One Step Behind
The mystery thriller series that inspired the Netflix crime drama Young Wallander • From the dean of Scandinavian noir, the seventh riveting installment in the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Kurt Wallander series.
On Midsummer’s Eve, three role-playing teens dressed in eighteenth-century garb are shot in a secluded Swedish meadow. 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 are related. But with his only clue a picture of a woman no one in Sweden seems to know, he can’t begin to imagine how. Reeling from his own father’s death and facing his own deteriorating health, Wallander tracks the lethal progress of the killer. Locked in a desperate effort to catch him before he strikes again, Wallander always seems to be just one step behind.
On Midsummer’s Eve, three role-playing teens dressed in eighteenth-century garb are shot in a secluded Swedish meadow. 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 are related. But with his only clue a picture of a woman no one in Sweden seems to know, he can’t begin to imagine how. Reeling from his own father’s death and facing his own deteriorating health, Wallander tracks the lethal progress of the killer. Locked in a desperate effort to catch him before he strikes again, Wallander always seems to be just one step behind.
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Audiobook that we enjoyed thoroughly. Wallander is an eminently human detective, struggling with his job and his health and family at various points. It's always interesting to listen to his self-talk about the thing he's trying to remember.
In this case, he works hard to connect several disparate murder cases. Sweden's most notorious serial killer - and he ends up being a postman. Go figure. Wallander struggles with self-doubt and lack of sleep, but nonetheless, solves the case and catches the killer.
In this case, he works hard to connect several disparate murder cases. Sweden's most notorious serial killer - and he ends up being a postman. Go figure. Wallander struggles with self-doubt and lack of sleep, but nonetheless, solves the case and catches the killer.
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