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| Author | Henning Mankell |
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| Original title | Den femte kvinnan |
| Translator | Steven T. Murray |
| Language | Swedish |
| Series | Kurt Wallander #6 |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Ordfront |
| Publication date | 1996 |
| Publication place | Sweden |
Published in English | 2000 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages | 428 pp (Eng. hardback trans.) |
| ISBN | 1-86046-854-3 (Eng. trans.) |
| OCLC | 59544856 |
| Preceded by | Sidetracked |
| Followed by | One Step Behind |
The Fifth Woman (original: Den femte kvinnan; 1996) is a crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell, the sixth in his acclaimed Inspector Wallander series.[1][2][3]
Synopsis
[edit]A sadistic serial killer has been preying on men, beginning with a retired car salesman whose interests appear to be limited to bird watching and poetry and whose body was discovered in a punji stick pit; and continuing with a flower shop manager, found starved and garrotted in the woods. Wallander soon realises both men have a past record of violence towards women, and after another man is drowned in a lake, he goes on the hunt for an avenging angel...
Adaptations
[edit]In 2002, The Fifth Woman was adapted by Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television into a four-part television miniseries, starring Rolf Lassgård as Wallander. British broadcaster BBC commissioned a 90-minute adaptation for its Wallander television series starring Kenneth Branagh. The episode was broadcast in January 2010.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ↑ "The Fifth Woman: A Kurt Wallander Mystery by Henning Mankell". Publishers Weekly. July 31, 2000. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
- ↑ Stougaard-Nielsen, Jakob (2017). Scandinavian Crime Fiction. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 80–81. doi:10.5040/9781350001121.ch-003. ISBN 978-1-3500-0112-1.
- ↑ Lingard, John (2007-12-01). "Kurt Wallander's Journey into Autumn: A Reading of Henning Mankell's The Fifth Woman". Scandinavian-Canadian Studies. 17: 104–115. doi:10.29173/scancan25. ISSN 2816-5187.
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