The fifth woman : a Kurt Wallander mystery / Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mankell, Henning, 1948-

Contributor:

Murray, Steven T.

Series:

Kurt Wallander, 6.

Standardized Title:

Femte kvinnan. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Detective and mystery stories, Swedish.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (431 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : New Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In an African convent, four nuns and an unidentified fifth woman are brutally murdered, and the death of the unknown woman is covered up by the local police. A year later in Sweden, Inspector Kurt Wallander is baffled and appalled by two strange murders. Holger Eriksson, a retired car dealer and bird watcher, is impaled on sharpened bamboo poles in a ditch behind his secluded home, while the body of a missing florist is discovered strangled and tied to a tree. The only clues Wallander has to go on are a skull, a diary, and a photo of three men. What ensues is a case that will test Walland

Contents:

Africa-Sweden May-August 1993; Prologue; Skane 21 September-11 October 1994; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; Skane 12-17 October 1994; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; Skane 17 October-3 November 1994; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; Skane 4-5 December 1994; Epilogue

Notes:

Originally published as Den Femte Kvinnan in Sweden by Ordfront Forlag, Stockholm.

Contains:

Femte Kvinnan.

ISBN:

1-281-77495-2

9786613790989

1-59558-612-1

OCLC:

773692484