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Sidetracked

Henning Mankell

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A demented killer is on the warpath and only Wallander can stop him. Inspector Kurt Wallander's 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 woman's suicide and the murders? Sidetracked won the Best Crime Novel of the Year in Sweden. Mankell infuses police procedural with a searing critique of contemporary society, from the disintegration of the family and the exploitation of women to corruption and scandal at the highest levels of government.

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Publisher
New Press/ORIM
Year
1999
ISBN-13
9781595586162
Genre
Crime & Thriller
Topics
Serial murder investigationPolice proceduralCorruption and scandalSocial critiqueJustice system

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