February 6, 2025 • 59 secs
One of Time Magazine's 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time.
Get all the news you need by listening to WBZ NewsRadio 1030 on the free #iHeartRadio app! Or ask Alexa to play WBZ NewsRadio on #iHeartRadio.
Get all the news you need by listening to WBZ NewsRadio 1030 on the free #iHeartRadio app! Or ask Alexa to play WBZ NewsRadio on #iHeartRadio.
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, and welcome to the WBZ book Club. I'm Jordan Rich.
I really love the Swedish murder mysteries and the fictional
police officers who have been brought to life to solve mysteries.
There are so many fans of Kurt Wallander. I'm one
of them, and I recently re read the first book
by Henning Mankell called Faceless Killers, where we are introduced
to Kurt Wallander, and what a story it is. A
(00:20):
brutal double murder occurs in a remote Swedish farmhouse. The
husband and wife are bludgeoned in tortured. The wife survives
long enough to utter one word foreign, which could be
the big lead in solving the crime, but also stokes
the anti immigrant movement growing in Sweden at that time
in the early nineteen nineties. In the book, we meet
Kurt for the first time. His wife and daughter have
(00:41):
basically left him. He's dealing with an irascible father with
early dementia and has to solve a crime before an
angry community erupts. A great character study and a pretty
good mystery too. The first of the Wallander series, Faceless
Killers by Henning Mankel. The Book Club WBZ Boston's news
radio
Hello, and welcome to the WBZ book Club. I'm Jordan Rich.
I really love the Swedish murder mysteries and the fictional
police officers who have been brought to life to solve mysteries.
There are so many fans of Kurt Wallander. I'm one
of them, and I recently re read the first book
by Henning Mankell called Faceless Killers, where we are introduced
to Kurt Wallander, and what a story it is. A
(00:20):
brutal double murder occurs in a remote Swedish farmhouse. The
husband and wife are bludgeoned in tortured. The wife survives
long enough to utter one word foreign, which could be
the big lead in solving the crime, but also stokes
the anti immigrant movement growing in Sweden at that time
in the early nineteen nineties. In the book, we meet
Kurt for the first time. His wife and daughter have
(00:41):
basically left him. He's dealing with an irascible father with
early dementia and has to solve a crime before an
angry community erupts. A great character study and a pretty
good mystery too. The first of the Wallander series, Faceless
Killers by Henning Mankel. The Book Club WBZ Boston's news
radio
Popular Podcasts
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
The Joe Rogan Experience
The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Special Summer Offer: Exclusively on Apple Podcasts, try our Dateline Premium subscription completely free for one month! With Dateline Premium, you get every episode ad-free plus exclusive bonus content.