# The Fifth Woman

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- Book: [The Fifth Woman](https://www.bookquiver.com/henning-mankell/the-fifth-woman) ([The Fifth Woman.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/henning-mankell/the-fifth-woman.md))
- Authors: [Henning Mankell](https://www.bookquiver.com/henning-mankell)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9957-174-2
- Pages: 608
- Published: 2012-09-13
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Four nuns and a fifth woman are killed in a savage night-time attack in Africa. A year later, Inspector Kurt Wallander investigates the disappearance of an elderly birdwatcher and discovers a gruesome and meticulously planned murder - a body impaled in a trap of sharpened bamboo poles. Then, another man is reported missing. Once again Wallander's life is put on hold as he and his team work tirelessly to find a link between the series of vicious murders. Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for Sidetracked.