Before The Frost

<p>The leader of a religious cult in Guyana instigates a mass suicide. He succeeds in killing himself and his whole flock of worshippers save one. <br><br>In a wood outside Ystad the police make an horrific discovery: a severed head and hands locked together in an attitude of prayer. A Bible lies at the victim's side handwritten corrections and amendments on every page. <br><br>A string of incidents including attacks on domestic animals has been taking place and Inspector Wallander fears that these events could be the prelude to attacks on humans on a much greater scale. Meanwhile Linda Wallander preparing to join the Ystad police force arrives at the station. Showing all the hallmarks of her father - the maverick approach the flaring temper - she becomes involved in the case and in the process is forced to confront a group of extremists bent on punishing the world's sinners.</p>