Masterpiece Mystery A cold-blooded killer is targeting men with a dark past. The first to go is a seemingly harmless birdwatcher, who falls into pit of sharpened stakes. Then an orchid fancier goes missing. Blood stains at his flower shop lead Inspe... (more)ctor Wallander to suspect foul play. Indeed, it's worse than foul, since the mounting number of victims shows signs of torture. Meanwhile, Wallander faces a deepening family crisis as his father insists on being taken home to die. Povel Wallander may be losing his mind, but he still has a vigorous inner life focused on his art. He also recognizes that something is seriously wrong with his son's soul. "Find someone to sit with you," he tells him. In a sign of how unstrung Wallander has become, he grows romantically attached to a suspect in the murder spree. The woman, named Vanja, was the secretary and former mistress to one of the victims, who mistreated her. A violent streak also marks the histories of the other murdered men, pointing to many people who had motives to want them dead, including estranged children, wives, lovers, and business associates. While pouring out his soul to Vanja, Wallander has an insight triggered by his feelings for his father and Vanja's recollections of fellow sufferers of abuse. In his still agile mind, it sparks an idea of not just who did it, but why...