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Title: Not up to Mankell's earlier standard
Review: In an effort to introduce Wallender's daughter Linda as the new, thoughtful and aanalytic Wallender, Kurt Wallender's character is changed, he's not the calm, introspective Wallender we've come to know and like. I have the feeling the book was written too fast, not very carefully (this is my 13th Mankell mystery). By page 223 I was ready to quit, the plot is too boring, and that's the second time this has happened with a recent Mankell book (Italianske Sko). I still recall being glued to his 5th mystery, which I read first. I also particularly liked the Return of the Dancing Master (not a Wallender mystery) and Firewall. I admit to having read no Mankell in English yet, have read them all in Norwegian, German, or Swedish. The Norwegian is of course closest to the original text.This review is based on the Norwegian version Fr Frosten.
