PBS's "Masterpiece Mystery" is offering a new series of "Wallander" just in time to remind fans of good crime literature that there's, much more to Swedish thrillers than dragon-tattooed girls.

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When a British star with lots of Shakespeare on his résumé pops up as a depressed TV detective, complete with glassy eyes, gray skin and stale booze breath, we are fully expected to genuflect. And ...