
Faceless Killers
A Kurt Wallander Mystery
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Dick Hill
It was a crime of senseless violence. On a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse, an elderly farmer was bludgeoned to death, his wife left to die with a noose around her neck. As if this didn't present enough problems for Ystad police inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying woman's last word, his only tangible clue, were foreign. If publicized, they could be the match that would inflame Sweden's already smoldering anti-immigrant sentiments.
With this case - unlike the situation with his ex-wife, his estranged daughter, or the young prosecutor who has piqued his interest - Wallander feels he has a problem he can handle. He quickly becomes obsessed with solving the crime before the already tense situation explodes, though it will require all of his talent to do so.
©1991 Henning Mankell, English translation 1997 Steven T. Murray (P)2006 Blackstone Audio Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...




















Critic reviews
"An exquisite novel of mesmerizing depth and suspense." (Los Angeles Times)
"Mankell's work mixes compelling procedural details with strong social consciousness....A superior novel and a harbinger of great things to come." (Booklist)
"[A] brilliant U.S. debut....The author goes well beyond the narrow police procedural in creating a full-bodied Wallender and in casting light on the refugee problem in contemporary Swedish society." (Library Journal)
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Faceless Killers (Unabridged)
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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
it got me through my drive time for a little while, but I never lost the sense that it could have been much much better narrated.Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
enough to make me listen to the whole thing, in spite of the horrible narratorHow did the narrator detract from the book?
overly dramatic expression of text and excruciating renderings of characters in dialog.way too much vocal embroidery, almost obscuring the story.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
no.story pretty good, reader unbearably overdramatic
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The narration by Dick Hill is tolerable. It's easy to understand why they'd use him -- the voice of Jack Reacher -- but I wish they'd looked for someone Swedish, or at least a reader who could lend a bit of nordic atmosphere to the proceedings. I also don't care for Hill's tendency to read every woman in this clipped, nasally tone that makes them all sound either haughty or impatient or chiding. I wonder if his reading improves over the course of the Wallander series. I'll find out one day, but don't feel in a hurry to dive back into this world at the moment.
Decent Detective Thriller, OK Narration
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The core of the story follows the search for the killer(s) of an elderly couple on a farm outside of the city. Kurt and company go through the paces of tracking the evidence and eventually solving the mystery in both the tv series and the book. The biggest difference is the audio version gets deeper into the personal life and mores of Kurt Wallander. Unlike the show, he and his daughter are not speaking to each other and he is morose over the separation from his wife. He is an imperfect man constantly questioning his life and choices. There is also a bit of how politics play a part in Sweden impacting his ability to get things done.
The best part of the audio is the classic Dick Hill as the narrator. Since Mr. Hill has retired from doing the Jack Reacher audio books, it is a pleasure listening to his great delivery in a different series. His very presence encourages me to continue with the series.
Overall, this was a really good audio book, a little slow in parts, and could use a little humor as the constant woes of Kurt Wallander do get a bit tiresome. If you are a Dick Hill fan, I do believe you will enjoy the listen.
The Woes of Wallander
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sometimes hard to hear some voices over car
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Dick Hill makes every book better
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Not the best Wallander
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great writing good listen
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Excellent
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Good Book Ruined
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