The Fifth Woman by Henning Mankell is yet another in the Kurt Wallander series. In this one there are a series of brutal murders, of men who turn out to be cruel, women-hating, domestic abusers/murderers. You learn pretty early on that the villain is a woman. It takes them much longer to figure that out. For the first time Wallander builds a connection with the villain once they catch her and it seems out of character. But he is off his game through the book, after returning from a vacation with his father where they just started to regain some of the closeness they had, his father dies, leaving him with a lot of unanswered questions. And throughout the book you see Wallander trying to connect with others and being incapable of it, trying to move his life forward, get a house, get a dog, get his love to move to him, only to be incapable of doing so. At least with the crimes, he gets the opportunity to get at least some of his questions answered. Only through work, does he ever seem able to meet his potential. Ahh Kurt, how I love you, your stark character against the stark background of the country.