



Maria Lövgren dies, but not before uttering the word foreign. Besides, reasons Wallander, if the attacks were the result of a robbery gone wrong, why be so brutal?The police are following up leads and beginning the initial lab and other forensics testing when everything about the investigation changes. The Lövgrens didn’t have enemies, they didn’t live a wealthy lifestyle and nothing valuable seems to have been taken from the home. At first there seems absolutely no reason those two should have been so brutally attacked. She’s taken to hospital and Ystad Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team begin their investigation. Johannes Lövgren is dead, and Maria is barely alive when the police arrive. The novel begins early one freezing January morning when a farmer named Nyström discovers that his neighbours Johannes and Maria Lövgren have been brutally attacked.
