The Fifth Woman

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Fifth Woman by Henning Mankell, read by Sean Barrett.

Four nuns and a fifth woman are killed in a savage night-time attack in Africa. A year later, Inspector Kurt Wallander investigates the disappearance of an elderly birdwatcher and discovers a gruesome and meticulously planned murder - a body impaled in a trap of sharpened bamboo poles. Then, another man is reported missing.

Once again Wallander's life is put on hold as he and his team work tirelessly to find a link between the series of vicious murders.

Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for Sidetracked.

Critics Review

  • Inspector Wallander is one of the most wonderful creations in contemporary crime writing

    Guardian

  • Truly horrifying… The novels become a compulsion – one reads them all

    Daily Telegraph

  • A first-class police procedural

    Independent on Sunday

  • The real test of thrillers of this kind is whether you want to spend more time in the detective’s company. I certainly do

    Independent

  • Mankell’s long, subtle, involving novel could turn you to crime

    Daily Telegraph

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