The Resource The fifth woman, Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray
The fifth woman, Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray
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- Summary
- In an African convent, four nuns and an unidentified fifth woman are brutally murdered, and the death of the unknown woman is covered up by the local police. A year later in Sweden, Inspector Kurt Wallander is baffled and appalled by two strange murders. Holger Eriksson, a retired car dealer and bird watcher, is impaled on sharpened bamboo poles in a ditch behind his secluded home, while the body of a missing florist is discovered strangled and tied to a tree. The only clues Wallander has to go on are a skull, a diary, and a photo of three men. What ensues is a case that will test Wallander's strength and patience, for in order to solve these murders he will need to uncover their elusive connection to the earlier unsolved murder in Africa of the fifth woman
- Language
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- eng
- swe
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Crime/Black Lizard ed.
- Extent
- 438 p.
- Note
- "A Kurt Wallander mystery"--Cover
- Isbn
- 9781565845473
- Label
- The fifth woman
- Title
- The fifth woman
- Statement of responsibility
- Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray
- Title variation
- 5th woman
- Subject
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- trueWallander, Kurt (Fictitious character)
- trueSweden
- trueSerial murderers
- truePolice
- Sales personnel -- Fiction
- Wallander, Kurt (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Police -- Sweden
- trueBird watchers
- trueBird watchers -- Sweden
- trueDetectives
- trueEuropean people
- Florists -- Fiction
- trueMurder
- Murder -- Fiction
- trueMurder investigation
- trueNorthern European people
- trueNuns
- trueNuns -- Africa
- Language
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- eng
- swe
- eng
- Summary
- In an African convent, four nuns and an unidentified fifth woman are brutally murdered, and the death of the unknown woman is covered up by the local police. A year later in Sweden, Inspector Kurt Wallander is baffled and appalled by two strange murders. Holger Eriksson, a retired car dealer and bird watcher, is impaled on sharpened bamboo poles in a ditch behind his secluded home, while the body of a missing florist is discovered strangled and tied to a tree. The only clues Wallander has to go on are a skull, a diary, and a photo of three men. What ensues is a case that will test Wallander's strength and patience, for in order to solve these murders he will need to uncover their elusive connection to the earlier unsolved murder in Africa of the fifth woman
- Award
- Library Journal Best Books, 2000.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 008436
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-2015
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mankell, Henning
- Dewey number
- 839.73/74
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PT9876.23.A49
- LC item number
- F4613 2004
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Murray, Steven T
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
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- Vintage crime/Black Lizard
- Kurt Wallander mystery
- Series volume
- 06
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Wallander, Kurt (Fictitious character)
- Sales personnel
- Florists
- Murder
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a Kurt Wallander mystery
- Label
- The fifth woman, Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray
- Link
- Note
- "A Kurt Wallander mystery"--Cover
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Crime/Black Lizard ed.
- Extent
- 438 p.
- Isbn
- 9781565845473
- Lccn
- 2003-69059
- Other physical details
- 1 map
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocm53903702
- (OCoLC)ocm750492982
- (OCoLC)ocm43441481
- 2633152
- (DLC) 00021873
- Label
- The fifth woman, Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray
- Link
- Note
- "A Kurt Wallander mystery"--Cover
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Crime/Black Lizard ed.
- Extent
- 438 p.
- Isbn
- 9781565845473
- Lccn
- 2003-69059
- Other physical details
- 1 map
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm53903702
- (OCoLC)ocm750492982
- (OCoLC)ocm43441481
- 2633152
- (DLC) 00021873
Subject
- trueWallander, Kurt (Fictitious character)
- trueSweden
- trueSerial murderers
- truePolice
- Sales personnel -- Fiction
- Wallander, Kurt (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Police -- Sweden
- trueBird watchers
- trueBird watchers -- Sweden
- trueDetectives
- trueEuropean people
- Florists -- Fiction
- trueMurder
- Murder -- Fiction
- trueMurder investigation
- trueNorthern European people
- trueNuns
- trueNuns -- Africa
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