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The Return of the Dancing Master
The Return of the Dancing Master
Author: Henning Mankell, Laurie Thompson (Translator)
When retired policeman Herbert Molin is found brutally slaughtered on his remote farm in the northern forests of Sweden, police find strange tracks in the snow -- as if someone had been practicing the tango. Stefan Lindman, a young police officer recently diagnosed with mouth cancer, decides to investigate the murder of his former colleague, but...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781400076956
ISBN-10: 1400076951
Publication Date: 2/8/2005
Pages: 416
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4.1 stars, based on 29 ratings
Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Murder in Sweden with tentacles reaching back to WW II. Well done.
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Set in Sweden, an intricate police procedural.
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This is my first Henning Mankell read and I was extremely impressed. Set in current day Sweden, the book's story reaches back into World War II and Hitler. Richly drawn characters, compelling story and setting. I can't wait to start the author's Kurt Wallender series. Very highly recommend.
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reviewed The Return of the Dancing Master on + 45 more book reviews
Herbert Molin, a retired police officer ,is living alone in a remote cottage in the vast forests of northern Sweden. He has two obsessions: one is the tango an the other is a conviction that he is being hunted. Molin has no close friends, no close neighbors and by teh time his body is eventually found,he is almost unrecognisable.

Lindman, a police officer on extended sick leave ,decides to involve himself in the case. What he discovers, to his horror and disbelief,is a network of evil almost unimaginable in this remote district, and one which seems impossible to link to Molin's death.
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Herbert Molin, a retired police officer, lives alone in a remote cottage in northern Sweden. Murders and evil networks left over from the Second World War set this small community alight.

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