Wallender crime writer Mankell dies at 67

Bestselling Swedish crime writer Henning Mankel, whose detective character Kurt Wallander became a worldwide phenomenon, died on Monday after a battle with cancer. Mankell, who had been suffering from cancer for several years, "died in his sleep this morning" in Sweden's second city of Gothenburg, independent publishing house Leopard said on its website. Mankell's collection of dark novels about the Swedish police inspector Wallander brought the author international fame after it was made into a