The imminent closure of the police station depresses the mood of his colleagues in Ystad. Wallander has been on edge lately anyway, but this is due to his progressive Alzheimer's disease, which so far only his daughter...

The diagnosis of Alzheimer's is a heavy blow for Kurt Wallander. More than ever, the detective throws himself into work, of which there is more than enough after the release of the notorious arsonist Tommy...

His lapses and forgetfulness increase, which is why Wallander secretly has a neurological examination. The memory lapses could be a symptom of stress, the doctor advises him to take some time out, but the discovery of a dismembered...

The successful non-fiction author Eric Wredin has left his wife Julia for a younger woman. In an ugly argument, Julia threatens her still-husband that she will ruin his career and destroy his life...

After his suspension, Wallander returns to the police force. He feverishly searches for ten-year-old Ella, who has not returned home from school. Since Ella's mother Helen Svedberg has fallen out with Ella's father Pablo...

Wallander's daughter Linda has returned to Ystad and is working with her father again. She is now married to the likeable Hans von Enke and is the mother of a young daughter, Klara. The visit of the...

Wallander is slightly injured in a bomb attack aimed at his colleague Katarina Ahlsell. The courageous prosecutor wants to put a stop to the gangster Filip Pasalic, who is in custody...

Martial artist Therese Petterson is fatally injured in her own apartment during a robbery. Suspicion quickly falls on her ex-boyfriend Fabian Lindberg. The shady doorman, known for his passion for gambling...

Manfred Stjärne, co-owner of a large apple orchard and cider press, is brutally stabbed to death. Shortly afterwards, Jan Kowalski from Poland is found in the barn of his estate, apparently having hanged himself. Wallander does not remain hidden for long...

A pair of lovers retreat to a cozy beach hut. Shortly afterwards, a detonation rips the wooden house apart. The police discover two charred bodies that are almost impossible to identify. In the glove compartment of a car in the...

Wallander and his colleague Martinsson are called to a girls' school. The 18-year-old Kurdish girl Miranda, a solo singer in an ambitious female choir whose elegiac singing makes Wallander's heart beat faster, is...

An unerring sniper is terrorizing Ystad. His victims include a suspected jewel robber. Sloppy investigations by the Malmö police lead to the gangster's release because his...

Wallander's anticipation of a relaxed Easter weekend is short-lived: the detonation of a car bomb spreads fear and terror in Ystad. While the police are clearing up the chaos, an armored car is robbed...

Henrik Nordström, pastor of a Protestant free church, is gunned down after a secret rendezvous. The seriously injured victim lies in a coma, unable to be questioned. When the doctors at the hospital determine that he is brain dead, the...

Kurt Wallander is a passionate music lover and owns a large collection of records. He particularly appreciates the Russian solo cellist Irina Konchalevska. He doesn't miss her concert in Ystad. When Wallander meets the virtuoso...

A series of unsolved house break-ins worries the residents of a well-off residential area of Ystad. Dissatisfied with the police work, three family fathers take matters into their own hands and form a vigilante group...

Children from a school class visiting the prehistoric site of Ale Stenar with their teacher discover the body of a motorcyclist on the cliffs of Ystad. Everything points to an accident, but the autopsy reveals that the fall was...

The mysterious disappearance of six-year-old Albin Landberg from a kindergarten throws the whole of Ystad into turmoil. Wallander's colleague Martinsson suspects a pedophile on record: Greger Frankman was first...

Kurt Wallander has realized his lifelong dream: the detective has recently acquired a cosy house by the sea and is celebrating his birthday with colleagues when an explosive attack on the electricity...

The murder of eleven-year-old Johannes shocks Wallander and his colleagues. Linda checks the surveillance video of a supermarket where the boy was last seen. She notices a masked man posing as a store detective...