Faceless Killers
Originally published in Swedish as Mördare utan ansikte in 1991 and later translated into German as Mörder ohne Gesicht.

Synopsis
Faceless Killers is the first Kurt Wallander novel written by Henning Mankell. An elderly farm couple is brutally murdered and the only clue is the word "Foreign". Wallander must find the killers before anger towards foreigners boils over.

From Random House:
One frozen January Morning at 5 am, Inspector Wallander responds to what he expects is a routine call out. When he reaches the isolated farmhouse he discovers a bloodbath. An old man has been tortured and beaten to death, his wife lies barely alive beside his shattered body, victims of violence beyond reason. The woman supplies Wallander with his only clue: the perpetrators may have been foreign. When this is leaked to the press, racial hatred is unleashed. Kurt Wallander is a senior police officer at Ystad, a small town in the wind-lashed Swedish province of Skåne. His life is a shambles. His wife has left him, his daughter refuses to speak to him, even his ageing father barely tolerates him. He works tirelessly, eats badly and drinks the nights away in a lonely, neglected flat. But now winter closes its grip on Ystad, and Wallander, his tenacious efforts closely monitored by the tough minded (and disarmingly attractive) district attorney Anette Brolin, must forget his trouble, and throw himself into a battle against time and xenophobia.

From Random House:
It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and his wife is left to die with a noose around her neck. And as if this didn't present enough problems for the Ystad police Inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying woman's last word is foreign, leaving the police the one tangible clue they have--and in the process, the match that could inflame Sweden's already smoldering anti-immigrant sentiments.

Unlike the situation with his ex-wife, his estranged daughter, or the beautiful but married young prosecutor who has peaked his interest, in this case, Wallander finds a problem he can handle. He quickly becomes obsessed with solving the crime before the already tense situation explodes, but soon comes to realize that it will require all his reserves of energy and dedication to solve.

From SVT Sales:
One night in early spring, an elderly farmer and his wife are savagely murdered in an isolated and rural area of southernmost Sweden. The police are puzzled. There doesn't seem to be a motive for the killings, neither robbery nor revenge. Heading the investigation is Detective Superintendent Kurt Wallander. His task isn't made any easier by the fact that at the same time a nearby refugee centre comes under a series of attacks which culminate in the slaying of a Somali refugee.

From Walmart.com:
In a remote Swedish farmhouse, an elderly farmer has been bludgeoned to death, his wife left to die with a noose around her neck. Before the old woman dies, she utters the word foreign, which may be the only real clue the police have to go on. And they need to work fast. The press has reported the dying word, and white supremacists have threatened a nearby refugee camp, vowing to take justice into their own hands. Recently divorced, overweight, drinking too much and not sleeping enough, and maybe failing for the beautiful but married prosecutor Anette Brolin, Police Inspector Kurt Wallander doggedly leads the investigation into a crime for which there seems to be no reason, or certainly not one Wallander is sure he wants to know.

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Language	Title	Publication Date	Translator
Swedish	Mördare utan ansikte	1991	N/A
English	Faceless Killers	1997	Steven T. Murray
German	Mörder ohne Gesicht	1993	Barbara Sirges, Paul Berf
Dutch	Moordenaar zonder gezicht	1997	Cora Polet
French	Meurtriers sans visage	1994	Philippe Bouquet
Italian	Assassino senza volto	2001	Giorgio Puleo
Spanish	Asesinos sin rostro	2001	Dea M. Mansten, Amanda Monjonell Mansten
Catalan	??
Basque	??
Norwegian	Morder uten ansikt	1993	Kari Bolstad
Finnish	Kasvoton kuolema
Danish	Mordere uden ansigt
Icelandic	??
Portuguese	Assassinos sem rosto
Greek	Εκτελεστεσ διχωσ προσωπο	2002
Polish	Morderca bez twarzy	2004	Anna Marciniakówna
Slovenian	Morilec brez obraza	2003	Branko Perko
Turkish	Ölümün Karanlık Yüzü	2000	Ela Yıldırım
Japanese	殺人者の顔 創元推理文庫
Korean	??
Vietnamese	??

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Product List
Books
Image	Title	Notes	Vendor
	Mördare utan ansikte	Publisher: Ordfront Format: Paperback Pages: 308 ISBN: 9170371652 Released: 2005-Jan Status: In Print Markets:	Ordfront.se
	Faceless Killers (A Kurt Wallander Novel)	Publisher: Vintage Format: Paperback Pages: 288 ISBN: 0099445220 Released: 2002-Sept-05 Status: In Print Markets:	Amazon.co.uk
	Faceless Killers: A Mystery (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)	Publisher: Vintage Books Format: Paperback Pages: 288 ISBN: 1400031575 Released: 2003-Jan-01 Status: In Print Markets:	Amazon.com Amazon.ca
	Faceless Killers (A Kurt Wallander Mystery)	Publisher: Harvill Press Format: Paperback Pages: 279 ISBN: 186046808X Released: 2000-Oct-19 Status: Out of Print Markets:	Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk
	Faceless Killers (A Kurt Wallander Mystery)	Publisher: Harvill Press Format: Paperback Pages: 288 ISBN: 1860467563 Released: 2000-Apr-20 Status: Out of Print Markets:	Amazon.co.uk
	Faceless Killers (A Kurt Wallander Mystery)	Publisher: Harvill Press Format: Paperback Pages: 288 ISBN: 1860467806 Released: 2000-Apr-20 Status: Out of Print Markets:	Amazon.co.uk
	Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander Mysteries)	Publisher: New Press Format: Paperback Pages: 288 ISBN: 1565846052 Released: 2000-Aug-01 Status: Out of Print Markets:	Amazon.com Amazon.ca
	Faceless Killers	Publisher: New Press Format: Hardcover Pages: 284 ISBN: 156584341X Released: 1997-Mar-01 Status: Out of Print Markets:	Amazon.com Amazon.ca
	Mörder ohne Gesicht	Publisher: Dtv Format:  Pages:  ISBN: 3423202327 Released:  Status:  Markets:	Amazon.de
	Mörder ohne Gesicht	Publisher: Zsolnay Format:  Pages:  ISBN: 3552051600 Released:  Status:  Markets:	Amazon.de
	Meurtriers sans visage	Publisher: Seuil Format:  Pages:  ISBN: 2020555549 Released:  Status: In Print Markets:	Amazon.fr Amazon.ca
	Meurtriers sans visage	Publisher: Policiers Format:  Pages:  ISBN: 2267016052 Released:  Status:  Markets:	Amazon.fr Amazon.ca
	Asesinos sin rostro	Publisher: Tusquets Editores, S.A. Format: Paperback Pages: 304 ISBN: 8483101599 Released: 2001-02 Status: In Print Markets:	Tusquets-Editores.es
DVD & Video
Image	Title	Notes	Vendor
	Mördare utan ansikte	Publisher: Sandrew Metronome AB Format: DVD, Region 2, PAL, Color Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Language: Swedish Rating:  Released: 2003-12-03 Status: In Print	DVD.se
	Henning Mankell 3 Disc DVD Box Set	Publisher: Sandrew Metronome AB Format: DVD, Region 2, PAL, Color Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Language: Swedish Rating:  Released: 2003-12-03 Status: In Print	DVD.se
	Mörder ohne Gesicht	Publisher:  ZDF Format: DVD, Region 2, PAL, Color Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Language: German Rating: FSK 6 Released: 2005-03-28 Status: Coming soon	Amazon.de
	Asesinos sin rostro	Publisher: Llamentol Format: DVD, Region 2, PAL, Color Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Language: Spanish Rating:  Released: 2006-Feb-14 Status: In Print	DvdGo.com