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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. 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: Kurt Wallander