Henning Georg Mankell (Swedish pronunciation: [²hɛnːɪŋ ¹maŋːkɛl]; 3 February 1948 – 5 October 2015) was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a number of plays and screenplays for television.
He was a left-wing social critic and activist. In his books and plays he constantly highlighted social inequality issues and injustices in Sweden and abroad. In 2010, Mankell was on board one of the ships in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla that was boarded by Israeli military forces. He was below deck when eight or nine people were shot.
Mankell shared his time between Sweden and countries in Africa, mostly Mozambique where he started a theatre. He made considerable donations to charity organizations, mostly connected to Africa.
En efterårsdag i 2002 får Kurt Wallander endelig mulighed for at realisere en gammel drøm om at flytte fra Ystad ud på landet. Men drømmen forvandles snart til et mareridt. I husets have, ude ved solbærbuskene, snubler Wallander en dag over en hånd, der stikker op af jorden, og finder først et nedgravet lig, så yderligere et. Det viser sig, at de har ligget et halvt århundrede i jorden. Men hvem var de, og hvorfor har ingen meldt dem savnet?
Wallander og hans kolleger må grave i fortiden for at finde svarene. Sporene fører til en tragedie, hvor det er svært at vide, hvem der var offer, og hvem der var gerningsmand.
Hånden indeholder ekstramateriale i form af Mankells egne betragtninger om Wallander samt et lille opslagsværk om Wallander og romanseriens verden.
Lydbogen er indlæst af Karsten Pharao.
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