Mankell, Henning. The dogs of Riga, a Kurt Wallander mystery.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)

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MANKELL, Henning. The dogs of Riga, a Kurt Wallander mystery. Read by Dick Hill. 9 cds. 10.5 hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2006. 0-7861-6132-4. $81.00. Vinyl; plot, author, reader notes. A

Swedish policeman Kurt Wallander investigates two well-dressed corpses that wash ashore in a life raft. He finds that they have been shot execution-style, and that they come from Latvia, a Baltic country reeling from the breakup of the Soviet Union. Latvia sends over Major Liepa, an intelligent cop, to help with the case, but he is murdered when he returns home, so Wallander travels to ...

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