An Event in Autumn by Henning Mankell - 3 stars (Steeplechase, BWF)

[Joy D]

An Event in Autumn by Henning Mankell - 3* - My Review

Kurt Wallender is an aging police detective who wants to buy a house in the Swedish countryside. Wallender is a morose individual who lives with his daughter. One of his colleagues mentions that a relative’s house is for sale. When Wallander tours the home, he can envision himself buying it, but he comes across a human hand protruding from the garden. This sets off a cold-case investigation. The storyline follows the police procedures involved in figuring out what happened decades ago. It is a book in the Nordic noir genre and part of a series. I have not read any of the other Wallender books, so perhaps I should not have started with this one. The characters are not developed in depth and the plot is not particularly noteworthy. For me, it is difficult to find a detective story or mystery that stands out. It is one of those middle-of-the-road types – not bad but not great, either.

PBT Steeplechase - tagged "police procedural" x9:
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PBT May BWF Extra E/M - fits letters and tagged "crime" x101:
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[Peacejanz]

Please try another Mankill book. He is a wonderful Nordic mystery author. This one must have been his first. peace, janz