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Sidetracked

Midsummer approaches, and Inspector Kurt 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 restful summer plans are thrown into disarray when a teenage 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 desperate 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. WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION GOLD DAGGER

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.

Midsummer approaches, and Inspector Kurt 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 then 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.

Fifth (published fourth in the US) in the Kurt Wallander series. In the award-winning Sidetracked, Kurt Wallander is called to a nearby rapeseed field where a teenage girl has been loitering all day long. He arrives just in time to watch her douse herself in gasoline and set herself aflame. The next day he is called to a beach where Sweden’s former Minister of Justice has been axed to death and scalped. The murder has the obvious markings of a demented serial killer, and Wallander is frantic to find him before he strikes again. But his investigation is beset with a handful of obstacles—a department distracted by the threat of impending…

Роман из сериала о шведском полицейском Валландере. Следователь по уголовным делам разыскивает маньяка, совершившего кошмарные убийства-жертвоприношения. Но в арсенале полицейского нестандартные ходы, обостренная интуиция и немного удачи в распутывании детективных головоломок. Книги о Валландере пользуются огромным успехом на Западе, неизменно становятся бестселлерами, экранизируются. Они переведены на 26 языков.

Suvi 1994, üks kuumemaid suvesid, mida Rootsis üldse mäletatakse. Rootslased istuvad kui paigale naelutatult telerite ees ja jälgivad MM-võistlusi jalgpallis. Aga Ystadi kriminaalpolitsei komissari Kurt Wallanderi jaoks ei kujune see suvi mitte jalgpallisündmuseks, vaid hirmuunenäoks. Suvise vaikelu katkestab noore naise enesepõletamine linnalähedase talu rapsipõllul. Kohe selle järel asub tegevusse sarimõrvar, kelle roimad muutuvad kord-korralt ikka elajalikumaks. Wallanderi ja tema kolleegide jaoks algab võidujooks ajaga, nad peavad järjest kiirendama oma meeleheitlikke pingutusi. Kas nad suudavad tabada mõrvari, enne kui see taas…

Suvi 1994, üks kuumemaid suvesid, mida Rootsis üldse mäletatakse. Rootslased istuvad kui paigale naelutatult telerite ees ja jälgivad MM-võistlusi jalgpallis. Aga Ystadi kriminaalpolitsei komissari Kurt Wallanderi jaoks ei kujune see suvi mitte jalgpallisündmuseks, vaid hirmuunenäoks. Suvise vaikelu katkestab noore naise enesepõletamine linnalähedase talu rapsipõllul. Kohe selle järel asub tegevusse sarimõrvar, kelle roimad muutuvad kord-korralt ikka elajalikumaks. Wallanderi ja tema kolleegide jaoks algab võidujooks ajaga, nad peavad järjest kiirendama oma meeleheitlikke pingutusi. Kas nad suudavad tabada mõrvari, enne kui see taas…