One Step Behind (novel)
One Step Behind is a 1997 crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell, the seventh in his acclaimed Inspector Wallander series.
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| Author | Henning Mankell |
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| Original title | Steget efter |
| Translator | Ebba Segerberg |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Series | Kurt Wallander #7 |
| Genre | Crime, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Ordfront |
Publication date | 1997 |
Published in English | September 2002 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages | 400 pp (Eng. hardback trans.) |
| ISBN | 1-86046-983-3 (Eng. trans.) |
| Preceded by | The Fifth Woman |
| Followed by | Firewall |
Synopsis
Two young women and one young man, inexplicably dressed as the nobility of Sweden did during the reign of Gustavus III, are found dead, each slain with a single bullet, their bodies half consumed by animals in the wilderness. Wallander is horrified when he makes a connection between the crime and his close friend and colleague Svedberg, and after the latter is found savagely murdered in his own apartment, the tormented detective finds himself up against a deranged, merciless killer who remains just one step ahead of him.
Adaptation
In 2005, One Step Behind was adapted by Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television into a theatrical film, starring Rolf Lassgård as Wallander. In 2008, British broadcaster BBC One broadcast a 90-minute adaptation as part of its Wallander television series starring Kenneth Branagh.
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