Where to Start with Laurie Thompson
- Best entry point → The Man from Beijing
- What fans keep coming back to → The Dogs of Riga
- Best narrator for Laurie Thompson → The Man Who Smiled
- Highest rated by listeners → The Troubled Man (Kurt Wallander #10)
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The Man Who Smiled
Kurt Wallander • Book 4
by Henning Mankell, Laurie Thompson
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.00 ABR Score (27.4K ratings)★ 3.95 Goodreads (26.3K) ★ 4.35 Audible (1.1K)12h 27m listening time • Released 2006 -
The Troubled Man
Kurt Wallander • Book 10
by Henning Mankell, Laurie Thompson
Narrated by Robin Sachs
★ 3.99 ABR Score (20.0K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (19.1K) ★ 4.33 Audible (882)16h 55m listening time • Released 2011 -
The Pyramid: And Four Other Kurt Wallander Mysteries
Kurt Wallander • Book 9
by Henning Mankell, Laurie Thompson, Ebba Segerberg
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.91 ABR Score (15.2K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (14.3K) ★ 4.31 Audible (917)15h 20m listening time • Released 2009Dick Hill's weathered voice transforms these early Wallander cases into something richer than prequel filler, capturing the detective's slow erosion from idealist to cynic across five interconnected mysteries that feel like discovering lost chapters of a favorite series.
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The Dogs of Riga
Kurt Wallander • Book 2
by Henning Mankell, Laurie Thompson
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.73 ABR Score (32.2K ratings)★ 3.72 Goodreads (30.8K) ★ 4.15 Audible (1.3K)10h 41m listening time • Released 2006 -
Borkmann's Point
Inspector Van Veeteren • Book 2
by Håkan Nesser, Laurie Thompson
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 3.69 ABR Score (10.1K ratings)★ 3.72 Goodreads (9.9K) ★ 4.1 Audible (203)7h 21m listening time • Released 2011 -
The Man from Beijing
by Henning Mankell, Laurie Thompson
Narrated by Rosalyn Landor
★ 3.64 ABR Score (19.0K ratings)★ 3.51 Goodreads (18.1K) ★ 3.81 Audible (839)15h 25m listening time • Released 2010
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