04755cam a2200397 4500 272487839 TxAuBib 20160923120000.0 ||||||s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781483065748 148306574X f1997179-a3ab-4163-965c-7bc4033a908d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9781982430924 133981 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Mankell, Henning, 1948- Sidetracked [Libby Audiobook] : Kurt Wallander Series, Book 5. Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2006. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 395MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 395MB. HTML:<p>Starred review from May 31, 1999<br /> Told from the perspectives of both cop and criminal, Mankell's third Kurt Wallander mystery revolves around the veteran Swedish inspector's search for a savage serial killer who scalps his victims after delivering a fatal hatchet blow. The novel opens as Wallander is called to a farmer's field, where he helplessly witnesses a teenage girl's self-immolation. The suicide unsettles the inspector, who can't understand why someone so young would kill herself. As the police try to identify the young woman, the serial killer's first victim, a former justice minister, is discovered on a beach in a wealthy neighborhood. Three more people are found murdered and scalped, and other signs of violence suggest that the perpetrator is becoming increasingly agitated. Following standard procedure, Wallander and his crew try to link the four victims, all male, a difficult task because their lives never seem to have intersected. Using American profiling methods as well as his own intuition, Wallander struggles to make headway in the case. What he doesn't consider, and what readers know, is that the murderer isn't a man but a boy, who hopes to revive his catatonic sister by the ritual presentation of the scalps. Mankell's meticulously detailed descriptions of the inspector's investigation--and his often lyrical portrayal of Wallander's struggle to rearrange his thought processes in order to catch the criminal--are masterful. The author's treatment of modern themes such as juvenile killers and broken families adds richness to what is essentially a straightforward police procedural. But above all, the novel stands out for its nuanced evocation of even the peripheral characters. Winner of Sweden's 1997 Best Crime Novel of the Year, this is another terrific offering from the talented Mankell.</p>. Publisher's Weekly. HTML:<p>Detective Kurt Wallander is called to a nearby rapeseed field where a teenage girl has been loitering all day long. He arrives just in time to watch her douse herself in gasoline and set herself aflame. The next day he is called to a beach where Sweden’s former minister of justice has been axed to death and scalped. The murder has the obvious markings of a demented serial killer, and Wallander is frantic to find him before he strikes again. But his investigation is beset with obstacles: a department distracted by the threat of cutbacks and the frivolity of World Cup soccer, a tenuous relationship with a widow, and the unshakably haunting preoccupation with the girl who set herself on fire.</p> <p>Fascinating and astute, <i>Sidetracked</i> is a compelling mystery enhanced by keen social awareness.</p>. Full of emotion yet cleanly written, apparently straightforward yet fraught with intriguing revelations, Mankell's latest mystery is strongly recommended. HTML:<i>Library Journal</i>. Suspense. Fiction. Mystery. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2016-09-22 23:00:03. Hill, Dick. http://nm.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=f1997179-a3ab-4163-965c-7bc4033a908d http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/133981-Sidetracked.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/133981-Sidetracked.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=F1997179-A3AB-4163-965C-7BC4033A908D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/133981-Sidetracked.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/133981-Sidetracked.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=F1997179-A3AB-4163-965C-7BC4033A908D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)