Faceless Killers

Faceless Killers
First edition (Swedish)
AuthorHenning Mankell
Original titleMördare utan ansikte
TranslatorSteven T. Murray
LanguageSwedish
SeriesKurt Wallander #1
GenreCrime novel
PublisherOrdfront
Publication date
1991
Publication placeSweden
Published in English
1997
Media typePrint (hardcover, paperback)
Pages288 pp (Eng. hardback trans.)
ISBN1-86046-780-6 (Eng. trans.)
OCLC43418392
Followed byThe Dogs of Riga 

Faceless Killers (Swedish: Mördare utan ansikte) is a 1991 crime novel by the Swedish writer Henning Mankell, and the first in his acclaimed Wallander series.[1] The English translation by Steven T. Murray was published in 1997.

In 1992, Faceless Killers won the first ever Glass Key award, given to crime writers from the Nordic countries.

  1. ^ Anna Westerståhl Stenport (Spring 2007). "Bodies Under Assault: Nation and Immigration in Henning Mankell's "Faceless Killers"". Scandinavian Studies. 79 (1): 2, 4. JSTOR 40920725.