A successful political thriller. On a cold January day, a victim of brutal murder is found in a sleepy village in northern Sweden. The whole village is eerily quiet and deserted. And the silent houses soon reveal their secret: a crime that Swedish history has never seen before. When Judge Birgitta Roslin learns about the massacre, she realizes that she has a family connection to the place and decides to investigate on her own. Her only clues are a 19th-century diary and a red ribbon found in a nearby forest. Birgitta gradually uncovers an international network of corruption and with it a story of revenge that stretches back more than a hundred years, linking China and America in the 1860s with modern Beijing and Mozambique. Everything leads to a shocking resolution in London's Chinatown. 'The Chinese' is a gripping political thriller and a cleverly crafted detective story. Henning Mankell, one of the most widely read Swedish authors today, is often compared to his compatriot Stieg Larsson.
