When three young people are found dead in the woods Kurt assumes colleague Karl Svedberg had to leave the scene because he was shocked by what he saw but when Karl is murdered it looks as if he may have had another reason for not wanting to be there. Initially this story follows the investigation of the murder of the three youngsters but it later becomes clear that if the police want to find out who did it they will have to find out why Karl was murdered. Karl may have served on the local police force for some time but few people really knew him; even Kurt, the man Karl described as his best friend. The killer constantly appears to be one step ahead of the police and even has surveillance footage of several police officers in intimate or compromising positions; including film of Kurt and Maja in bed together
as they hadn't been an item for several months he had clearly been watching them for a long time.
I'd seen this story before in the more recent series of English language episodes staring Kenneth Branagh in the title role but this was different enough not to have been spoilt by seeing another version. Rolf Lassgård is good in the role of Wallander. The action was gripping and at the end thought one of his close colleagues was really going to die, some people might think it was a cop out that this person survived but I was pleased, as I liked the character.
I'd seen this story before in the more recent series of English language episodes staring Kenneth Branagh in the title role but this was different enough not to have been spoilt by seeing another version. Rolf Lassgård is good in the role of Wallander. The action was gripping and at the end thought one of his close colleagues was really going to die, some people might think it was a cop out that this person survived but I was pleased, as I liked the character.