Imagined crossover · Nordic noir
What if Harry Hole met Kurt Wallander?
Scandinavia’s most troubled detectives. Two brilliant, lonely, haunted detectives, each the best investigator in his country.
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The pair
Kurt WallanderDetective Inspector in YstadBy Henning Mankell · Kurt Wallander · first in Faceless Killers
Chemistry7/10
Friction6/10
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Where and when
Oslo and Ystad
The 1990s and 2000s
The story
- How they might meet
- A killer working across Norway and Sweden leaves a trail from the Oslo docks to the ferry at Ystad.
- Why they would work
- Two brilliant, lonely, haunted detectives, each the best investigator in his country.
- What each brings
- Harry is an intuitive hunter of serial killers. Wallander is a dogged, thorough investigator with a conscience that never rests.
- Where they would clash
- Both would rather work alone, and neither looks after himself. Each would see his own worst habits in the other.
Strengths compared
Harry Hole Kurt Wallander
Our own ratings out of 10, for fun.
On the page together
The years in which each character's books were published.
Read your way in
Start with each character's first appearance.
- The BatJo Nesbø · 1997 · Harry Hole's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
- Faceless KillersHenning Mankell · 1991 · Kurt Wallander's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
