The Pyramid: And Four Other Kurt Wallander Mysteries Audiobook (Free)

This collection of five stories traces the growth of Swedish Inspector Kurt Wallander into a first-rate detective, from rookie cop to young father to middle-aged divorcé, illuminating new facets of a now-canonical character.

In “Wallander’s Initial Case,” the twenty-one-year-old patrolman’s first homicide case involves his next-door neighbor, seemingly dead by his own hand. Wallander is definitely a young dad confronting an unexpected threat on Xmas Eve in “The Man with the Mask.” In “THE PERSON in the about The Pyramid: And 4 Additional Kurt Wallander Mysteries Beach,” he is within the brink of middle age and troubled with a distant wife as he unravels why a unhappy man was poisoned. Recently separated in “The Loss of life from the Photographer,” he investigates the murder of the local photographer and discovers some well concealed secrets. In “The Pyramid” he is the veteran detective uncovering cable connections between a downed aircraft as well as the assassination of two elderly sisters. During the period of these five stories, Wallander makes his own being a murder detective, defined by his concurrently methodical and instinctive function, even while he finds himself progressively haunted from witnessing the most severe aspects of an atomized culture.

Written from the initial perspective of an author looking back upon his own creation to discover his origins, these mysteries are vintage Mankell and essential reading for all those Wallander fans. The Pyramid is a wonderful display of Mankell’s virtuosic capabilities as an recognized master of the police procedural.