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I‘ve finished the 2nd Wallander book. It‘s not Mankell‘s best book but still a ‘pick‘ I liked that it was mainly set in Latvia. Made a nice change.

There‘s a formality when a novel is translated. It gives me a sense of one dimensionality. I find it very difficult to engage. I‘m sure in the original language this book is highly enjoyable; but for me? Not so much.

Onto the next

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/latvia-europe-s-nation-of-introverts?utm_sour...

I‘m very pleased to read another view of Latvia especially given the very dark picture of it from the tagged (but excellent) book.

#readingeurope2020 #Latvia

5-star book. 2 bodies wash up on shore in Sweden in a life raft, leading to a terrifying trip into #Latvia for Inspector Wallander to uncover multiple crimes that, if solved, could spell freedom for a nation. I‘ve watched the entire Wallander BBC series (it‘s great), but they don‘t compare to this, the first book I‘ve read in the series. If you want a sense of life under Soviet rule, this is it. #readingeurope2020

I can‘t believe I forgot to post my final results for #novelnovember so here they are, a day late:

Finish:

✅ Attachment for #authoramonth
✅ A Freak of Freedom for #readingeurope2020 #SanMarino
✅ Midnight in Chernobyl for #Ukraine
✅ The Historian for #Slovenia

✅ Make progress: The Dogs of Riga for #Latvia (enough progress yesterday, that I finished it today!)

@Andrew65

This is it! All I have left to finish #readingeurope2020. I‘m more than halfway finished with the tagged book for #Latvia. Less than ten to go! I‘m a very slow reader and we have #wintergames about to start but I‘m in the hunt to finish in 2020!

I would not have read this had I not been participating in #ReadingEurope2020. I'm glad that this challenge has pushed me to read books I normally wouldn't. @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle

This dark crime novel was fast paced and well written. I was instantly drawn into the story and loved the journey to discover what really happened.

I will definitely look for more books by this author now.

Now that I‘ve finished our #buddyread, I can move on to this one. It fits with our #teamslaughter theme for #scarathlon and also #readingeurope2020 #Latvia. @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @Clwojick

Husband is loaning me his book so I‘ll get #Latvia taken care of for #readingeurope2020....at some point this year.

Books for #readingeurope2020 #Latvia

This is Mankell‘s second Wallander novel but can be read as a stand alone. Investigation led Inspector Kurt Wallander of the Swedish police force to Riga in #Latvia where he is drawn to a complex conspiracy and web of corruption. Very bleak, full of tension..I enjoyed it and may seek out the others in the series.

#ReadingEurope2020
#jennyis30 #thriller

I‘m super excited to read both of these (🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼) this month! My double spin has been sitting unread on my shelves since I saw the author in 2005. Sheesh. Thank you so much for doing this challenge, @TheAromaofBooks !

5 ⭐ Mankell is definitely an auto-buy author for me. #Thriller #jennyis30

Other challenge prompts:
First country for #readingeurope2020 - #Latvia @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
Fourth book for #murder2020 @Tove_Reads
Sixth letter for #litsyatoz @BookishMarginalia

#NuYear #CallOutTheDogs @Cinfhen @TrishB Another book from the Wallander series, Henning Mankell‘s The Dogs Of Riga.

Happy #HumpDayPost @MinDea

1. A really want to buy a velvet dress for Christmas ( @miralunasbooknook you have me thinking dresses)this one looks nice. I‘d like it in navy blue ❤️
2.peanut all the way
3. Henning Mankells Wallander
4. When really young I liked playing teachers
5. I have 3 children. So 3 must be my lucky number.
And thank goodness it‘s Wednesday 🎉

2017 #71 mystery audio book two of a series I wasn't enamoured with in the first place. I'm just not sure a police officer would do the things he does and end the way it does. It's kind of like a Scandinavian Lee Child's or Bourne series but all while pretending to be a city version of Longmire. *

I borrowed this from the library a while back and really enjoyed it. Two bodies wash up on Sweden's shores, but the clues lead back to Latvia. Definitely an #internationalcrime. #day25 #feistyfeb

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