Meanwhile, as Nicholas comes closer to unveiling the real conspirator, the men who wish to silence him are multiplying. When one of Shakespeare's boy actors goes missing, and Bianca discovers a disturbing painting that could be a clue, she embarks on her own investigation. As Nicholas races against time to save his father, he and his wife Bianca are drawn into the centre of a treacherous plot against the queen. In the court's desperate bid to silence it, an innocent man is found guilty - the father of Nicholas Shelby, physician and spy. And in London's dark alleyways, a conspiracy is brewing. With a dying queen on the throne, war raging on the high seas and famine on the rise, England is on the brink of chaos. Treason, heresy and revolt in Queen Elizabeth's England. Can he find his way out of the darkness before it’s too late? A pulse-pounding thriller and an incisive investigation into the mysteries of human nature, One Step Behind is “typical of the dense, intricate intelligence that Mankell brings to detection and crime writing” (The Washington Post Book World). Forced to dig into the personal life of a trusted colleague, Wallander steps into a nightmare worse than any he could have imagined. A serial killer is on the loose, and the only lead is a photograph of a strange woman no one in Sweden seems to know. Wallander soon discovers that the two grisly crimes are connected. Constantly fatigued, he soon learns his health is at risk-but there’s no time for rest when a fellow officer is murdered. Meanwhile, Inspector Kurt Wallander is just back from vacation. And his plans have only just begun to take shape. His approach is careful his aim is perfect. But an uninvited guest soon brings their performance to a gruesome conclusion. In the beautifully clear twilight, they don eighteenth-century costumes and begin a secret role-play. On Midsummer’s Eve, three friends gather in a secluded meadow in Sweden. Summary Sweden’s most tenacious detective races to unlock the twisted logic behind a madman’s crimes: “Lyrical, meticulous, and stunningly suspenseful” (St.
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