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, and won the 2005 Gumshoe Award for Best European Crime Novel, presented by Mystery Ink. The book was a finalist for the ''Los Angeles Times'' Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. The central character of the book is Stefan Lindman, a young police officer with cancer, who investigates the murder of a retired officer. The plot explores the relationship between the German

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movement and the

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s in modern Sweden. A was produced in 2004 starring Swedish actor Jonas Karlsson as Stefan Lindman. A as well was produced same year, starring actor

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as Lindman and

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2000 Swedish novels Novels by Henning Mankell Novels set in Sweden Swedish crime novels {{2000s-crime-novel-stub