According to Henning Mankell's former publisher Dan Israel, the author did not want any more books to be written about the police officer Kurt Wallander. Israel writes in a comment in Dagens Nyheter that Norstedts' announcement has "once again lost its honour."
Norstedts explains the decision as a way to "keep the writing alive" and says it was made "in close collaboration with Henning's son Jon Mankell," writes Adam Dahlin, publisher and head of public relations at the publisher, in an email to DN .
The new books are being written by Johanna Mo and the first of two will be published in the spring.
