in Sweden. Thus, there are long delays between the first publication in Sweden and the appearance of the English translation. The gap is even wider between those days, the English TV series and today, when I am reading them. That said, one may understand why so many reviewers complained of lack of research by Mankel when dealing with the Information Technologies and the Internet. The fact that Mankel’s novels necessarily have to be set in Wallanders native country and city, has also been object of remarks. It is so because such a big plot would never occur in such a small Swedish city. Although I do consider that both criticisms have some basis, I think that they more than miss the point. Every Wallander reader knows that he lives in Ystad and thus the plots have to develop there (although they often have links with other countries, such as Latvia and South Africa). One must also be aware that the center of Makels books is the so-called Swedish welfare state (“What is happening to this country?” is one recurring moto to remind us of that). So, if we put the technological and geographical issues aside, the book is a superb Wallander mystery. I am against revealing anything about the plot, so I won’t go there to back my claim on the book’s quality. But it is enough to say that supporting characters from previous novels move in to the main stage, Wallander’s investigative procedures and manias prove to be productive as well as they backslash. My only remark would be to the last scene regarding the plot, that has quite many loose ends. It does not however compromises the novel. A reader that's old enough to do it, can just remember what the internet was in the 1990’s and what a fifty year’s old police officer would have know about it by then. It will allow he/she to enjoy the book. It’s far from being Mankel’s best Wallander mysteries. But it is pretty good. So good that I immediately purchased the next novel. And I did with some sadness, because I am now approaching the last novel and there will be no more. Well, the translation did not improve. That's a minor but true issue with all Wllander novels.
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Foster Corbin
5.0 out of 5 stars A Book You Cannot Put Down
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2005
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Swedish Inspector Kurt Wallander is back with another crime puzzle that demands that he use all his experience in police work as well as take chances, bend the police department rules a bit and depend on his own intuition. (Would he like the recently published book in the U. S. called BLINK I wonder?) Wallander is altogether likeable-- at least for me. He is bright, complex, vulverable and sensitive. He listens to "La Traviata" and Jussi Bjorling, misses the companionship of a woman, wishes he had a better relationship with his grown daughter and thinks a lot about his own mortality. At the age of 50, Wallander has no more life-altering decisions to make. And in a particularly poignant moment he thinks of an old friend who will soon be moving away. "Their friendship had come to an end. Or rather: they had finally discovered that it had ended a long time ago. . . Widen [his friend] was going to disappear from his life. Who was left who connected him to his earlier life? Soon there would be no one." The inspector has hit on a melancholy universal truth that most of us will experience if live to see middle-age-- and all this coming from a police officer in a mystery story. Wallander behaves the way we expect from characters in literary novels; but that is essentially what we have here-- in addition to a story about betrayal, rape, murder, international intrigue, terrorists, computer hackers et al that is no engaging that you literally cannot put it down.

The only thing cold about this thriller is the Swedish autumns.
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Paul B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Another blockbuster read
Reviewed in Canada on March 8, 2020
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It’s mysterious to me that Henning Mankell can be so creative in developing a super complex plot that eludes the reader until the conclusion. A quite different story with lots of twists and turns. I needed to read fast and now feel annoyed that I’ve finished the book. It was so enjoyable! Terrific, yet again. What a storyteller.
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Koko
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent aucun trop long développement pour une fois...
Reviewed in France on February 25, 2019
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Très bon roman policier.Parmi les meilleurs de la série Wallander...Sans les trop longues digressions dont Mankell ést coutumier.Un plaisir sans contrainte...
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Ms. Jay Bonnington
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in Australia on February 26, 2020
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Kurt Wallander -Swedish Policeman -
is very down to earth. Always a good crime story. Gripping until the end. Have read all the books.
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John Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Wallander saves the world.....
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 23, 2014
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.......and spills coffee all down his trousers. That's what I like about Wallander. He's an old fart like me, but with more tenacity when it comes to grappling with complex, blood-curdling crimes, dodging bullets and outwitting dark, unseen forces. This was a particularly complex plot with many strands, some of which were tied up at the end and some of which weren't, but that's life. I've read several Wallander books, completely out of sequence, and this was one of the best. Don't worry if you haven't read any of the earlier ones; each one is a self-contained story. There are references to previous stories, but that's OK. For example, there are references to "The Dogs of Riga", but this is an inferior story, not to be read just for the sake of reading the books in sequence. All of the Wallander stories are far-fetched escapism, which is fine by me. I have no sympathy with those who bellyache about their being unrealistic or lacking in technical accuracy. They are to be read primarily as entertainment. One aspect of the books that I like is the unfolding of Wallander's private, family life. The 'back story' in "Firewall" is particularly interesting, and helps to create a sympathetic, credible hero, though not one who is without his flaws. The individuality of the other officers in his team also stands out particularly well in this book. If you want to read just one Wallander book, you could do worse than choosing this one.
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Verena Nuth
5.0 out of 5 stars Toller Einband
Reviewed in Germany on July 13, 2014
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Das Matte Cover des Taschenbuchs ist total schön und auch unempfindlicher als die glatten vom anderen Verlag.
Inhaltlich muss man Wallander lieben, wenn man Krimi mag. :)
Viel Spaß beim lesen!
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