
The Dogs of Riga
A Kurt Wallander Mystery
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Thinking his work is done, Wallander slips back into his routine, until he is suddenly called to Riga and plunged into an alien world - in which shadows are everywhere, everything is watched, and old regimes will do anything to stay alive.
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Critic reviews
"The writing is spare, the characterization deft, the atmosphere strong, and the suspense overwhelming." (Times Literary Supplement)
"Apart from his uncommon skill at devising dense, multilayered plots, Mankell's forte is matching mood to setting and subject." (New York Times Book Review)
"Wallander's introspection and self-doubt make him compellingly real, and his efforts to find out what happened to those men on the life raft makes for riveting reading." (Publishers Weekly)
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-23-22
Wallander-The Dogs of Riga
I really love a good mystery and especially those in the Scandinavian countries and England. But seriously Wallander has to stop being sick and tired in every book. He is in his forties. I read this book out of order so I know he is moving toward diabetes but seriously take better care and find something else to work through.
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- Kindle Customer
- 03-31-25
Strange accents
Strange accents, It made Wallander sound less likeable. I didn’t care for the voice actor’s interpretation.
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- Daniel McAfee
- 08-29-12
The Best of the Wallander Books I Listened to.
This is my second of the first three in the Henning Mankell / Kurt Wallander series. This one is actually the best of the first three by a decent margin.
I went ahead and purchased one of Audible's package deals which included the first three books in this series all at once.
As I said with my first review of "Faceless Killers", while this is definitely an improvement, it's still nothing great. Likewise, the narrator, Dick Hill was good, but he is so "white-bread", he's not the perfect fit here.
Granted, overall, this one is not bad, three Mankell / Wallander books is enough for me.
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- William R. Austin
- 04-04-21
Complex and intriguing
The narration was quite well done except for a couple of squeeky women and the story kept me interested.
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- Kyle
- 10-25-11
Overwrought
I really enjoy the Kurt Wallander mysteries. This one was was a bit, okay WAY, overwrought at times. Happy I listened to it, but it had its weaker moments.
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- Darlene Richardson
- 02-07-16
Great Read!
Henning Mankell at his best! You won't find a better companion on a long drive!
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- Jane
- 09-13-12
Fairly Enjoyable
Not sure if I will follow up with other books by this author. This was an ok story & kept my interest fairly well, but just not a grabber.
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- DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY
- 05-23-24
Thrilled and Hooked
Best book so far mysterious and adventurous. Got me wanting to listen to more especially on long drives
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- Unni F. W.
- 11-15-21
Horrible narrator
A pretty boring book made even worse by the narrator. And the Swedish police force does not exactly look intelligent from this story.
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- Farkle1
- 10-27-23
Complicated
Good story, marred by the similarity between the characters voices.
Good story, hard to follow Because of the similarities between characters voices.
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