![]() ![]() Can he find his way out of the darkness before it's too late?Ī pulse-pounding thriller and an incisive investigation into the mysteries of human nature, One Step Behind is "typical of the dense, intricate intelligence that Mankell brings to detection and crime writing" ( The Washington Post Book World). ![]() Forced to dig into the personal life of a trusted colleague, Wallander steps into a nightmare worse than any he could have imagined. A serial killer is on the loose, and the only lead is a photograph of a strange woman no one in Sweden seems to know. Wallander soon discovers that the two grisly crimes are connected. Constantly fatigued, he soon learns his health is at risk-but there's no time for rest when a fellow officer is murdered. When one of Inspector Kurt Wallander's most trusted colleagues, someone whose help he hoped to rely on to solve the crime, also turns up dead, Wallander knows the murders. Meanwhile, Inspector Kurt Wallander is just back from vacation. On Midsummer's Eve, three role-playing teens dressed in eighteenth-century garb are shot in a secluded Swedish meadow. And his plans have only just begun to take shape. His approach is careful his aim is perfect. But an uninvited guest soon brings their performance to a gruesome conclusion. ![]() In the beautifully clear twilight, they don eighteenth-century costumes and begin a secret role-play. On Midsummer's Eve, three friends gather in a secluded meadow in Sweden. Sweden's most tenacious detective races to unlock the twisted logic behind a madman's crimes: "Lyrical, meticulous, and stunningly suspenseful" ( St. ![]()
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