In South Africa, attending a police conference, Wallander finds himself drawn into the investigation of a missing Swedish woman. Concurrently, he is plagued by unsettling episodes of blacking out and debilitating dizziness.

The discovery of a woman’s body, bearing the marks of a brutal knife attack, sends Inspector Wallander on a desperate search for the victim's daughter, a pursuit that ultimately leads him to a serious misjudgment. In his personal life, he f…

Though his mind frayed at the edges and he was no longer formally employed, Wallander summoned every reserve of strength to locate Linda’s father-in-law. A retired high-ranking officer from the Swedish navy, the man was consumed by a submar…