An edition of Brandvägg (1998)

Firewall (Kurt Wallender Mystery)

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An edition of Brandvägg (1998)

Firewall (Kurt Wallender Mystery)

  • 3.64 ·
  • 11 Ratings
  • 9 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 14 Have read

Stopping to get money from a cash machine one evening, a man inexplicably falls to the ground: dead. A taxi driver is brutally murdered by two teenaged girls. Quickly apprehended they appal local policemen with their total lack of remorse.Stopping to get money from a cash machine one evening, a man inexplicably falls to the ground: dead. A taxi driver is brutally murdered by two teenaged girls. Quickly apprehended they appal local policemen with their total lack of remorse. One girl escapes police custody and disappears without trace. Soon afterwards a blackout covers half the country. When an engineer arrives at the malfunctioning power station, he makes a grisly discovery. Inspector Kurt Wallander is sure that these events must be linked - somehow. Hampered by the discovery of betrayals in his own team, lonely and frustrated, Wallander begins to lose conviction in his role as a detective. The search for answers leads Wallander dangerously close to a shadowy group of anarchic terrorists, hidden within the anonymity of cyberspace. Somehow these criminals seem always to know the police's next move. Wallander finds himself fighting to outsmart them In their gripping police procedural about our increasing vulnerability in the modern digitalised world.

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The Harvill Press
Pages
436

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Cover of: Firewall
Firewall
2012, Vintage, CCV
in English
Cover of: Firewall
Firewall
2008, Vintage Books
in English
Cover of: Firewall
Firewall
2004, ISIS
in English - Large print ed.
Cover of: Firewall (Kurt Wallender Mystery)
Firewall (Kurt Wallender Mystery)
April 1, 2004, Harvill Press
Paperback in English - New Ed edition
Cover of: Firewall (Kurt Wallender Mystery)
Firewall (Kurt Wallender Mystery)
April 1, 2004, The Harvill Press
Hardcover
Cover of: Die Brandmauer
Die Brandmauer
2004-03, dtv
Paperback
Cover of: Brannvegg
Brannvegg
2003, Gyldendal
Paperback in Norwegian
Cover of: La Muraille invisible
La Muraille invisible
March 19, 2003, Seuil
Mass Market Paperback in French
Cover of: Firewall
Firewall: A Kurt Wallander Mystery
2002, New Press
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Die Brandmauer. Der achte Fall von Kommissar Kurt Wallander.
Die Brandmauer. Der achte Fall von Kommissar Kurt Wallander.
October 1, 2001, ZSOLNAY-VERLAG
Hardcover in German
Cover of: Die Brandmauer
Die Brandmauer
Publish date unknown, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag
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First Sentence

"The wind died down toward evening, then stopped completely."

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Library of Congress
PT9876.23.A49

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
436
Dimensions
9.3 x 6.1 x 1.9 inches
Weight
1.2 pounds

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OL8931328M
ISBN 10
1843431122
ISBN 13
9781843431121
Library Thing
57767
Goodreads
1146874

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"The wind died down toward evening, then stopped completely."

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