In a remote Swedish farmhouse, an elderly farmer has been bludgeoned to death, his wife left to die with a noose around her neck. Before the old woman dies, she utters the word foreign, which may be the only real clue the police have to go on. The press has reported the dying word, and white supremacists have threatened a nearby refugee camp, vowing to take justice into their own hands. Police Inspector Kurt Wallander leads the investigation into a crime for which there seems to be no reason, or certainly not one Wallander is sure he wants to know.

"Kurt Wallander mysteries." Includes excerpt from The troubled Man (19 p.).