The godfather of Swedish crime

Metro

Told with wry humour and compassion, Nesser has four more Barbarotti stories to come — cherish them all

- <i>Daily Mail </i>on <i>The Darkest Day</i>,

A master of suspense

Sunday Times

Se alle

In an exemplary translation by Sarah Death, this tangled tale of guilt and betrayal whets the appetite for translations of the other Barbarotti novels

- <i>Financial Times</i> on <i>The Darkest Day</i>,

One of the best of the Nordic Noir writers

Guardian

One of Sweden's best crime writers

Mail on Sunday

Barbarotti has to disentangle years of bad blood and resentment to get to the heart of a thrillingly complex case

Sunday Times (on The Darkest Day)

Håkan Nesser, 'the Godfather of Swedish Crime' (Metro), is back with the second installment in the Inspector Barbarotti series, The Root of Evil.*Shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association's International Dagger*July 2007. A letter arrives on Inspector Barbarotti’s doorstep detailing a murder that is about to take place in his quiet Swedish town. By the time the police track down the subject of the letter, he is already dead. So when a second letter arrives, then a third, and a fourth, it’s a game of cat and mouse to stop the killer before he can make good on all of his promises. Meanwhile, an anonymous diary is unearthed depicting the incidents of a two week holiday in France five years earlier, and it doesn’t take Barbarotti long to realize the people populating the diary are the ones whose lives are now in the balance . . .Continue the thrilling investigative series with The Secret Life of Mr Roos.'One of the best of the Nordic Noir writers' - Guardian
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The second installment in Håkan Nesser’s Inspector Barbarotti quintet: a series of letters detailing future murders arrives on Inspector Barbarotti’s very own doorstep . . .
The godfather of Swedish crime
The second installment in Hakan Nesser's Inspector Barbarotti quintet: a series of letters detailing future murders arrives on Inspector Barbarotti's very own doorstep...

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781509809394
Publisert
2019-09-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Pan Books
Vekt
406 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
131 mm
Dybde
38 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
608

Forfatter
Oversetter

Om bidragsyterne

Håkan Nesser is one of Sweden’s most popular crime writers, receiving numerous awards for his novels featuring Inspector Van Veeteren, including the European Crime Fiction Star Award (Ripper Award), the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy Prize (three times) and Scandinavia’s Glass Key Award. His Van Veeteren series is published in over twenty-five countries and has sold over 15 million copies worldwide. Håkan Nesser lives in Gotland with his wife, and spends part of each year in the UK.