Originally published: Stockholm : Ordfront, 1999

A volume of short works featuring the popular investigator features Wallander as a young patrolman on his first case, a new father facing unexpected danger on Christmas Eve, a middle-aged man solving a poisoning death, a separated husband investigating a photographer's murder, and a veteran detective connecting a dual murder to a plane crash

Translated from the Swedish

Wallander's first case -- Man with the mask -- Man on the beach -- Death of the photographer -- Pyramid