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Mind's Eye: An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery (Inspector Van Veeteren Mysteries)

2 reviews
Hakan Nesser

Pantheon, 2008

Another Chief Inspector to love!
This is the first in the Inspector Van Veeteren mystery series. It is an intricately plotted mystery with several murder victims, but it is impossible to say more without giving away a major plot development. So if you buy this book, don't read the description given on the inside cover flap. Let me say only this. Chief Inspector Van Veeteren (or "VV" as his colleagues call him) is a character ...

Aterkomsten
Hakan Nesser, 2004

The Return: An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)

7 reviews
Hakan Nesser

Vintage, 2008

Another great Scandinavian writer
Another excellent example of mystery writing that does NOT depend on sex, violence and four letter words to tell a story that keeps you wondering about the outcome. You soon feel you know Van Veeteren and the conditions he works under as if they are old friends. You really feel the chill and damp of Scandinavian winters.

Das grobmaschige Netz.
Hakan Nesser

btb, 1999

Sein letzter Fall
Hakan Nesser

Btb, 2006

The Return: An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery

Pantheon, 2007

The author of Borkmann’s Point spins a story that leaves even the most veteran crime novel readers chilled. A new case for Chief Inspector Van Veeteren – the complicated history of a nearly perfect murder. On a sunny August day a man is released from prison. On a rainy April day children at play find his corpse. The fact that the dead man is Leopold Verhaven only becomes clear after some time because the mutilated corpse is ...

Borkmann's Point: An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery

17 reviews
Hakan Nesser

Vintage, 2007

A witty, atmospheric Scandinavian procedural
Swedish author Hakan Nesser, has his laconic, sardonic series detective, Inspector VanVeeteren, investigate a serial ax murderer in a quiet seaside town, in "Borkmann's Point," winner of the Swedish Crime Writers' Best Novel Award for 1994. Van Veeteren is not feeling his best after a dreary coastal vacation partly spent with his paroled son, and is looking forward to returning to the city ...

Borkmann's Point
Hakan Nesser

MacMillan, 2006

Praise from Sweden for The Van Veeteren Crime Novels: “There is a new star in the crime-writing galaxy. A stylish and enjoyable novel . . . spiced with an understated sense of humor.” – Sydsvenska Dagbladet “With Van Veeteren, Nesser has created a character who has the making of a classic.” – Aftenposten “Nesser has a keen and complete grasp of the art of spinning many threads, pulling them ...