Hunde von Riga

Geschrieben von Henning Mankell und Ulrich Pleitgen

Erzählt von Ulrich Pleitgen

Kurt Wallander ist 44 Jahre alt und verliebt sich bei Ermittlungen in Riga in Baiba.
"Es war der 12. Februar 1991. Hauptkommissar Kurt Wallander saß in seinem Büro im Polizeipräsidium von Ystad und gähnte…"
Ein grausamer Mordfall führt Wallander nach Riga, in ein Land im Umbruch. Dort kommt er einem teuflischen Komplott auf die Spur und lernt Baiba Liepa kennen, seit langem die erste Frau, für die er eine tiefe Liebe empfindet.

• Sprache: Deutsch
• Herausgeber: Hörbuch Hamburg
• Erscheinungsdatum: 11. Juni 2007
• ISBN: 9783844902266

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[usuallee · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

Solid mystery. Second in the series by Swedish author Mankell. Wasn't sure I'd continue with the Kurt Wallander series after the lackluster series opener Faceless Killers, which was only barely compelling enough to keep me reading. Mankell's writing is very dry which was off-putting at first, but I got used to it. There was an excitement level in this one that Faceless Killers lacked. I definitely enjoyed this one enough to seek out book #3.

[jbreedlove_6 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

A very good read and better than his Faceless Killers, He writes well wih only occassional lapses or droaning on. Good full characters and twist at the end. Also a good description of te Baltics in the arly 1990's.

[cherylefisher · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

I HAVE READ QUITE A FEW BOOKS TRANSLATED FROM SCANDANAVIAN AUTHORS. MANKELL IS ONE OF THE BEST.

[kerns222 · Bewertung: 2 von 5 Sternen]

Come on, Mr Mankell. Puppy dog love/infatuation with a dead cop's wife by our Wallander nearing 50. Going renegade when Swedish. To much plot effort. Just write you detective novels at home in cold wet Sweden. Do not go spy novel on us. P.S. I left you in the seatpocket of a Delta jet. Enjoy yourself there. You were good enuf for the trip but not one to save on my Mystery shelf.

[seriousgrace · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Kurt Wallander is back! I first met the detective in a much later book (book 7). He still drinks too much, still has trouble with relationships and still loves coffee and the opera. This time Kurt is pulled into a Latvian murder mystery. At first, the mystery is centered on two well dressed individuals found dead in a life raft. After it was determined the crime originated out of his jurisdiction Wallander assumes he is off the hook. That is, until the Riga inspector assigned to the case is also found murdered. Complicating matters is the fact Latvia is fresh from breaking ties with Russia. Suspicion runs high and corruption is rampant in Riga. Add a love interest and you get the perfect thriller.

[jbd1 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

About on par with the first in the series. A good, fast, atmospheric mystery.

[jkdavies · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

A little incoherent at times, but generally an interesting story.Wallander at his most melancholic and at the mercy of fate...

[thorold_1 · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

The second Wallander novel, set during the disintegration of the Soviet Union. A couple of bodies in a liferaft are washed up on the coast near Ystad, and, as the title has already warned us, Wallander works out that they must have drifted over from Latvia. He is invited over to assist the local police, and inadvertently becomes involved in the conflict between nationalists and pro-Soviet interests in Latvia. There's a little bit too much of the John Le Carrés about the last few chapters, and it's all wildly implausible, but it is quite entertaining.

[devenish_1 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

For me this is the best so far of the Wallander series,not least because it involves not only Sweden but Latvia too. The vulnerable and fragile Wallander becomes embroiled in a case which is much more complicated and indeed dangerous that at first envisaged.Much of the story takes place in Latvia and our detective makes several bad mistakes before the end.He also becomes involved with a Latvian woman who is mentioned in some of the other books of the series.

[ashergabbay · Bewertung: 2 von 5 Sternen]

This is my second Henning Mankell book, after "Faceless Killers", and I didn't like it as much."The Dogs of Riga" is the second Inspector Wallander crime thriller. This time the Swedish detective tries to solve the mystery of the two bodies of young, well-dressed Eastern Europeans found accidentally on a drifting lifeboat.The investigation leads to Latvia. A colleague from Latvian police comes to Sweden to help, and upon his return to Riga is murdered. It is now Wallander's turn to travel, to Riga, to try to find out what happened. He is sucked into the underground revolutionary struggle (the story takes place shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union) and his quest stretches well beyond the initial scope. He meets, and kind of falls in love, with his Latvian colleague's widow, who tells him her husband was murdered by the forces that be, due to his uncovering of corruption.The story line is much too broad and it seems Henning tried to reach too far. At times the things Wallander does or thinks (for he does a lot of thinking in this book) seem somewhat unreal and out of place for a Swedish police officer. The book ends somewhat predictably, which is always a bad sign for a crime thriller.Wallander also drinks much less coffee than he does in the first novel. Perhaps a bit more caffeine would have focused Henning better when writing this novel.

[mldavis2 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Second in the Wallander series, this one is interesting. I found the ending a bit contrived, but what isn't in crime fiction that requires a few red herrings? There is tension, suspense and a bit of analysis. The writing is good but perhaps suffers a bit from translation from Swedish in being a bit simple at times. But it's a good read and a bit different from some of the more typical efforts.

[gypsysmom_1 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

I watched the Wallander TV series last winter and this book was the subject of one of the programs. Of course I didn't remember how it worked out so the ending was as much as a surprise as it would normally be. I do remember that I was somewhat confused by the time Wallander spent in Latvia when I watched the video. The book makes that much clearer. One of the reasons why the book is always better than the film.It is late fall 1991. An inflatable life raft washes up on the shore near Ystad where Kurt Wallander is a detective. In it are two bodies and it doesn't take too long to ascertain they were murdered. When Interpol is contacted they soon identify the two men as being Latvian. A Latvian police officer, Major Liepa, comes over to Sweden to help with the investigation. Since it is obvious that any crimes involved occurred outside of Sweden Liepa soon takes over the investigation and returns to Latvia. Just after his return Liepa is murdered and Wallander is asked to come to Riga to help with the investigation. What he discovers while he is there is that Latvia is still a country under the control of Moscow. Wallander is convinced that Liepa was killed because he was investigating the ties between organized crime and the powers that be, including people in the police. One, or possibly both, of Liepa's superiors is involved but Wallander can't decide which. He believes Liepa would have kept a file about his investigation but even Liepa's wife doesn't know where it could be. It takes a surreptitious return to Riga plus nights and days on the run for Wallander to meet up again with Liepa's wife.Wallander is the polar opposite of an American police detective. He carries no weapon, he continnually has doubts about his detecting, his aged father harangues him about his decision to enter the police force and he suffers from a multitude of physical problems including a boil on his butt. And you can't help but love him because he is so very human.It was a little strange to read a book set in 1991 and realize how the world has changed. The Baltic countries are now tourist destinations but in 1991 they were grey, depressed and depressing. On the other hand, I read this at the time that Russia invaded the Crimea so anything is possible.

[stuart10er_1 · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

Good strong writing - however, a little dated at this point as it was originally written in 1991 at the fall of the USSR and set in the almost post-Soviet Latvia. At that time, so little was known about these Baltic countries - but now they don't seem quite so mysterious. However, still very strong book. A lifeboat with two dead bodies washes ashore in Sweden and it ultimately linked back to Latvia. Wallander is invited to Riga to help investiage multiple murders and is wrapped up in violence and political mayhem.

[billpilgrim_1 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

This is detective story featuring a Kurt Wallender. First of the Wallenderthat I have read, although I have greatly enjoyed the BBC movies based on the books that I have seen on DVD. I saw the movie based on this book, but that did not diminish my enjoyment of the book.

[bami210 · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

It was just okay and I didn't care for the abrupt ending. However, it is a series and I'm going to try another to see if it's better.

[msgumby · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Another great Wallander mystery. This one takes place partly in Latvia, a country I know nothing about, so that was particularly interesting. This series is completely addicting!

[pidgeon92_1 · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

Better than the first, but the storyline didn't really grab me.

[sherri68-1 · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

The second book in the Wallander series. Somewhat of a mystery, more of a crime thriller. I have mixed feelings about Kurt Wallander, but he seems to be growing on me....

[bookczuk · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Mankell's Wallander is one of my favorite characters, and the books featuring him are one of my favorite mystery series. I'd somehow missed this one, which is the book where Kirt meets Baiba. And solves a mystery. And almost gets killed. Kind of in that order.

[mijk_1 · Bewertung: 2 von 5 Sternen]

I bought this by mistake as part of a 3 for 2 deal at Waterstones and read it finally because I was at home very ill over Xmas :( Needless to say, it didn't cheer me up. in the first part, Mankell does his usuall Wallander thing and as usual does it very well, but then quite suddenly the plotline stretches believability a bit too far. Unusually, the implausibility of the plot doesnt stop with one sequence of events, but continues throughout the part of the novel (about two-thirds of it) set in Latvia. If you can suspend disbelief, you can enjoy it as a good thriller, but vintage Mankell it ain't.

[fch123 · Bewertung: 2 von 5 Sternen]

I accidentally chose the second book (this one) over the first. I didn't like this one too much -- the mystery wasn't one we could get involved in as readers, the plot was just over-the-top incredible (in the original sense), and it wasn't a real "police thriller". Also, I worry that in every book he will have an unrequited relationship with a strong woman? (hints of that having happened in the first book as well). I will take a break from these, and come back to Wallander in a few months.

[wbwilburn5 · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

I like his books. I like the way he writes about that sense of impending doom we all have when we look around and see what we have become. But in saying that, this book felt like a spotty book. I did not feel as if I was walking with Wallender, felt rather uninvolved.

[majkia · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

When a raft holding two dead well-dressed men washes ashore in Skane, Kurt Wallander finds himself in the midst of an international mystery. Latvia? He knows nothing of Latvia, yet first finds himself partnered with a Latvian police major, and then has to travel to Riga to find the beginnings of the mystery.

[ehines_20 · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

Have to say after two books I find Mankell to be rather overrated. Pretty much your standard procedural set in Sweden & Latvia. Mankell has some ability to create mood and convey atmosphere, but it all seems too sentimental and far too permeated by Swedish liberal guilt. So the Riga we see is the Riga that best plays out Swedish neuroses, not the Riga that is. Far inferior to, say, the better Renko novels.

[victortrevor · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

More of a thriller than a crime novel, and a rather unlikely plot, to boot.

[chrisconway_1 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

This is my first Henning Mankell novel. The novel is a cross between mystery and international spy thriller. On the printed page, Detective Kurt Wallander is much more appealing to me than in Kenneth Branagh's TV version. He's much warmer. The writing is sharp, there are many memorable passages. I want to read more Wallander novels.

[ctpress_1 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

This is the second of the Wallander-novels - and my first Wallander, so I can't compare it to the others in the series - but I really enjoyed this detective. At least in [The Dogs of Riga] Wallander is surprisingly vulnerable - with chest pains and bowel problems - a distaste for police work and a misanthropic nature. And the case he's thrown into gets him quickly out of his comfort zone - a trip to Riga where he's powerless most of the time and has to rely on his instinct rather than facts. It's not even the case that drives him at last but a vague love for a women he hardly knows. And when hailed as a sharp detective he brushes it of because he feels like a complete failure.I like the mood of despair and disillusionment that pervades the novel. The case itself adds to the feeling of uncertainty and a life filled with grey areas - police corruption and political instability where one does not know whom the enemy is. I want to spend more time with Wallander. No doubt about it.

[thornton37814 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Two bodies have washed ashore the Swedish shore in a lifeboat. They realize that the murder did not take place in Sweden and are happy to hand off the investigation to the Latvian police when it is discovered the men were Latvian criminals. When the Latvian officer is murdered shortly after returning to his country, Kurt Wallander is sent to Latvia to help investigate. He's drawn into an investigation where he quickly realizes that one of the officers with whom he is working is corrupt -- but which one is it? Wallander cannot trust anyone and does not speak the language. This was my first Kurt Wallander mystery. He's a likeable detective, but he's definitely flawed, mainly because of his lack of experience. I'm definitely interested in reading the earlier installment of the series and future installments to see how his investigative skills strengthen as he gains more experience.

[cbl_tn · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

The bodies of two murdered men turn up in a lifeboat on Sweden's coast. Who were these men, where did they come from, who killed them, and why were they killed? Those are questions that detective Kurt Wallander and his colleagues must answer. The investigation ultimately takes him to Latvia, a country just emerging from decades of Soviet control. As he pursues leads in Latvia, he senses that he's being manipulated, but he's not sure who is doing the manipulating. He's suspicious of everyone, and his life as well as others may depend on who he chooses to trust.The book has all of the tension of a cold war drama. It was written during Latvia's transition from Soviet control to independence when it wasn't yet clear whose vision for the country would prevail. This is the first book I've read in the series (although I've seen several episodes of the TV adaptation), and some aspects of the book were different than I expected. One thing that surprised me was the absence, for the most part, of strong language. I had mistakenly formed a “tough guy” impression of Wallander from things I had heard about the books. What I discovered instead is a character who thinks more than he speaks.I listened to the audio version of the book. I thought it was odd that the reader's accent sounded American, yet the English translation uses British English. I noticed that Wallander bought “petrol” rather than “gas”, and he lived in a “flat” rather than an “apartment”. I would have preferred listening to British English read by someone with a British accent.This is the second book in the series, and there are several references to incidents from the first book in the series. Most readers would probably want to be familiar with the events of the first book before reading this one. I haven't read the first book in the series, but I had seen the TV adaptation, and that was sufficient for me to understand the references to the crime in the first book.

[sumariotter · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

I am really liking this series. Endearing detective, enjoyable writing style somehow old-fashioned...I wish Wallender would give his poor detective a little happiness. I enjoy the social and political commentary in these mysteries, and in this one, learning something about the Baltic states. I'm looking forward to reading all of his mysteries.