The Troubled Man A Kurt Wallander Mystery (Audible Audio Edition) Henning Mankell Laurie Thompson translator Robin Sachs Random House Audio Books
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The much-anticipated return of Henning Mankell's brilliant, brooding detective Kurt Wallander.
Håkan von Enke, a retired naval officer, disappears during a walk in a forest near Stockholm. Wallander is not officially involved in the investigation, but he is personally affected-von Enke is his daughter's father-in-law-and Wallander is soon interfering in matters that are not his responsibility. He is confounded by the information he uncovers, which hints at elaborate Cold War espionage.
Wallander is also haunted by his own past and desperate to live up to the hope that a new granddaughter represents, and will soon come face-to-face with his most intractable adversary-himself.
Suspenseful, darkly atmospheric, psychologically gripping, The Troubled Man is certain to be celebrated by readers, listeners, and critics alike.
The Troubled Man A Kurt Wallander Mystery (Audible Audio Edition) Henning Mankell Laurie Thompson translator Robin Sachs Random House Audio Books
I was actually sad to begin this book because I knew it was the last one in the Kurt Wallander series by the late Henning Mankell. I've read all the other books in the series plus a couple of his stand alone books and they are my favorite crime novels. This one finds Kurt at a 75th birthday party in Stockholm for Hakan von Enke, a former navy officer who is now retired. Wallander wouldn't normally be there except that Hakan and his wife Louise are Linda Wallander's in-laws-to-be. Kurt and Linda see a lot of each other in "The Troubled Man." Hakan von Enke takes Kurt into a quiet room and tells him the story of a suspected Russian submarine back in the Cold War era that was submerged in Swedish territorial waters and how he had wanted to start releasing depth charges, but it was called off. The submarine finally disappeared without a trace and von Enke was puzzled as to why the order for depth charges had been called off. It was their one chance to make a foreign sub surface. By the next week, Hakan von Enke had disappeared without a trace. Since Stockholm is out of Wallander's jurisdiction, he starts looking around on his own.Wallander has turned 60 now and is having a lot of health problems and now is experiencing memory loss. Since he isn't the sort of person to just go to the doctor, he has neglected his health his whole life and is afraid of what a doctor might say if he does go, so he stays away. He is forced to see the doctor when he has a health crisis, though. After this, he is on vacation time and spends it trying to find out what has happened to Hakan von Enke. The story moves along and becomes quite complicated when accusations fly about the von Enkes and the location changes several times.
I loved this book as I have loved all of the Kurt Wallander books. This one is a more complicated Cold War spy novel that kept my attention all the way through.
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The Troubled Man A Kurt Wallander Mystery (Audible Audio Edition) Henning Mankell Laurie Thompson translator Robin Sachs Random House Audio Books Reviews
I had no idea this would be the LAST of a wonderful series I have completely enjoyed, both on TV as well as these wonderful books.
This last story centers on an aged Wallander who drinks far too much, is increasingly forgetful, and more and more out of touch with family (anyone) who loves him.
IT IS A LONG SLOW DEPRESSING STORY OF DECLINE.
And Mr. Mankell is NOT kind to our beloved Kurt Wallander .
Because we now know Mr. Mankell was dieing, I can only guess he harbored anger over his personal circumstances and took that anger out on his creation ( Kurt)....and ultimately his readers.
Is this story more about Mankell ( who just died) than Wallander? Maybe, I don't know.
Just be prepared.
Do not read if you are at all sensitive, or going through something.
There is an abundance of sadness, anger, and a really terrible, horribly depressing ending.
In this final novel of the Kurt Wallander series, Kurt becomes entangled into the disappearance of his daughter Lina's future father-in-law. A retired Swedish Naval Officer goes for his daily walk from his apartment and disappears. When Wallander travels to investigate at the bequest of his daughter and the wife, he secures the cooperation of the Police Inspector assigned to investigate. The investigation becomes even more complicated when the Naval Officer's wife, Louise, also goes missing and then is later found dead, an apparent suicide, with incriminating documents in her purse indicating she may have been a spy for the Russians.
At the novel's start, Wallander has finally moved to the country and has a dog, Jussi, named after an opera singer (did you expect less). Throughout the book, he begins displaying symptoms of forgetfulness and Alzheimer's. Being Kurt Wallander, he struggles to hide these symptoms from everyone and mostly succeeds.
In this final Kurt Wallander novel there is plenty of intrigue and Kurt eventually unveils a surprising conclusion to the mystery. There is also a surprise conclusion to the mystery.
A fitting novel to end the series. One of the best yet.
I bought this book a while back. It took me sometime to approach reading it as it was Kurt Wallander's last. When I finished the book, I felt as if I was stabbed in the heart. I have to admit I have not read the series in order; and to move suddenly from a doggedly tenacious young detective to an aging, forgetful & diabetics-afflicted 60-year-old Wallander upset me terribly.
So please read the book in order! If you pick this as your first Wallander book, you will get truly depressed and will miss the true brilliance of Mankell's Wallander. For those who have read other books of the series, it goes without saying this book is a must-read.
The fact this book stirred up such emotions, says a lot about the skill of the author. As a person that has hit middle age and slowly moving past it, Wallander's fears of death, loneliness and the feeling that the best of his life had already passed echoed my own fears. The typical theme of loneliness and isolation that run throughout the series is truly amplified here. I missed the team of detectives and characters that worked with Wallander in other books.
However as the book points out Wallander is now the old guard and most of his contemporaries, with exception of Martinsson, have passed on or retired. The case is also more personal as it involves his daughter Linda's in-laws, who go missing
The case itself has many clues and I caught on to it midway through. The book, I felt was not so much about the mystery,
but more about Wallender's tying loose ends, reliving his past and present relationships with his ex-wife Mona, lover Baiba, and his daughter Linda.
His relationship with Linda on occasions are tense, and the conversations between them are sometimes terse. They get irritated with each other and Wallander often feels his daughter is infringing his personal space. Troubling him more is the dark shadows that envelop Wallander as he progressively starts to suffer from blackouts and memory loss.
Here too it is not too surprising what Mankell is hinting at on how he plans to end the Wallander's story. Even so, the last few sentences of this book broke me. The clinical disposal of the well-loved detective by Mankell left me in a dark, melancholic mood. I almost wanted to shout "How dare you do this to him?"
Well it is obvious Mankell is truly finished with Wallander.
I was actually sad to begin this book because I knew it was the last one in the Kurt Wallander series by the late Henning Mankell. I've read all the other books in the series plus a couple of his stand alone books and they are my favorite crime novels. This one finds Kurt at a 75th birthday party in Stockholm for Hakan von Enke, a former navy officer who is now retired. Wallander wouldn't normally be there except that Hakan and his wife Louise are Linda Wallander's in-laws-to-be. Kurt and Linda see a lot of each other in "The Troubled Man." Hakan von Enke takes Kurt into a quiet room and tells him the story of a suspected Russian submarine back in the Cold War era that was submerged in Swedish territorial waters and how he had wanted to start releasing depth charges, but it was called off. The submarine finally disappeared without a trace and von Enke was puzzled as to why the order for depth charges had been called off. It was their one chance to make a foreign sub surface. By the next week, Hakan von Enke had disappeared without a trace. Since Stockholm is out of Wallander's jurisdiction, he starts looking around on his own.
Wallander has turned 60 now and is having a lot of health problems and now is experiencing memory loss. Since he isn't the sort of person to just go to the doctor, he has neglected his health his whole life and is afraid of what a doctor might say if he does go, so he stays away. He is forced to see the doctor when he has a health crisis, though. After this, he is on vacation time and spends it trying to find out what has happened to Hakan von Enke. The story moves along and becomes quite complicated when accusations fly about the von Enkes and the location changes several times.
I loved this book as I have loved all of the Kurt Wallander books. This one is a more complicated Cold War spy novel that kept my attention all the way through.
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