Book description
The leader of a religious cult in Guyana instigates a mass suicide.
He succeeds in killing himself and his whole flock of worshippers,
save one.
In a wood outside Ystad, the police make an horrific discovery: a
severed head, and hands locked together in an attitude of prayer. A
Bible lies at the victim's side, handwritten corrections and
amendments on every page.
A string of incidents, including attacks on domestic animals, has
been taking place and Inspector Wallander fears that these events
could be the prelude to attacks on humans on a much greater scale.
Meanwhile Linda Wallander, preparing to join the Ystad police force,
arrives at the station. Showing all the hallmarks of her father - the
maverick approach, the flaring temper - she becomes involved in the
case and in the process is forced to confront a group of extremists
bent on punishing the world's sinners.
Henning Mankell has become a worldwide phenomenon with his crime
writing, gripping thrillers and
atmospheric novels set in Africa. His prizewinning and critically
acclaimed Inspector Wallander
Mysteries are currently dominating bestseller lists all over the
globe. His books have been
translated into forty-five languages and made into numerous
international film and television
adaptations: most recently the BAFTA-award-winning BBC television
series Wallander, starring
Kenneth Branagh. Mankell devotes much of his free time to working
with Aids charities in Africa,
where he is also director of the Teatro Avenida in Maputo. In 2008,
the University of St Andrews
conferred Henning Mankell with an honorary degree of Doctor of
Letters in recognition of his major
contribution to literature and to the practical exercise of conscience.
www. henningmankell. co. uk
