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Title: Forget it!
Review: I found this ponderous at times - I wish it had been shorter and more suspenseful.Mankell includes extraneous details that furthers neither the plot nor the characters. At times I wondered if Ireally cared about the characters - it seemed as if there was not a lot happening in the so called mysteryand not a lot happening in Wallender's life - it would have helped if Mankell had keptWallender worried about his lady love and if we heard more from his daughter. Itseemed occasionally we would hear about them but they weren't important enoughto Wallender - and I know he was thinking about the investigation - but suspenseis crucial I think in mysteries and I didn't think the suspense was well sustained.Frankly, this was too long for what happens in the plot and the characters' lives; Mankellseems to have padded out his book to sell it for more $$.
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