Book description
WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR SIDETRACKED
Herbert Molin, a retired police officer, is living alone in a remote
cottage in the vast forests of northern Sweden. He has two obsessions:
one is the tango and the other is a conviction that he is being
hunted, constantly pursued by 'demons'. He has no close friends, no
close neighbours, and by the time his body is eventually found, Molin
is almost unrecognisable.
Lindman, a police officer on extended sick leave, hears of the death
of his former colleague and, to take his mind off his own problems,
decides to involve himself in the case. What he discovers, to his
horror and disbelief, is a network of evil almost unimaginable in this
remote district, and one which seems impossible to link to Molin's death.
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 over forty 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.
