Kurt Wallander #7 One Step Behind (P)

Literary awards - Deutscher Krimi Preis for 3. Platz International (2001), Svenska Deckarakademins pris för bästa svenska kriminalroman Nominee (1997), Corine Internationaler Buchpreis for Belletristik (2001).

It is Midsummer's Eve. Three young friends meet in a wood to act out an elaborate masque. But unknown to them, they are being watched. With a bullet each, all three are murdered. Soon afterwards, one of Inspector Wallander's colleagues is found murdered. Is this the same killer, and what could the connection be? In this investigation, Wallander is always, tantalisingly, One Step Behind.