Title: The Lone Warrior - Henning Mankell - book
Summary :
Summer 1994, the small town of Ystad is slumbering in the heat. Glued to their television sets, all the Swedes are watching the football World Cup. But as Inspector Wallander prepares to go on vacation, a young girl sets herself on fire in a rapeseed field. The next day, a former minister is hacked to death. A series of terrifyingly brutal murders begins.
The Ystad police, led by Kurt Wallander, begin a breathless race against time to stop the killer before he strikes again. But what is the connection between a retired former minister, a wealthy art dealer, and a low-life crook? Why are the victims being scalped? And who is the young girl who committed suicide? Does she have anything to do with the murders?
