Book Review

Without his detective, Mankell loses power

Henning Mankell was in Washington, D.C., this month to promote his novel. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

By Ed Siegel

Globe Correspondent / February 23, 2010

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For many crime writers, a detective series featuring the same character becomes a means to a more commercial end, a way of reassuring the reader that if all isn’t ultimately right with the world at least a certain justice will continue to prevail - meriting the purchase of the next installment. But the best writing of, say, Ruth Rendell or ... (Full article: 636 words)