Chapter 12 Summary

Wallander only sleeps briefly before Rydberg calls him. Wallander asks Rydberg to come meet him and then tells him the whole story. Björk, the police chief, is back, and Wallander briefs both he and Anette Brolin on the breakthrough. They will bring the suspects in for questioning and see if the Romanian woman can identify the balding man.

Wallander goes with four policemen to bring in the balding man, Valfrid Ström. At his apartment, faced with the police, Ström attacks Wallander and flees. Wallander chases him, confiscating a horse truck when Ström hijacks a car. The chase ends when Ström loses control of his vehicle and hits a concrete pillar. Wallander brakes too hard, and the horse truck overturns. The horses run away. Ström is dead.

Back at the police station, Bergman is denying any part in...