New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Harvill 03 July-Sept
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New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Harvill JULY-SEPT 03

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Henning Mankell The Return of the Dancing Master Published September 2003 by Harvill at £14.99 ISBN: 1843430584
See Review by Martin Edwards - author of the highly acclaimed Harry Devlin Mysteries

'The most impressive new voice in the genre since Ian Rankin' Mark Lawson, Guardian

Kurt Wallander fans will love this new novel from Henning Mankell. Featuring a new cast of characters this novel marks the end of the Kurt Wallander Mysteries and prepares the way for many more mysteries to come.
Herbert Molin, a retired police officer, lives alone in a remote cottage in northern Sweden. Two things seem to consume him; his passion for the tango, and an obsession with the "demons" he believes to be pursuing him. Early one morning shots shatter Molin's window...by the time his body is found it is almost unrecognisable. Stefan Lindman is another off-the-job police officer. On extended sick leave due to having cancer of the tongue Lindman hears about the murder of his former colleague and, in a bid to take his mind off his own problems, decides to investigate. As his investigation becomes increasingly complex it is with both horror and disbelief that Lindman uncovers links to a global web of neo- Nazi activity. Written with all the usual flair so highly commended by Mankell fans this intricate crime novel, with its cast of new characters, heralds the end of the Kurt Wallander Mysteries and yet, ultimately, it leads the story back to Wallander's Ystad where a new outstanding series of thrillers can begin.

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Daniel Pennac Monsieur Malausséne Pbk published August 2003 by Harvill at £12.99 ISBN: 1843430207


Ian Monk (Translator)
Benjamin Malausséne, the Belleville scapegoat, and his family of half sisters and brothers are once again the target for a series of increasingly catastrophic mishaps which culminate in his imprisonment on twenty-one counts of murder.
Meanwhile, the real serial killer remains at large.
In this sprawling novel, which brings his series of novels set in Belleville to a close, Pennac has allowed his unique imagination to run riot. The result is an increasingly huge cast of unforgettable characters and a series of inter-related plot lines which curl around one another before finally unraveling. From the art of the tattoo to cinema history, from the intricacies of cutting-edge surgery to the wonders of the wines of the Jura, there is something for everyone in this extraordinary tale.

Daniel Pennac was born in Casablanca in 1944. He travelled widely in his youth and has been employed in a number of capacities, including woodcutter, Paris cab driver, illustrator and, principally, schoolteacher. His 'Belleville Quintet, written around the character of Benjamin Malausséne, has been published in many languages.

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