TY - BOOK AU - Mankell, Henning, AU - Delargy, Marlaine, TI - After the fire T2 - Sofia SN - 9781910701775 U1 - 839.738 23 PY - 2017/// CY - London, England PB - Harvill Secker KW - Retirees KW - Fiction KW - Fires KW - Detective and mystery fiction N2 - Fredrik Welin is a seventy-year-old retired doctor. Years ago he retreated to the Swedish archipelago, where he lives alone on an island. He swims in the sea every day, cutting a hole in the ice if necessary. He lives a quiet life. Until he wakes up one night to find his house on fire. Fredrik escapes just in time, wearing two left-footed wellies, as neighbouring islanders arrive to help douse the flames. All that remains in the morning is a stinking ruin and evidence of arson. The house that has been in his family for generations and all his worldly belongings are gone. He cannot think who would do such a thing, or why. Without a suspect, the police begin to think he started the fire himself. Tackling love, loss and loneliness, After the Fire is Henning Mankell's compelling last novel ER -