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Midsummer approaches, and Wallander prepares for a holiday with the new woman in his life, hopeful that his wayward daughter and his ageing father will cope without him. But his summer is ruined when a girl commits suicide before his eyes, and a former minister of justice is butchered in the first of a series of apparently motiveless murders. Wallander's hunt for the girl's identity and his furious pursuit of a killer who scalps his victims will throw him and those he loves most into mortal danger.

Reviews

"Mankell is one of the most ingenious crime writers around. Highly recommended" Observer "Inspector Wallander has touches of Dexter's Inspector Morse about him, while remaining an original and highly likeable creation" The Times "Wallander is among the very best of fictional crimebusters" Daily Telegraph "Mankell is in the first division of crime writing" The Times "Mankell could turn you to crime" Daily Telegraph