Sidetracked
Originally published in Swedish as Villospår in 1995 and later translated into German as Die falsche Fährte.

Synopsis

From Random House:
In the award-winning Sidetracked, Kurt Wallander is called to a nearby rapeseed field where a teenage girl has been loitering all day long. He arrives just in time to watch her douse herself in gasoline and set herself aflame. The next day he is called to a beach where Sweden's former Minister of Justice has been axed to death and scalped. The murder has the obvious markings of a demented serial killer, and Wallander is frantic to find him before he strikes again. But his investigation is beset with a handful of obstacles--a department distracted by the threat of impending cutbacks and the frivolity of World Cup soccer, a tenuous long-distance relationship with a murdered policeman's widow, and the unshakably haunting preoccupation with the young girl who set herself on fire. Fascinating and astute, Sidetracked is a compelling mystery enhanced by keen social awareness.

From Amazon:
Kurt Wallander is back. This time he must discover why a teenage girl doused herself in petrol and burned herself to death, leaving no clues as to who she was. Then a former minister of justice is butchered in a bizarre murder that proves to be the first by a killer who strikes again and again.

Reviews

• Crime by Marilyn Stasio for The New York Times, 1999-June-13
• Chilling listening (ISIS Audio Book) by Sue Arnold for the Guardian Unlimited, 2003-Apr-26
• A selection of recent thrillers by Charles Mitchell for The Spectator, 2000-Nov-25

Links

• Random House page for Sidetracked
• The New Press page for Sidetracked
• IMDB film page

Language	Title	Publication Date	Translator
Swedish	Villospår	1995	N/A
English	Sidetracked	1999	Steven T. Murray
German	Die falsche Fährte	1999	Wolfgang Butt
Dutch	Dwaalsporen	2002	Bertie van der Meij
French	Le guerrier solitaire	1999	Christofer Bjurström
Italian	La falsa pista	1998	Giorgio Puleo
Spanish	La falsa pista	2001
Catalan	La falsa pista	2001	Meritxell Salvany
Basque	??
Norwegian	Villspor	1997	Kari Bolstad
Finnish	Väärillä jäljillä
Danish	Ildspor
Icelandic	Á villigötum		Vigfús Geirdal
Portuguese	??
Greek	Εντολεσ θανατου	2004
Polish	Fałszywy trop	2005	Halina Thylwe
Slovenian	Na napaèni sledi	2004	Uroš Kalèiè
Turkish	Yanlış Yol	2002	Fatoş Dilber
Japanese	目くらましの道 (Mekuramashi no michi)	2007	Yumiko Yanagisawa
Korean	??
Vietnamese	??

Film Information
A Swedish film starring Rolf Lassgård was made in 2001 and shown on Swedish Television.

The BBC has also created a film based on One Step Behind starring Kenneth Branagh and released in 2008 in the UK.

Product List
Books
Image	Title	Notes	Vendor
	Villospår	Publisher: Ordfront Format: Paperback Pages: 429 ISBN: 9170371687 Released: 2005-Jan Status: In Print Markets:	Ordfront.se
	Sidetracked (A Kurt Wallander Mystery)	Publisher: Vintage Format: Paperback Pages: 432 ISBN: 0099446987 Released: 2002-Sept-05 Status: In Print Markets:	Amazon.co.uk
	Sidetracked: A Kurt Wallander Mystery (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)	Publisher: Vintage Books Format: Paperback Pages: 432 ISBN: 1400031567 Released: 2003-May-01 Status: In Print Markets:	Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk
	Sidetracked (A Kurt Wallander Mystery)	Publisher: Harvill Press Format: Paperback Pages: 420 ISBN: 1860467636 Released: 2000-Oct-19 Status: Out of Print Markets:	Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk
	Sidetracked (A Kurt Wallander Mystery)	Publisher: Harvill Press Format: Paperback Pages: 420 ISBN: 1860468373 Released: 2001-Apr-19 Status: Out of Print Markets:	Amazon.co.uk
	Sidetracked: A Kurt Wallander Mystery	Publisher: New Press Format: Hardcover Pages: 349 ISBN: 1565845072 Released: 1998-Jan-01 Status: Out of Print Markets:	Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk
	Sidetracked (Kurt Wallander Mysteries)	Publisher: New Press Format: Paperback Pages: 352 ISBN: 1565846117 Released: 2000-Aug-01 Status: Out of Print Markets:	Amazon.co.uk
	Die falsche Fährte	Publisher: Dtv Format: Pages: ISBN: 3423204206 Released: Status: Markets:	Amazon.de
	Die falsche Fährte	Publisher: Zsolnay Format: Pages: ISBN: 3552049282 Released: Status: Markets:	Amazon.de
	Le guerrier solitaire	Publisher: Seuil Format: Pages: ISBN: 2020312980 Released: Status: Markets:	Amazon.fr Amazon.ca
	La falsa pista	Publisher: Tusquets Editores, S.A. Format: Paperback Pages: 432 ISBN: 8483101858 Released: 2001-11 Status: In Print Markets:	Tusquets-Editores.es
	La falsa pista (Catalan)	Publisher: Tusquets Editores, S.A. Format: Paperback Pages: 482 ISBN: 8483107821 Released: 2001-11 Status: In Print Markets:	Tusquets-Editores.es
Audio Books
Image	Title	Notes	Vendor
	Sidetracked	Publisher: ISIS Audio Books Format: Cassette Tapes Length: Unabridged, 12 tapes, 14hrs 15mins ISBN: 0753117029 Released: Status: In Print Narrator: Sean Barrett	ISIS Publishing
DVD & Video
Image	Title	Notes	Vendor
	Villospår	Publisher: Format: DVD, Region 2, PAL, Color Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Widescreen (2.35:1) Language: Swedish with Swedish Subtitles Rating: Released: 2002-Mar-05 Status: In Print	DVD.se
	Wallander Box (3 Disc)	Publisher: Pan Vision Format: DVD, Region 2, PAL, Color Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Widescreen (2.35:1) Language: Swedish with Swedish Subtitles Rating: Released: 2004-06-16 Status: In Print	DVD.se
	Die falsche Fährte	Publisher: ZDF Films Format: DVD, Region 2, PAL, Color Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Language: Swedish & German with German Subtitles Rating: FSK 16 Released: 2002-Sept-16 Status: In Print	Amazon.de
	Die falsche Fährte	Publisher: ZDF Films Format: VHS, PAL, Color Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Language: German Rating: FSK 16 Released: 2002-Sept-16 Status: In Print	Amazon.de
	La falsa pista	Publisher: Llamentol Format: DVD, Region 2, PAL, Color Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Language: Spanish Rating: Released: 2005-Dec-14 Status: In Print	DvdGo.com
	Sidetracked	Publisher: SF Format: DVD, Region 2, PAL, Color Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Language: English with Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Finnish subtitles Rating: 15 Released: 2009-Mar-18 Status: Available	DiscShop.se