The Dogs of Riga: A Kurt Wallander Mystery
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Second in the Kurt Wallander series.
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I tried to give this a chance, because it’s set in Sweden, but after the 50-page test, I saw that it was just another dull police novel. (DNF)
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
The Berlin Wall has fallen and the East is opening up. An Inflatable dinghy drifts ashore in Sweden, and with it two dead men. It becomes Inspector Wallander�s case. Who are these two men? Their dental work suggests east European origin; the dinghy was made in Yugoslavia. Wallander keeps digging, and his investigation leads him to Riga.
City and country of Intrigue, deception, corruption and murder. Willander is like the ivory ball on a billiard table, pushed in one direction and rebounding in an additional. He solves the case, at fantastic danger to himself.
Mankell has a habit of inserting his political convictions into his books – be it the sorry welfare state of Sweden, be it the flowers of evil budding in the newly liberated East. I do not judge that a mystery should be the dais for politics.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
The setting and the characters promise a fantastic read. And while the books is simple to get thru and diverting enuf, it is far too
simplistic and predictable; like a TV crime episode. There are far too many far-fetched turns to make it believable. The basic political tenet is never really clarified or backgrounded. This is a fantastic bring shame on as the book’s theme and characters hold so much promise.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
The second book in the Kurt Wallander series, as happened with the first installment “Faceless Killers”, falls clearly fleeting of the mark. I have a Swedish friend who encouraged me to read the first book, and after finishing it and telling him it was not very excellent, he said I should give it another try. This second book did not change my opinion whatsoever, but since I heard that this was the weakest book in the series I am willing to give Henning Mankell one more chance.
It is February 1991 and after two bodies wash ashore the Swedish coast in a raft, the Ystad police, with Wallander leading the investigation, determine that the murdered men are from one of the countries in the Eastern block. The Swedish police receive the visit of Major Liepa, from the Latvian police, who comes to help with the crime. Following the discovery of certain facts, Anette Brolin, the district attorney object of Wallander’s infatuation in the previous book, closes the case and transfers it to Riga. An unexpected turn of events will require the presence of the Swedish inspector in Riga to help with the case and a new murder. Upon his arrival, Wallander realizes that Latvia presents a high level of political unrest after the fall of the Berlin wall, with the group seeking independence is confronting the Russians.
Clearly the best aspect of the book is the main character, which has a complex personality and whose emotions, thoughts and inner demons are explored in depth, building these the main focus of the tales. In this case, Wallander is dealing with the loss of his partner, Rydberg, who was one of the most veteran policemen in the department. We find that Kurt is constantly second guessing himself and thinking what Rydberg would have done in his situation. Additional factors like Wallander’s relationship with his father and daughter are also cause of concern for the detective, and we find him having health problems and thinking of choosing and alternate career because of this.
Where the novel really lacks in quality is in what has to do with the mystery per se. Mankell never really grasps the reader attention in this aspect and, even though this book is a small bit more quick-paced than the one before, the action seems drawn out. If the leader could improve in this point, his books would be fantastic, because they already have an awesome main character. I really hope that my next, and maybe final, try with this series results in a more fulfilling experience.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
This time inspector Kurt Wallander has to solve the murder on two very well-dressed men, who float ashore the Swedish coast on a raft. The trail leads to Latvia. After his Latvian colleague is also murdered, Wallander ends up in a web of intrigues in an unstable country that is unknown to him and where he does not speak the language. Soon he finds out that one of his two nearest Latvian colleagues is the villain, but which one of the two?
In contrast to �Faceless killers� by the same leader, this book contains much more action, but after a while I became reasonably dizzy with all the twist and turns that the tale took. It is an entertaining tale, but Wallander appeared less real to me than in the previous book.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5