Sidetracked (novel) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I just read Sidetracked, one of Henning Mankell’s Wallander mysteries. At the same time, we’re watching some of the BBC productions of Mankell’s books starring Kenneth Branagh. Wallander is a frustrating character, stumbling through his messed up personal life, obsessed with the murder he’s trying to solve. Yet I like the character and I like both the book I just read and the television productions. Sidetracked is about a series of ritual ax murders and Wallander’s awkward attempts to figure them out before anther person gets killed.

I think I’ll read another in the series soon.