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Four nuns and a fifth woman are killed in a savage night-time attack in Africa. A year later, Inspector Kurt Wallander investigates the disappearance of an elderly birdwatcher and discovers a gruesome and meticulously planned murder - a body impaled in a trap of sharpened bamboo poles. Then, another man is reported missing.

Once again Wallander''s life is put on hold as he and his team work tirelessly to find a link between the series of vicious murders.

Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for Sidetracked.



Trade Review
Inspector Wallander is one of the most wonderful creations in contemporary crime writing -- Mark Lawson * Guardian *
Truly horrifying... The novels become a compulsion - one reads them all * Daily Telegraph *
A first-class police procedural * Independent on Sunday *
The real test of thrillers of this kind is whether you want to spend more time in the detective's company. I certainly do -- Sean French * Independent *
Mankell's long, subtle, involving novel could turn you to crime * Daily Telegraph *

The Fifth Woman

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    Publisher: Vintage Publishing
    Publication Date: 13/09/2012
    ISBN13: 9780099571742, 978-0099571742
    ISBN10: 0099571749

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    Four nuns and a fifth woman are killed in a savage night-time attack in Africa. A year later, Inspector Kurt Wallander investigates the disappearance of an elderly birdwatcher and discovers a gruesome and meticulously planned murder - a body impaled in a trap of sharpened bamboo poles. Then, another man is reported missing.

    Once again Wallander''s life is put on hold as he and his team work tirelessly to find a link between the series of vicious murders.

    Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for Sidetracked.



    Trade Review
    Inspector Wallander is one of the most wonderful creations in contemporary crime writing -- Mark Lawson * Guardian *
    Truly horrifying... The novels become a compulsion - one reads them all * Daily Telegraph *
    A first-class police procedural * Independent on Sunday *
    The real test of thrillers of this kind is whether you want to spend more time in the detective's company. I certainly do -- Sean French * Independent *
    Mankell's long, subtle, involving novel could turn you to crime * Daily Telegraph *

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