The Pyramid and Four Other Kurt Wallander Mysteries

By: Henning Mankell

Narrated by: Dick Hill

The Pyramid is the long-awaited addition to Henning Mankell's critically celebrated and internationally best-selling Kurt Wallander mystery series - a book of five short mysteries that takes us back to the beginning. Here are the stories that trace, chronologically, Wallander's growth from a rookie cop into a young father and then a middle-aged divorcé, illuminating how Wallander became a first-rate detective and highlighting new facets of a now canonical character.

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Critic reviews

"Like the Wallander novels, these stories rank among the finest police procedurals being written today." ( Publishers Weekly)

Dick Hill makes ever story better

Dick Hill (RIP) was the greatest storyteller ever. He makes ever story better. I’m going to try other Mankell books.

Verlander

this along with the other wallander books I will read again they are excellent reading I love these books!

slow

I loved the previous Wallender books, but this one seemed to take forever. A disappointment.

Maybe the best Wallander.

Quite good. Well narrated. All the angst and mystery of a full length novel, but instead five stories.

Can't get enough!

Good stories, good to have some background. The narrator, however, is boring and too slow. While his enunciation is good, his pace and over dramatization of some words are annoying. I usually skip books read by him.

Mediocre Listen

These stories provide a background to the character of Kurt Wallander, some were good but others only mediocre. The narration nearly drove me to shut off the story several times. It was slow, overly dramatic, and the "voices" seemed poorly matched to the characters.

Not as good as rest o series

I liked the idea behind this series of novallas - to capture the young Kurt Wallander and show how he became the detective we have come to know and enjoy. But instead,these came across as hurried short stories without the depth we have come to expect of the Kurt Wallander mysteries. learned some superficial facts about the wife, Kurts relationship w his father and his mentor Reedberg but not much depth to these. Not a bad listen but nowhere near as compelling as the series

Good Read A slower paced mystery

The detective has great intuitive reasoning , The story is
interesting and makes for a slower paced read.

Pyramid story is extraordinary

I really liked these stories. I agree with the other reviewers who have noted that they provide the early history of Kurt Wallander. The story called "The Pyramid" is extraordinary. It reminded me of Fellini with the some of the images: his difficult and eccentric father and the latter's trip to Egypt necessitating Wallender to travel there to get him out of jail. Hard to explain unless you've read it, which I encourage you to do.

Did not want to stop listening!

A sure sign of a good audiobook is one that you do not want to stop listening to. This is the first Wallander audio for me but not the last. I already have bought more, having enjoyed this one so much. It is a good mystery with interesting characters and a plot that satisfies. What else do you want....oh, the narration is quite good also. Unlike some mysteries and thrillers, the plots in these four stories are actually believable...the characters seem like real people and the events are quite possible....no out-of-this world action....just a good story.