Chapter 9 Summary

The two police officers who pull Wallander over, Peters and Norén, don't arrest him, but just drive him home, to Wallander's surprise. The next morning, Wallander is still slightly drunk as he drives to meet Boman. While he waits for Boman, he craves a beer and wonders about his own worth as a police officer. He calls in to the police station and then orders breakfast. When Boman arrives, they go to visit Anita Hessler, one of the women who was possibly Johannes' mistress.

Anita Hessler is beautiful and well-off. When Wallander and Boman begin to question her, both get the impression that she truly does not know anything about Johannes Lövgren. She tells them that her son's father, listed as unknown on the birth certificate, was a married man named Rune Stierna, who has since died. The policemen believe her...