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A review by markhoh
One Step Behind by Henning Mankell
5.0
One Step Behind is the seventh book in the Kurt Wallander series and I can honestly say these books keep getting better and better. This is a 5 star read for me... interesting as I look back on the reviews and ratings I have given over the first six books. I started with 3 stars, worked up to 4, then 4.5 and now 5.
This book is quite dark and grisly and has a superbly crafted plot ultimately centring around one man’s intense hatred to see happiness. It’s an intriguing tale and author, Henning Mankell builds the suspense slowly as the storyline unfolds.
What I truly love about these books is the central character, Wallander. Mankell has delivered a totally believable, totally human protagonist. He makes the mundane, interesting and validates these human elements that actually give me space to embrace my own humanness. The fleeting thoughts that we are privileged to glimpse, the insecurities about health, wellbeing, and the wonderings about people and things somehow give the reader permission to be an ordinary human and actually still be quite extraordinary.
This book is quite dark and grisly and has a superbly crafted plot ultimately centring around one man’s intense hatred to see happiness. It’s an intriguing tale and author, Henning Mankell builds the suspense slowly as the storyline unfolds.
What I truly love about these books is the central character, Wallander. Mankell has delivered a totally believable, totally human protagonist. He makes the mundane, interesting and validates these human elements that actually give me space to embrace my own humanness. The fleeting thoughts that we are privileged to glimpse, the insecurities about health, wellbeing, and the wonderings about people and things somehow give the reader permission to be an ordinary human and actually still be quite extraordinary.