I read this Mankell several years ago and found it to be very good. The tale is believable, centering on the 'coming out' of a sort of peeping Tom quasi psychopath who suffered under his father. It's not a Wallender mystery, and it isn't a great book but it's a very good one. One also gets the right picture of the Baltic Sea, it's not very deep!If you haven't read Firewall and Return of the Dancing Master, then do. I don't recall if I reviewed them but they're exceptional among the Mankell (and all) mystery books.This review was based on the original Swedish 'Djup', the only Mankell I've struggled through in the original language (the Norwegian translations are certainly no worse than second best, and the German translations are also very good).