Henning Mankell - One Step Behind, A Kurt Wallander Series Novel, A Nordic Crime Novel

Henning Mankell is a great Swedish crime author, one of the best writers of the new, up-and-coming Nordic crime authors. Instalments of his Kurt Wallander series are best-selling books in several countries, even in the United States. There exist more film adaptation of the Wallander series, amongst them, a BAFTA Award winning television adaptation; Wallander is played by Kenneth Branagh.



In a warm summer night – Midsummer Night, to be exact – three students are shot dead at a party held in a nature reserve in the southern part of Sweden. Wallander, a middle-aged investigator with a troubled private life, works on the case, actually overworking himself. When Svedberg, one of his colleagues is found killed, Wallander finds connection between the cases. However, more murders follow: a good friend of the three killed students (who was sick and was not present at the party) is also killed; the perpetrator seems to play games with the investigator…