TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mankell,Henning
TI  - The man from Beijing
SN  - 9780099532040 (pbk.) :
AV  - PT9876.23.A49 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - London
PB  - Vintage
KW  - Massacres
KW  - Sweden
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Serial murder investigation
KW  - Women judges
KW  - Revenge
KW  - Suspense fiction
KW  - Thriller
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Thriller / suspense fiction
KW  - thema
KW  - Modern & contemporary fiction
KW  - Crime & mystery fiction
KW  - Political / legal thriller
N1  - This translation originally published: London: Harvill Secker, 2010
N2  - One cold January day the police are called to a sleepy little hamlet in the north of Sweden where they discover a savagely murdered man lying in the snow. As they begin their investigation they notice that the village seems eerily quiet and deserted; 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
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