Before the Frost

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Before the Frost
Author Henning Mankell
Original title Innan frosten
Translator Ebba Segerberg
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Series Linda Wallander, #1
Genre(s) Crime novel
Publisher Harvill Secker
Publication date 2002 (orig.)
Published in
English
2004 (Eng. trans. )
Media type Print (Hardcover, Paperback)
Pages 388 pp (Eng. hardback trans.)
ISBN ISBN 1843431130 (Eng. trans.)
Preceded by Firewall

Before the Frost (Innan Frosten) is a novel by Swedish crime-writer Henning Mankell.

The main protagonist is Linda Wallander, daughter of Inspector Wallander, and the book is the first in a projected three-book series in which she takes the lead.

Kurt Wallander and Stefan Lindman (the protagonist from The Return of the Dancing Master) also feature in the novel.