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Character · Ystad police · 10 books

Kurt Wallander

Detective Inspector in Ystad · Henning Mankell

Kurt Wallander is a detective inspector in Ystad, lonely and dogged.

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Character facts

First appearance
Faceless Killers (1991)
Latest appearance
The Troubled Man (2009)
Books
10 (9 as lead, 1 major)
Series
Kurt Wallander
Author
Henning Mankell
Circle
Ystad police

Where to meet Kurt Wallander

Kurt Wallander first appears in Faceless Killers (1991), as the lead, book 1 of the Kurt Wallander series.

Buy Faceless Killers

Every book with Kurt Wallander

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 1991LFaceless Killerslead · Kurt WallanderBuy
  2. 1992LThe Dogs of Rigalead · Kurt WallanderBuy
  3. 1993LThe White Lionesslead · Kurt WallanderBuy
  4. 1994LThe Man Who Smiledlead · Kurt WallanderBuy
  5. 1995LSidetrackedlead · Kurt WallanderBuy
  6. 1996LThe Fifth Womanlead · Kurt WallanderBuy
  7. 1997LOne Step Behindlead · Kurt WallanderBuy
  8. 1998LFirewalllead · Kurt WallanderBuy
  9. 2002MBefore the Frostmajor role · Kurt WallanderBuy
  10. 2009LThe Troubled Manlead · Kurt WallanderHis last caseBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Linda WallanderKurt’s daughter, a new police officer10
MartinssonDetective and Wallander’s colleague10
Povel WallanderKurt’s father, a painter8
SvedbergDetective7
Ann-Britt HöglundDetective6
Baiba LiepaLatvian widow Wallander loves6