Mankell, Henning. The Dogs of Riga. Read by Dick Hill. Blackstone Audio, 2006.
Reason read: Sweden is beautiful this time of year.
Kurt Wallander is back! I first met the detective in a much later book (book 7). He still drinks too much, still has trouble with relationships and still loves coffee and the opera. This time Kurt is pulled into a Latvian murder mystery. At first, the mystery is centered on two well dressed individuals found dead in a life raft. After it was determined the crime originated out of his jurisdiction Wallander assumes he is off the hook. That is, until the Riga inspector assigned to the case is also found murdered. Complicating matters is the fact Latvia is fresh from breaking ties with Russia. Suspicion runs high and corruption is rampant in Riga. Add a love interest and you get the perfect thriller.
Book trivia: It was such a bummer to learn that this is part of a series and I have started to read them out of order. This is book #2. I already read #7. I said that already.
Author fact: It was such a bummer to learn that Mankell died last year.
Audio fact: read by Dick Hill.
BookLust Twist: from Book Lust To Go in the chapter called “The Baltic States” (p 34).
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