But now winter closes its grip on Ystad, and Wallandar, his tenacious efforts closely monitored by the tough minded (and disarmingly attractive) district attorney Anette Brolin, must forget his trouble, and throw himself into a battle against time and xenophobia. He works tirelessly, eats badly and drinks the nights away in a lonely, neglected flat. His wife has left him, his daughter refuses to speak to him, even his ageing father barely tolerates him. When this is leaked to the press, racial hatred is unleashed.Kurt Wallander is a senior police officer at Ystad, a small town in the wind-lashed Swedish province of Skane. The woman supplies Wallander with his only clue: the perpetrators may have been foreign. When he reaches the isolated farmhouse he. An old man has been tortured and beaten to death, his wife lies barely alive beside hs shattered body, victims of violence beyond reason. One frozen January morning at 5 a.m., Inspector Wallander responds to what he expects is a routine call out. When he reaches the isolated farmhouse he discovers a bloodbath. One frozen January morning at 5 a.m., Inspector Wallander responds to what he expects is a routine call out.
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