Chapter 3 Summary

Wallander organizes the hunt for the killers, realizing that unconsciously he's been thinking that there must be more than one for such violence. Then he begins to write the press release for the news conference, which he dreads. He's appealed to Rydberg to help by making the announcement to the TV cameras. Meanwhile, the police are questioning inhabitants of Lunnarp and waiting for Maria Lövgren to regain consciousness. Wallander listens to an opera as he composes the short press release and then reviews a questionnaire to be distributed in Lunnarp.

The preliminary forensic report is delivered to the wrong office, and Wallander goes to retrieve it. Hansson, the detective it was wrongly delivered to, is a chronic gambler, with betting slips and race forms strewn on his desk. As Wallander collects the forensic report, he randomly makes up a race tip to...