Sidetracked: A Kurt Wallander Mystery

About this book

Inspector Kurt Wallanders long-anticipated vacation plans are interrupted by two horrific deaths: the self-immolation of an unidentified young woman and the brutal murder of the former minister of justice. As the police struggle to piece together the few clues they have the killer strikes again and again. What connection is there between a retired minister of justice a successful art dealer and a common petty thief? Why does the killer scalp his victims? And could there be some connection between the young womans death and the murders?