The Dogs of Riga

The Dogs of Riga
First edition (Swedish)
AuthorHenning Mankell
Original titleHundarna i Riga
TranslatorLaurie Thompson
LanguageSwedish
SeriesKurt Wallander #2
GenreCrime novel
PublisherOrdfront
Publication date
1992
Publication placeSweden
Published in English
October 2001
Media typePrint (Hardcover, Paperback)
Pages326 pp (Eng. hardback trans.)
ISBN1-86046-839-X (Eng. trans.)
OCLC48571208
Preceded byFaceless Killers 
Followed byThe White Lioness 

The Dogs of Riga (Swedish: Hundarna i Riga) is a Swedish detective mystery by Henning Mankell, set in Riga, the capital of Latvia. It is the second book of the Kurt Wallander series, and was translated into English by Laurie Thompson.

The book was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller.[1]

  1. ^ "2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller Winner and Nominees". Awards Archive. 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2022-03-13.