Henning Mankell

On an expedition to the Kalahari Desert, Hans Begler, a young entomologist, finds a small boy whose tribe has been decimated by European raiders. Begler takes the traumatised child home to Sweden and plans to civilise him. But Daniel cannot slip into an alien culture, and a new life in the cold and snow, so easily.

Every morning Hakan von Enke takes a walk in the forest near his apartment in Stockholm. However, one winters day he fails to come home. It seems that the retired naval officer has vanished without trace. Detective Kurt Wallander is not officially involved in the investigation but he has personal reasons for his interest in the case.

Every morning Hakan von Enke takes a walk near his apartment in Stockholm. However, one day he fails to come home. It seems that the retired naval officer has vanished without trace. Kurt Wallander has personal reasons for his interest in the case.