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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.

Den femte kvinde (Pocket)

En ældre herre, fugleelsker og fritidsdigter, findes spiddet ved sit udkigstårn i Skåne i en bestialsk fælde af bambuspinde. Og en blomsterhandler forsvinder, men dukker siden op igen, bundet til et træ og henrettet.

En langsom og indviklet jagt begynder for Wallander og hans folk i Ystadpolitiet. Og samtidig tager lokale borgergrupper rundt omkring i landet selv fat på det politiarbejde, de mener, politiet ikke vil tage sig af. Wallander må føre krig på to fronter!

En skarp samfundsskildring af et Sverige, hvor volden og ondskaben bliver mere og mere gennemtrængende.” Berlingske

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Udgivelsesdato15 jan. 2015
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ISBN trykt bog9788771291858