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Håkan Nesser was born in 1950 in Sweden. In 1993 he was awarded the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy Prize for new authors for his novel Mind’s Eye, and is the only author to have won the Academy’s best novel award three times: in 1994 for Borkmann’s Point; in 1996 for Woman With Birthmark; and in 2007 for A Rather Different Story. In 1999 he was awarded the Crime Writers of Scandinavia’s Glass Key Award for the best crime novel of the year for Carambole. His novels have been published to wide acclaim in twenty-five countries. |
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Foreign Language Study - Swedish; Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction | 978-0-307-38723-3 (0-307-38723-2) | March 2010 | $ 15.00
A mother’s dying wish sealed with a deadly promise. Four men with a secret they thought they’d buried decades ago. A detective in love. A man desperate to live despite the shadow of his guilty past.
After hearing her mother’s deathbed confession and following the dreary funeral, Maria Adler realizes she has... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction | 978-0-307-38722-6 (0-307-38722-4) | June 2009 | $ 14.00
Håkan Nesser is firmly established as one of the world's bestselling crime novelists. And now the novel that introduced Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is available for the first time in English.
The swift conviction left Van Veeteren uneasy: Janek Mitter woke one morning with a brutal hangover and his wife dead in... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | 978-1-4000-3033-0 (1-4000-3033-1) | March 2008 | $ 14.00
Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is forced to unlock the secrets of a nearly perfect murder in this taut psychological thriller.
On a rainy April day, a body—or what is left of it—is found by a young girl. Wrapped in a blanket with no hands, feet, or head, it signals the work of... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | 978-1-4000-3032-3 (1-4000-3032-3) | March 2007 | $ 14.00
Internationally bestselling author Häkan Nesser makes his U.S. debut with this riveting tale of murder and suspense that reveals the deep humanity of the characters portrayed even as it sends chills up the spine.
Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is called to the sleepy coastal town of Kalbringen to assist the local police... Read More