Firewall

Firewall is a crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell. A series of bizarre incidents sweep across Sweden; a man dies before an ATM machine, two young women slaughter an elderly taxi driver, a murder is committed aboard a Baltic Sea ferry, and a sub-station engineer makes a gruesome discovery whilst investigating the cause of a nationwide power cut. As Wallander investigates, he uncovers a sinister plan to bring the Western world to its knee... more

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Henning Mankell

Henning Mankell (born 3 February 1948 in Stockholm) is a renowned Swedish crime writer, occasional children's author and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most iconic creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. Mankell was born in Stockholm, and grew up in the Swedish towns...

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