The Fifth Woman (A Kurt Wallander Mystery) by Henning Mankell Paperback Book

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Rent The Fifth Woman (A Kurt Wallander Mystery)

Author: Henning Mankell

Format: Quality Paperback, Unabridged-MP3, Unabridged-CD

Publisher: Random House Inc

Published: Apr 2004

Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General

Retail Price: $18.00

Pages: 432

Synopsis

Kurt Wallander--a Swedish cop with a lot of vulnerability concealed beneath a hardboiled veneer--finds himself on the trail of a remarkably cruel serial killer, one who kills slowly and excruciatingly. Various clues lead Wallander to the conclusion that this killer is unmistakably female. He and his cronies track the femme fatale through the Swedish city of Ystad.

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