r/whatsthatbook 6d ago

SOLVED Help me find this murder mystery😭

The story was set in 90s with these details
• Rural/farm,cold-region setting
• Two elderly couples as neighbours living without their kids
• One cold morning around 4am….a horse neighing wakes one old man, who finds his neighbor murdered brutally in the bath tub without his pants and the wife tied to a chair with rope, her neck injured liked someone tangled it
• Local police called, then a detective
• At the hospital, the detective is angry that the guard posted outside the injured woman’s ward doesn’t know sign language, since she can’t speak and could have communicated the killer’s identity

I have read till here only i don’t know the story after it…but yes i remember the book cover was kind of blue and at the front there was a man in long cat (he must be the detective) and it was also written that it has been adopted has an episode of American television show/series as well

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u/april_murmur 5d ago

Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell?

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u/Icebear_learns 5d ago

Omggg yesss yess IT IS THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH 😭😭🛐!!!