It's not every day that planes crash in the Swedish countryside. And then it turns out that this plane does not officially exist and two corpses were found in it. Inspector Wallander is already haunted by his own problems. But when it turns out that the plane crash is connected with two other strange crimes, he completely loses sleep.

Here is one story from the collection.

Pyramiden (The Pyramid) - a collection of short stories, published in 1999. Retrospectively shows the development of Wallander, from a young patrolman to a seasoned investigator. The collection includes stories: - “Wallander's First Case”. Wallander is 21 years old. 1969 Kurt lives in Malmö and is a patrolman. His artist father and hairdresser girlfriend Mona are against his job as a police officer. In his neighbor's apartment, a murder occurs under mysterious circumstances. - "The Man with the Mask". 1975. Wallander is a little older and married a friend. Linda was born to them. Walking into a grocery store on Christmas Day, he is caught in a robbery, a woman saleswoman is killed. - "The Man at the Beach". 1987. Kurt is on the verge of divorce. Moves to Ystad. Investigates the death of a taxi passenger, whom the taxi driver picked up on the beach, but dropped off already dead. - "The Death of the Photographer". April 1988. Kurt investigates the death of a photographer. - "The Pyramid". December 1989. Wallander is divorced. Investigates two crimes - a plane crash of smugglers and the murder of store owners. But unexpectedly he has to fly to Egypt, because his father, who decided to go see the pyramids, ended up in prison there... (Source)