In woodland outside Ystad, the police make a horrific discovery: a severed head, and hands locked together in an attitude of prayer. A Bible lies at the victim's side, the pages marked with scribbled corrections. A string of macabre incidents, including attacks on domestic animals, have been taking place, and Inspector Wallander fears that these disturbances could be the prelude to attacks on humans on an even more alarming scale. Linda Wallander, in preparation to join the police force, arrives at Ystad. Exhibiting some of the hallmarks of her father - the maverick approach, the flaring temper - she becomes entangled in a case involving a group of religious extremists who are bent on punishing the world's sinners. Following on from the enormous success of the Kurt Wallander mysteries, Henning Mankell has begun an outstanding new chapter in crime writing.
- ISBN10 0099459043
- ISBN13 9780099459040
- Publish Date 7 April 2005 (first published 2 September 2004)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 May 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Vintage
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 480
- Language English