The White Lioness

Kurt Wallander

By: Henning Mankell

Narrated by: Sean Barrett

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The White Lioness by Henning Mankell, read by Sean Barrett.

In 1992, in peaceful Southern Sweden, Louise Akerblom, an estate agent, pillar of the Methodist church, wife and mother, disappears. There is no explanation and no motive. Inspector Wallander and his team are called in to investigate.

As Inspector Wallander is introduced to this missing person's case he has a gut feeling that the victim will never be found alive, but he has no idea how far he will have to go in search of the killer. In South Africa, Nelson Mandela has made his long walk to freedom, setting in train the country's painful journey towards the end of the apartheid. Wallander and his colleagues find themselves caught up in a complex web involving renegade members of South Africa's secret service and a former KGB agent, all of whom are set upon halting Mandela's rise to power.

Faced with an increasingly globalised world in which international terrorism knows no national borders, Wallander must prevent a hideous crime that means to dam the tide of history.

Critic reviews

Well paced... A thinking man's thriller

The real test of thrillers of this kind is whether you want to spend more time in the detective's company. I certainly do (Sean French)

Mankell is one of the most ingenious crime writers around, strong on characterisation, plotting and atmosphere. Highly recommended (Peter Gutteridge)

Superbly crafted detective stories (Christopher Gray)

As always, Mankell is amazing!

Love all of his books. You feel like you are right there with the characters and experiencing everything with them.

Another page turner

Another page turner from Henning Mankell combining realistic global politics and mystery and well narrated by sean Barrett.