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Wallander found a farmhouse in the country he likes & is about to make an offer to buy it when he stumbles over a human hand in the backyard. The hand belonged to a woman in her fifties but her identity is unknown. Wallander & his colleagues now have to find out who the woman was & who killed her. The fact that she died after WW2 makes that more difficult. The story also focuses on Wallander‘s thoughts on ageing & retirement, end of life.

This v short book is 9.5 in the wallander series + the final book is next. I'll be sorry to see the back of one of my favourite grumpy police officers so this mini episode has prepared the way. Here our hero views a house to possibly buy + finds a human hand reaching out of the soil. The ensuing investigation is a quick story which also involves linda. The book has an end piece in which the author reflects on his relationship with his character.

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Hands down! For me it‘s Wallander ❤️

Kenneth Branagh receives the freedom of Belfast.
Wallander ! Dunkirk! Shakespeare!
Just on the news now with the Lord Mayor of Belfast 🙏 He grew up in Belfast & lived there till he was 9 yrs. old. ❤️

I almost never read a series out of order, but I‘m glad I picked up this novella. I‘ll now start the Wallander series from book 1. This short mystery, written as part of a national push to get people reading, was a good intro to Wallander. The afterward about the author‘s motivations was really insightful. In this one, Wallander almost buys a house in the countryside but sees a human bone in the garden and the story goes from there.

Starting off the day with a little Swedish mystery. #24in48 #readathon #hour14 #book5

I heard Mankell was a good writer; so I picked this one up at a library sale. But it's not one of his "top 5" or 8 or 10. So I'll become a little more familiar with his work for future reads. I think this one is beginning to pick up.

So this is my overflowing TBR box. It's been sitting, unobtrusively, on a bookcase shelf -- filled with (shrug) just books. Well now, it houses my shortlist. No more searching for "that next read." It will be "An Event in Autumn." But wait! There's no room for library books. I'll find a place.