''Before the Frost'' (''Innan Frosten'', 2002) is a novel by Swedish crime-writer
Henning Mankell
Henning Georg Mankell (; 3February 19485October 2015) was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a number of ...
.
The protagonist is
Linda Wallander, daughter of
Inspector Wallander
Kurt Wallander () is a fictional Swedish police inspector created by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell (1948 – 2015). He is the protagonist of many thriller/mystery novels set in and around the town of Ystad, south-east of the city of Ma ...
. The book was to be the first in a three-book series with Linda as the main character. However Mankell abandoned the series after just one novel when the actress playing Linda in the Swedish films,
Johanna Sällström
Johanna Maria Ellinor Berglund-Sällström (30 December 1974 – 13 February 2007) was a Swedish actress, best known for her portrayal of Linda Wallander in '' Wallander''. She worked as an actress for more than 15 years, before her death in 200 ...
, committed suicide in 2007.
Kurt Wallander
Kurt Wallander () is a fictional Swedish police inspector created by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell (1948 – 2015). He is the protagonist of many thriller/mystery novels set in and around the town of Ystad, south-east of the city of Malm ...
and Stefan Lindman (the protagonist from ''
The Return of the Dancing Master
''The Return of the Dancing Master'' is a 2000 novel by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell. It was translated into English in 2003 by Laurie Thompson, and won the 2005 Gumshoe Award for Best European Crime Novel, presented by Mystery Ink.
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Linda Wallander is bored. Just graduated from the police academy, she is waiting to start work at the Ystad police station and move into her own apartment. Meantime, she is living with her father and, like fathers and daughters everywhere, they are driving each other crazy. Nor will they be able to escape each other when she moves out. Her father is Inspector Kurt Wallander, a veteran of the Ystad police force, whom she will have to work alongside. Linda's boredom doesn't last long. Soon she is embroiled in the case of her childhood friend Anna, who has inexplicably disappeared. As the investigation proceeds, she makes a few rookie mistakes. They are understandable, but they are also life-threatening. And as the case her father is working on dovetails with her own, something far more calculated and dangerous than either could have imagined begins to emerge.
[Kurt Wallander. Before The Frost: A Linda Wallander Mystery. Translated by Ebba Segerberg. The New Press, New York, 2005. Back cover text.]
Adaptations
A feature film adaptation directed by
Kjell-Åke Andersson
Kjell-Åke Gunnar Andersson (born 7 June 1949 in Malmö) is a Swedish film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. His 1992 film '' Night of the Orangutan'' was nominated for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 28th Guldb ...
was made in 2004 and released in Swedish cinemas on 14 January 2005. It stars
Johanna Sällström
Johanna Maria Ellinor Berglund-Sällström (30 December 1974 – 13 February 2007) was a Swedish actress, best known for her portrayal of Linda Wallander in '' Wallander''. She worked as an actress for more than 15 years, before her death in 200 ...
as Linda and
Krister Henriksson
Jan Krister Allan Henriksson (born 12 November 1946) is a Swedish actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Kurt Wallander in the television films based on the novels by Henning Mankell.
Early life
Henriksson was born in Grisslehamn, Nor ...
as Kurt. The film also serves as the opening installment of ''
Mankell's Wallander'', a series of theatrical and straight-to-video films based on story outlines by Mankell but otherwise unconnected to the novels. Sällström and Henriksson reprise their roles in these films.
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of Mankell's Wallander novels, but they rewrote the story to make Wallander the protagonist, with
playing the role of Kurt Wallander.
A stage adaptation authorized by Mankell was premiered at the Westphalia State Theatre in