******The mystery thriller series that inspired the Netflix crime
drama Young Wallander - From the dean of Scandinavian noir, the
fifth riveting installment in the internationally bestselling and
universally acclaimed Kurt Wallander series.
In the award-winning Sidetracked, Kurt Wallander is called to a nearby
rapeseed field where a teenage girl has been loitering all day long. He
arrives just in time to watch her douse herself in gasoline and set
herself aflame. The next day he is called to a beach where Sweden's
former Minister of Justice has been axed to death and scalped. The
murder has the obvious markings of a demented serial killer, and
Wallander is frantic to find him before he strikes again. But his
investigation is beset with a handful of obstacles--a department
distracted by the threat of impending cutbacks and the frivolity of
World Cup soccer, a tenuous long-distance relationship with a murdered
policeman's widow, and the unshakably haunting preoccupation with the
young girl who set herself on fire. Fascinating and astute, Sidetracked
is a compelling mystery enhanced by keen social awareness.