"Hello." " Have we received more boxes?" " Yes." "Is it the same as before?" "Good!" "You've done a good job." "Is it good?" "Have you come a long way?" "This I like." "But we couldn't..." " Do you know what time it is?" " No, I don't now." "Where have you been?" "Have you been to see her?" "Yikes, you look awful." "Switch on." "Can you help me?" "So this, I must to do anyway?" " Watch for the hair." " So..." " What is it?" " Nothing." " Hello." " Want to come over for a meal and a glass of wine?" "There was so much chicken, so..." "You, I sit a bit in the middle of something that I should finish." "I was thinking just a little while." "You will eat well at least?" " I don't think so." " It was a gamble." " The Board, or "boards" as we say in English and on the Internet." "Tonight, we present our latest products." "Cider with a taste of the Swedish summer." "Cheers." "Welcome." "Yes, yes." "Exactly." "Yes, I understand." "Sure." "Do you want to stay in the car?" " I'll go." " No, it's quiet." "Manfred Star, 41 years." "This evening's host." "He had a business dinner." "The guests are German customers." "We don't know if it was one of the guests..." "Here, I think someone was waiting for him." "So he sneaks up behind and cuts his throat." "He would take the call outside in order not to disrupt our guests." "After ten minutes I thought it was strange that he missing." "Then I went out to fetch him." " Do you know who he spoke with?" " No." " Had he any enemies?" " Nobody that I know." " How long have you been married?" " A long time." "Some things in our marriage might not be so pleasant." "I would appreciate it, if you handled it with a little discretion." " Holy shit, what a fucking day." "Mm." "Home and sleep." " How are you?" " Good." "It's alright, Pontus." "See you tomorrow, then." "Good night." "I checked Manfred Star's mobile." "He had frequent contact with a woman on the board." "Anna." " He left, or?" " Their marriage was probably not great." " No, I can sense that." " It is our expertise." "You'll check her out, then." "And maybe dinner another time, huh?" "Can you come in and shut the door?" "I'm the prosecutor and you're the investigator." " Right?" " Sure." "OK." "I'll check Anna, then." " She is in here." " You wait here." " Kurt Wallander." " Anna Kowalski." "You had a relationship with Manfred." "Did your husband know?" " Who is your husband?" " Jan Kowalski." "He works hard." "He is honest." "But something must not be good if you were unfaithful." "He drinks?" "He hurts you?" " He works here on the board?" " No, not anymore." "He works in construction in Stockholm." "Manfred helped him." "That must have suited Manfred." "He has you for himself." "Why does an employer have a relationship with an employee?" "Did you get any benefits?" "That I could understand." "This job isn't one you'd want for life?" "Did you get paid?" "A little money to send home to mom and dad?" "Or did he promise you a permanent work permit?" "I was in love with him, and he was in love with me." "Isabelle?" "You do not forget, huh?" "Debriefing." " Go ahead and get on." " To work Kurt Wallander?" "Yes." "Here is where he works, Kurt Wallander." "Anna..." "She's Polish, you know?" "She came and told me one thing that she did not dare tell you." "Her husband..." "He came to her on the day that Manfred was murdered." "He talked to Manfred about something." "Since then he's missing." " Did she say what they talked about?" " He wanted to come back to the Board." "He was drunk and aggressive as well." "He could be quite violent." "With your knowledge of Manfred..." "How would he handle that?" " In view of his relationship with Anna?" "I don't know." "Forgive me for asking, but you seem pretty indifferent to..." "That your husband had a relationship on the side." "We were married for 17 years, The last few years were just an act." "But we ran a business together, and we did alright." "And yourself?" "What?" "Well, I've also my needs." " Why didn't you divorce?" " We had no prenuptial agreement." "I'm the fourth generation on the Star Board." "I love my Musteri." "In a divorce I'd only get half." "That could force a sale of the Board." "You realize you just gave yourself a strong motive for murder?" "Yes, it is possible." "But it's obviously not me." "Catherine?" "We have a suspect in Manfred's murder." "Jan Kowalski." "A jealous drama." "His wife was having an affair with Manfred." " Where is he now?" " He disappeared on the murder date." " Search for him." " Yes." "Intermediate traumas of the variety you've been through don't differ significantly from other traumas." "In the sense that the subject himself may not see it as a trauma." "I don't repress that I've been shot." "But I'm alright." "It's just as serious even if you survive." "How is it with you?" "Well..." "Hello." "How did it go?" "I don't know how to talk about it." "I don't think about it." " What about us are?" " I think about it." "5-84 at Singles Cottage road." "Hire car Singles Cottage road 17th." "2-4-50, we'll take it." "End." "Come on." " Hi." " It is in there." " Are you here?" " Yes, that's me." "You can wait out that long." "Do you have gloves?" "You can take mine." "Jan Kowalski." "Call Kurt." "Yes, it was Manfred blood." " Found the murder weapon?" " No." " There's no blood on his clothes?" " Very little." " What do you think?" " He had a motive." "Suicide was the only way out." "Hello." "Hello." " Dinner?" " Right." "I also decided not to stay at home." "How's it going?" "I'm not in service right now." "You do not know where he is?" "It is a bit difficult to think of something else." "Jan Kowalski is dead." " What?" "How?" " But he may be the culprit?" " I can not answer." " Do you like your job?" " Yes, very." "Don't you get jaded by all the blood and misery?" " Yes, you're good at what you do." " How do you know?" "I have read up on you a bit." "I'll go back to..." "Did you have fun yesterday?" "Save dinner with Claire Star until the investigation is complete." " I saw you at the restaurant." " She was there with some others." "In addition, the investigation is complete." "The criminal proceedings are at your table." "What the hell?" "That's burglary!" "Stefan." "Speak after the beep." "Stefan, it's mom." "We are at the store." "There have been break-ins." "Benjamin?" "Benjamin?" "Benjamin!" "Benjamin!" "Hello." "The victim's name:" "Benjamin Wilkes." "There are two things." "This was done with great determination." "Long knife." "The first blow went straight through the body." "The other Literally tore out the throat." "It's quite similar to the former." "Could it be the same killer?" "Yes..." "It is not impossible." "Could someone have copied the first murder by by pure chance?" "I don't believe in chance." "Stefan Wilkes?" "Stefan?" " Where's Mom?" " In Hospital." "She is in shock." " We can drive you there if you want." " I did not get hold of her." "I did not arrive." "Why the hell did I not go there?" "She just said something about a burglary." "I wanted to finish here first." "I stood in the middle of a mass..." "You think their was somebody who was waiting?" "There were no rough sleepers who broke into and became frightened?" "Not that we can see." "Do you know someone who did not like your dad?" "It can be something old." "What the hell is this?" "First Manfred, now dad." "Manfred Star?" "Did you know him?" "He was here sometimes." "He knew my father." "According to Nyberg, it's not the same knife, but the murderer may well be the same." "We have blood and shoe prints of Jan, so he probably murdered Mr." "It is possible that there is a connection between the murder" " But so far I think we are investigating this." "Wilkes was a psychologist before he opened the restaurant with his son." "Oh, yeah..." "He knew the family Star." "Claire Star?" "Thank you." "It can not be a coincidence." "What if I stand in line?" "What was your relationship to Benjamin Wilkes?" "Yes..." "He was an old friend of my father." "One among many." "He was here during a period when it was not around." "We had to cancel quite a lot..." "Then people felt bad, and Benjamin took care of some of them." "Just how involved were you in this with the redundancies?" "It was Manfred who did it." "But people were disappointed in me." "I've known many of them since I was a child." " Do I get the names of those who had to go?" " Course." "Thank you." "And if we judge that there is a threat and you will get protection." "Here is a list of redundant from the Board." "Check the criminal record." "Probing for you all in the murder of Brad?" "How closely did you watch Claire Star?" " Enough." "I do not think so." "She has motive, have you forgotten that?" " What is it I have missed?" " What you seem irritated." "I'm not annoyed." "What did I miss?" "Have you read the report of Nyberg Kowalski's suicide?" "No." "I have not had time." "Why not then, if I may ask?" "He stands on a chair and hangs himself." "Had he planned it before he killed Manfred, or not?" " What does it..." "Is it a suicide?" "Here." "Egon Dalberg." "He harassed the board after he was let go." " In the end he got a restraining order." " We look up to him." "And Ylva Gustafson." "She sued the Board several times at the European Court." "Wallander might check." "Take the list." "I show the floor late." "Let's begin with the first floor." " Here's Hall of Knights." " We have a man on site around the clock." "It feels good." "But you keep you away when it will be customers?" " Yes, absolutely." " Fine." "Exactly where is the bedroom." "Hello." "We would like to talk to Egon Dalberg." "Is he here?" "He grew up there." "He worked on the board that he was 14 years" " Right up until all that happened a year ago." "He never recovered." "He continued to go to work." "You have probably heard." "He tried to convince himself that well the whole thing was some kind of mistake." "Then he was just there..." "He drank himself to death." " Thanks." "I beg your pardon!" " There's no danger." " Was he depressed?" " No, he was ashamed." "He thought he was worthless, with all these Poles abount." "Anyway, he is gone." " When did he die?" " About three months ago." "Do you know Benjamin Wilkes?" "The psychologist those laid-off got to talk to." "Well..." "Egon went there a few times." "Claire paid." "She had a bad conscience." "They'd known each other forever." "Sorry." "He has been murdered." " It was certainly not Egon." " No." " Can I buy you a cup of coffee?" " It's just freshly brewed." " We have to go." " And noise is in the oven." "Thank you for your help." " Please, stay a while." " Another time, perhaps." "Thank you." "The rope Manfred used." "Is it new?" "Yes, in all cases, unused." "It was cut here." " Where are the rest?" " I do not know." "But if he tied it, wouldn't there be fibers on his hands?" "Yes, but there's none." "If he'd put up the rope after the murder, we would've found blood on it." "He may have washed his hands." "So he attached the rope, drunk, went to the Board and killed Manfred." "Then he came back and hung himself." "Yes..." " Hi." "Is that dinner again?" " I will not harass you anymore." "You were interested in what Nyberg thinks about this." "He claims that" "Kowalski planned his suicide before he murdered Manfred." "You seem very unsure it." "If Jan was jealous, and he is prepared to kill himself" " Why, did he leave nothing behind?" "No note?" " Yes, but..." " murders were carried out in the same way." "We know that similar murders might not be connected." "The victims knew each other, and what they have in common is the board." "There must be some link." "Somebody has other than a quarrel with it." "But we continue to look up those that were made redundant." "Can you tell me what happened when you left the board?" "They discovered that Poles were cheaper." " Or" " What did you do?" " Financial Manager." " So when did you know?" "I saw everything." "They didn't need to dismiss us." "If Manfred's habits weren't so expensive." "Like luxury trips to Paris." "Mauritius." "Spoiling his little girlfriends with expensive gifts." "The books were a joke." " I brought it up with Claire." " Did you shoot yourself with that." "Then I got fired." "Then we all got it." "Some had worked there all their lives." "Who the hell takes responsibility for them?" "Then we get treated like psychos!" "But they hired a psychologist?" "Claire hired someone you could talk to-!" "To find out if we thought of harassing them!" "Did you do that, then?" "You went to the psychologist Benjamin Wilkes?" " Why are you interested, then?" " He was murdered yesterday morning." "My God..." "If I had wanted to kill somebody" " I'd have taken the lives of Claire and Manfred a long time ago!" "That psychologist was a sad type, he did their dirty work!" "We must ask these questions, it's nothing personal." "I want them to be accountable." "Is that so damn hard?" "I may not be on top here, but what the hell..." "Here!" "Labour Court, EU court." "Rejected, rejected, denial!" "Read it yourself." "Do it!" "What did you do yesterday?" "I'll tell you all about it." "I took care of all bills that I can't pay!" " Do you know who might be behind it?" " No." " Lf we have more questions, you'll hear from us." " Sure, whatever." "You must take care of yourself." "I was going to take something to drink." "You want something?" "A glass of wine?" "No." "I can't." "But coffee or something." " There is somebody in the basement!" " Wait here." "They unscrewed it the whole way." "Now we have three cars out there." "With dogs." " This is barely three feet?" " It was dark!" "Then he took hold of me." "I don't know if it was a he." " Do you have?" " You know how to get rid of that?" "Holy shit, I'm so damn tired." "Are you going home, right?" " Yes." "What about you?" " Mm." " You'll take a taxi or walk?" " I'll walk." "Which way are you heading..." "Or you're going there." " Thank you for tonight." " Thanks." "It was fun." "Mm." " Sleep well, then." " Bye." "Good night." " See you tomorrow." " Yes, we will." "Andrew Marnell, 58 years." "Single, no children." "He worked as a guard at a mall." "Yes..." "Is there be a connection to the board?" "Three murders, the same approach." "How the hell did this happen?" " Who found him?" " His colleague arrived to pick him up." "But he wasn't waiting, so his colleague came in and found him." " And where is the colleague?" " Isabelle is interviewing him." "I have to ask these questions." "We have to take some shit." "Some shoplifters make loud threats" " But it's never serious." " Did Andrew Benjamin Wilkes get any?" " He never told me about any." "Wilkes has a restaurant in town." "Others may tend to go there?" " He was a psychologist before." " Was he in contact with somebody like that?" "I think not." "He may have met someone at Ymis." "Andreas worked there til 95." " Ymis, what is it?" " Ystad mental institution." " What he worked as there?" " Assistant or..." "May I..." "Can I go now?" "Yes, thats fine." "Thank you." "Oh yes, I remember Andrew Marnell." "He was employed as a carer for many years." " We had to fire him." " Why?" "We got a lot of complaints." "Of theft, bullying and sexual exploitation." "The investigations never got anywhere." "Word against word, and some patients was not so credible." "Get someone to sexanmälningarna from one of Benjamin Wilkes patients?" "I can not comment on individual cases." "I know, but you can make an exception." "Andrew is dead." "Oh yeah" "Yes..." "No, I'm sorry." "I can't help you." "I'm so fucking tired of this discussion with you." "Every single fucking time I am investigating a murder." "Hey!" "What if we talked like that to everyone?" "I'm damn well not everyone." "I'm trying to stop a killer." "I know you're doing your job, but please help me." "If you give me a name, you can save the life of someone." " Lisbet." " Yes?" " Hello." " Catherine Ahlsell, investigator." "I oversee the inquiry into your husband's murder." " Sorry." " Thanks." "What a lovely place you have!" "Well, you..." "Anna." " I need to talk to her." " She is not here right now." "Naha?" "Where is she, then?" "I am not concerned with what my employees do when they are free." "Excuse me, but..." "I thought it was solved." "No, unfortunately we are not there yet." "It is unclear how Jan died." "He used a nylon rope when he hanged himself." "Green." " Do you have that on the board?" " Did you not do a search?" " Have you seen such a rope?" " Not that I remember." "Andrew Marnell, do you know him?" "He worked at Ystad mental hospital." " Do you know someone there?" " Why would I do that?" "You are not so cooperative." "You might not want us to solve it." "You know what?" "Perhaps it is because you are so terribly rude." "A Beatrice Sahlin may be linked to the murder." "Andreas was reported by her for sexual abuse and she had Benjamin as a psychologist." "I'm going there and need backup." " Lingränd-1 is the address." " Okay, we will." "Hello." "Are you Beatrice Sahlin?" " You?" " Kurt Wallander, the police." "I would like to talk to you." "Are you..." "Kurt!" "Send an ambulance to Lingränd 1st" "It's alright..." " Is every'thing OK?" " Yes, it's quiet." "I must hold the position until I'm relieved." " Was that the station?" " Yes." "Have they found anything?" "Anybody suspicious?" "I can't answer that." "No, you must excuse me." "It's such a disagreeable situation." "How could you be so misguided?" "Beatrice Sahlin is at large" "And you put all resources to protect Claire Star." "I went out and talked to her." "I am sure that there is something else than what she says." "And I can't buy that suicide." "Also, witnesses are still missing from the murder of Wilkes." "Thank you for your time." "I won't need very long." "There is no danger." "Right, Mom?" " Very nice place." "Mmm." " It was Dad who found it." "May I ask..." "Did you get a glimpse of the person in the house?" "No." "Nothing?" "Is the name Beatrice Sahlin familiar?" "No, I do not know." " What about you?" " No." "We know that Benjamin met her at Ystad mental hospital." "Her name is not Sahlin?" "It's Beatrice." "Gudrun and Olof's youngest daughter." "Beatrice Star." "Beatrice Star?" "Yes." "Claire's sister." " Something new about Beatrice Sahlin?" " She is still missing." "She is in there." "Why didn't you tell us that you had a sister in the asylum?" "She is violent, has been in there for 15 years and is only just released." "Didn't you think I should know?" " Lf she is released?" " I asked you to mention all the motives." "I should of course have told you." "Someone has come into your house and attacked you." "Didn't you consider it could be your sister?" "Father didn't want us to talk about Beatrice." "He changed her name to avoid being associated with her." "We have been living as if she is dead!" "All these years Beatrice has been dead to us!" "Poor Beatrice!" "What are you doing down here?" "Come up and keep me company instead." "I have to return to the station." "Excuse me for not telling you about Beatrice." "It was stupid." "Of course I should have told you." "For it to look like suicide the victim must be alive." "But not necesssarily conscious." " How much he weighed?" " 78 Kg." " Need help?" " No, Claire was able to star as..." "The only question is:" "What is she doing now?" "It broke his neck." "It went something like this." "It was her." " Do you think she paid Kowalski?" " No, she made him do it." "She told me that Manfred had an affair with his wife." "Then she persuaded him, got him drunk, and hung him." "Otherwise, there would be blood from his hands on the rope." " But that is not right." " No, this is the shit." "We will not look at her." " You heading home then?" " Yes, it's good." "And you yourself?" "I have probably done the middle of the front." "Also..." "You'll have many hungry eyes?" "Um." "I think I've become worse and worse judge of character." "Here." "Thank you." "One hour left." "Shooting stars." "There, you see?" "You should make a wish." " What will you do after?" " I don't know." " And you?" "Sleep." "Yeah?" "Well do you have a better idea?" " The regulations are very hard." " I haven't told Wallander." "No, Wallander is blissfully unaware." "But hell, Pontus!" "No, we should not..." "Claire!" "I have been waiting for you!" "After grilling apples with sugar and cinnamon." "When everyone i's gone to bed." "Do you remember what my father became angry when we forgot to turn off the light?" "Bea, the police are here." "I wanted to go home when I came out of there." "Home..." "Thank you for taking away Manfred so that I could come home again." "I love you so much." "It was not you who shut me up with those guys." "They were so disgusting!" " You are sick." " Have you murdered Benjamin?" " No!" "You don't like having to put up with stuff." "But you saw nothing." "Bea, you did not." "I was not there." "Right?" "Sit down." " What do you want?" " I want to be here with you." "I want everything to be normal again." "It's not possible." "We aren't children anymore." "I know you hated my father when he sent me away!" "You said it:" "You said you hated him!" "You promised that I would get home again!" "You said we would be together again!" "Please, do not go!" "Claire, please, do not go!" "I just need more wood." "It's cold as shit in here." "Sorry." "It does not matter." "Come." "Shall we grill some apples?" "Come then." "And you turn around and I'll show you a thing." "Turn around then." "And so you turn around." "What the hell were you doing?" "She came in front of your nose." "She went in the main entrance!" "What were you doing?" "Sleeping right?" "I expect a report tomorrow." "Nyberg?" "Yes." "When can you be ready?" " Give me a couple of hours." " Do you have any tops?" "Kurt, I had no choice." "Damn!" "You..." "I do not know..." "Good night." "To the right here." "You can sit down and wait awhile." "The time is 9:35." "Kurt Wallander begins questioning of Claire Star." " Suspect for the murder of Beatrice Sahlin." " It was self defense, you see?" " You can answer my questions." "You then stood by the fireplace?" " What were you doing there?" " I loved the wood." "Suddenly she stood behind me and was gonna kill me." " How do you know she wanted to kill you?" " She went for her knife." " Then I defended myself." " With what?" "With the poker." "When she stood with her back to you?" "She wants to kill you, groping for the knife in her pocket, with her back to you?" "How many times did you hit her?" "I do not know, actually." "I panicked." "You promised me police protection." "What can I do when you don't do your job?" "Why did she want to kill you?" "It's absurd that I have to defend a completely terrible experience." " What were you talking about?" " We did not talk." "She talked to me." "She said "It was my turn now"." "She slit the throats of Benjamin and the guard." "She was sick." "There is that evidence, and now you claim that it is me who is..." " But it was she who was sick." " Sick or not, she was your sister." "We know that she was crying." "We found her tears on the table top." "It must have happened before you were you at the stove." "She attacked me." " And then you ran to the open fire?" " Yes, I was terrified." "But you said that first you sat at the table?" "She sat at the table." "And said it was "My turn"." "And then she puts her hand into her pocket for the knife?" "Which pocket?" "Right or left?" "Such things you should remember." "You hit her with the poker on the back of her head." "Then when she is lying on the floor, you hit her five more times." "Therefore we are not talking self-defense, we're talking murder." "Why did you kill her?" "Did she know something that you wanted to hide?" "So Claire..." "I've gone through Kowalski's suicide again and again." "And I'm good at what I do." "You talk a lot about things you don't have a clue about." "I have never been so badly treated." "Come on now." "Make it easy for yourself." "You murdered Beatrice Sahlin and Jan Kowalski, who killed Manfred." "He threatened to take everything away from you?" "To sell up?" "Or to share the board with Anna?" "With Jan, it was no problem." "You could steer him how you wanted." "Kurt Wallander takes five minutes break in the hearing of Claire Star."