BEFORE THE FROST was an excellent book featuring Linda Wallander as a police cadet who is pulled into searching for her missing friend Anna. The tale is grim and horrific. The Masterpiece Theater version of this book does not even come close to following the book. Instead, we find Linda married and pregnant, with a very minor role, vastly different from the book, which revolved around her character. While I love Branagh's Wallander, the beautiful scenery, etc. this particular episode left me wanting more. Read the book. It was so much better.