Master of Nordic noir and creator of Wallander dies

Henning Mankell, the internationally renowned Swedish crime writer whose books about the gloomy, soul-searching police inspector Kurt Wallander enticed readers around the world, has died aged 67.

The hesitant figurehead of Scandinavian crime fiction, who last year revealed he had cancer, died in the south-western city of Gothenburg, his publisher, Leopard, said in a statement on its website.

Mankell’s novels and plays have sold more than 40m copies worldwide.