In 1990, Henning Mankell saw the historic changes across the Baltic in Eastern Europe, and decided to write a thriller (sort of), while using the same police officer protagonist as his earlier mystery, "Faceless Killers." The result is The Dogs of Riga, which is rather a muddled book. Detective Kurt Wallander isn't a spy, but somehow gets caught up in East Bloc intrigue that ends up amounting to very little, while boring the reader along the way. Maybe the next book sticks to the proper mysteries, something Mankell does better. 1400031524 978-1400031528

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