Håkan Nesser

Sweden 2012. When Inspector Gunnar Barbarotti returns to work after a terrible personal tragedy his boss asks him to investigate a cold case, hoping to ease him back gently into his police duties. Five years previously a shy electrician, Arnold Morinder, disappeared from the face of the earth...

A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . . The Mind's Eye by Håkan Nesser is the first novel in the stunning Van Veeteren series. Janek Mitter stumbles into his bathroom one morning after a night of heavy drinking, to find his beautiful young...

A woman arrives in the village of Winsford on Exmoor. She has travelled a long way and chosen her secluded cottage carefully....

A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . . Håkan Nesser's The Inspector and Silence is the fifth gripping crime novel in the Van Veeteren series. In the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of heat. In the beautiful forested lake-town...

A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . . Woman with Birthmark by Håkan Nesser is the fourth title in his atmospheric Van Veeteren series. A young woman shivers in the December cold as her mother's body is laid to rest in a cemetery. The only...

For fans of Scandinavian crime, Intrigo is the gripping collection of Håkan Nesser’s best novellas and short stories, three of which have been adapted into major motion pictures. Set in the fictional city of Maardam, each story is linked by themes of secrets coming to light, lies being...

A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . . Håkan Nesser's third title in the Van Veeteren series is the dark and compelling The Return. An unmissable hospital appointment is looming for Inspector Van Veeteren when a corpse is found rolled in a...

A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . . Chief Inspector Van Veeteren delves into a dark family mystery in the sixth book in Håkan Nesser's Van Veeteren series, The Unlucky Lottery. Four friends celebrate winning the lottery. Just hours later...

A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . . Van Veeteren faces a chilling case in Håkan Nesser's Hour of the Wolf, the seventh book to feature Chief Inspector Van Veeteren. In the dead of night, in the pouring rain, a drunk driver smashes his car...

Wer war Eugen Kallmann? Warum musste der beliebte Gesamtschullehrer in der beschaulichen schwedischen Kleinstadt sterben? War es wirklich...

Glückssucher in Berlin. Einen Nobelpreis wird er wohl nicht bekommen. Arne Murberg ist von schlichterem Gemüt. Nach einem Badeunfall in der Kindheit...

Adalbert Hanzon ist 73 Jahre alt, von Vergesslichkeit geplagt und hat mit der Welt abgeschlossen. Bis er in einer Apotheke jene Frau...

Unos días antes de Navidad, la familia Hermansson al completo se reúne para celebrar los sesenta y cinco años de Karl-Erik, un padre encomiable...

Una famiglia modello, gli Hermansson. O quasi. Pochi giorni prima di Natale sono riuniti per festeggiare un centocinquesimo compleanno...

Håkan Nessers neuer Krimi um Intrigen und Mord im schwedischen Literaturbetrieb. Gibt es den perfekten Mord? Die Leser des erfolgreichen ...

Sein persönlichster Fall. Inspektor Barbarotti auf dem Abstellgleis? Als er nach einem persönlichen Schicksalsschlag zum ersten Mal wieder...

Il commissario Van Veeteren, ispettore capo della polizia di Maardam, è finalmente a riposo e non ha intenzione di tornare a fare il...

Wer war Dorflehrer Kallmann wirklich? Nach dem Tod seiner Frau und seiner Tochter kündigt Lehrer Leon Berger seinen Job...

L'été suédois 196… promet d'être beau et chaud. Dans un cadre idyllique - une bicoque familiale au bord d’un lac, à l'orée d'une forêt...

Cent cinq bougies à souffler ! La sainte famille Hermansson est au complet sous le toit parental à Kymlinge, une petite ville de province en Suède...