Sidetracked, Henning Mankell
Sidetracked, Henning Mankell
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Sidetracked
A Kurt Wallander Mystery

Author: Henning Mankell

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 14 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006


Synopsis

A string of gruesome murders show the obvious markings of a demented serial killer, and Swedens Detective Wallander is frantic to find him before he strikes again. Fascinating and astute, Sidetracked is a compelling mystery enhanced by keen social awareness.

About Henning Mankell

Henning Mankell's novels have been translated into forty-five languages and have sold more than forty million copies worldwide. He was the first winner of the Ripper Award and also received the Glass Key and the Crime Writers' Association Golden Dagger, among other awards. His Kurt Wallander Mysteries have been adapted into a PBS television series starring Kenneth Branagh. During his life, Mankell divided his time between Sweden and Mozambique, where he was artistic director of the Teatro Avenida in Maputo. He died in 2015.


Reviews

Goodreads review by James on July 11, 2017

As the fifth entry in this series opens, Swedish police detective Kurt Wallander is looking forward to his upcoming vacation, but then he answers a call to a farmer's field where a young girl has been standing all day in what appears to be a catatonic state. Just as Wallander arrives, the girl douse......more

Goodreads review by Brad on September 09, 2011

Sometimes when you discover a new author -- even when your first exposure to their books doesn't blow your mind -- you see the promise of something fantastic, and you keep reading. I've been reading many authors with that goal in mind: Ian Rankin (for the last few months) and Stephen King (for most......more

Goodreads review by Harry on April 13, 2014

Book Review We all get sidetracked, it's a human condition and a decidedly reactive one. The looming question, of course, is: sidetracked from what? Mankell asks this question in this, his 5th in the Wallander series. The subject is Kurt Wallander. Kurt's goal is to capture a heineous serial killer o......more

Goodreads review by Dave on November 21, 2020

It will come as no surprise that in Henning Mankell’s fifth novel, Sidetracked, in his Kurt Wallander mystery series, that detective Wallander gets sidetracked in his investigation of a serial killer, not figuring out whodunnit until a few people are first killed. So, having read too many serial kil......more

Goodreads review by Carlo on December 22, 2022

Un roman d'une densité extraordinaire. Mankell ne se contente pas d'écrire un thriller à plusieurs étages. Un gamin fou qui veut venger sa soeur, lui rendre sa vie au travers de rites indiens qui lui font commettre les crimes les plus atroces. Un réseau de bourgeois-politiciens véreux innommables. M......more