Sidetracked (novel)

Sidetracked
First edition (Swedish)
AuthorHenning Mankell
Original titleVillospĂ„r
TranslatorSteven T. Murray
LanguageSwedish
SeriesKurt Wallander #5
GenreCrime, Mystery novel
PublisherOrdfront
Publication date
1995
Publication placeSweden
Published in English
1999
Media typePrint (Hardcover, Paperback)
Pages420 pp (Eng. hardback trans.)
ISBN1-86046-785-7 (Eng. trans.)
OCLC44398108
Preceded byThe Man Who Smiled 
Followed byThe Fifth Woman 

Sidetracked (first published as VillospÄr in 1995) is a crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell, the fifth in his Kurt Wallander series. Translated into English, it won the UK Crime Writers' Association annual Gold Dagger award for "best crime novel" in 2001.