The Pyramid: The Origins of Kurt Wallander

Vintage Canada, 2009. Paperback. Very Good. Now available for the first time in paperback from Vintage Canada, this int ernational bestseller is the missing piece of the critically acclaimed Kurt Wallander mystery series: the story of Wallander's beginnings. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. The Pyramid is the prequel to the bestselling Kurt Wallander series, and re introduces readers to a character they thought they knew everything about. Here, we see Wallander as a twenty-one-year-old patrolman, as a young fathe r facing an unexpected danger on Christmas Eve, as a budding detective on t he brink of middle age solving a case of poisoning, as an investigator solv ing the murder of a local photographer, and finally as a veteran detective discovering unexpected connections between a downed mystery plane and the a ssassination of a pair of spinster sisters. Watching this fascinating chara cter come into his own and develop his signature methodical and instinctive work style, makes for riveting reading. The Pyramid is vintage Mankell, and a must-have for his many fans.