Alioth (Italia) (2009/03/25): author Henning Mankell "Another terrific offering from the talented Mankell" (Publishers Weekly), pitting Inspector Wallander against a brutal serial killer. 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. Hailed by the Los Angeles Times Book Review as "Mankell at his best," Sidetracked merges blistering suspense with adroit social and political commentary, from the disintegration of the family and the exploitation of women to corruption and scandal at the highest levels of government, in "a quintessential example of the hard-boiled European procedural" (Booklist).
