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First in the Kurt Wallander series.
It was a senselessly violent on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and his wife is left to die with a noose around her neck. And as if this didnOCOt present enough problems for the Ystad police Inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying womanOCOs last word is foreign, leaving the police the one tangible clue they haveOCoand in the process, the match that could inflame SwedenOCOs already smoldering anti-immigrant sentiments.
Unlike the situation with his ex-wife, his estranged daughter, or the beautiful but married young prosecutor who has peaked his interest, in this case, Wallander finds a problem he can handle. He quickly becomes obsessed with solving the crime before the already tense situation explodes, but soon comes to realize that it will require all his reserves of energy and dedication to solve."
--publisher's description
First in the Kurt Wallander series.
It was a senselessly violent on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and his wife is left to die with a noose around her neck. And as if this didnOCOt present enough problems for the Ystad police Inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying womanOCOs last word is foreign, leaving the police the one tangible clue they haveOCoand in the process, the match that could inflame SwedenOCOs already smoldering anti-immigrant sentiments.
Unlike the situation with his ex-wife, his estranged daughter, or the beautiful but married young prosecutor who has peaked his interest, in this case, Wallander finds a problem he can handle. He quickly becomes obsessed with solving the crime before the already tense situation explodes, but soon comes to realize that it will require all his reserves of energy and dedication to solve."
--publisher's description
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