num_pages: 352
description: "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 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 ).
language: English
title: Sidetracked
titlecomplete: Sidetracked (Wallander #5)
characters: Kurt Wallander
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Sweden, Thriller, Scandinavian Literature, Nordic Noir, Swedish Literature, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Detective
ratings_count: 23015
places: Sweden
series: Wallander, Kurt Wallander
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Glass Key Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: The Macallan Gold Dagger
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Svenska Deckarakademins pris för bästa svenska kriminalroman
publisher: New Pr