Kurt Wallander book 5 · 1995
Sidetracked
A teenage girl dies in a field in front of Wallander, and a killer begins murdering prominent men across southern Sweden.
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Book facts
- Author
- Henning Mankell
- Series
- Kurt Wallander, book 5 of 10
- Published
- 1995
- Setting
- Set in Ystad
- Characters charted
- 7
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in Sidetracked
7 recurring or key characters from Henning Mankell’s chart.
Lead 1
- Kurt WallanderDetective Inspector in Ystad
Major 2
- MartinssonDetective and Wallander’s colleague
- Ann-Britt HöglundDetective
Minor and cameo 4
- Linda WallanderKurt’s daughter, a new police officer
- SvedbergDetective
- Baiba LiepaLatvian widow Wallander loves
- Povel WallanderKurt’s father, a painter
Also featuring these characters
Other Henning Mankell books that share the most characters with Sidetracked.
- The White Lioness1993 · Kurt Wallander · 6 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- One Step Behind1997 · Kurt Wallander · 6 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Dogs of Riga1992 · Kurt Wallander · 6 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Firewall1998 · Kurt Wallander · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon