The first novel in the internationally acclaimed Inspector Van Veeteren series
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The first novel in the internationally acclaimed Inspector Van Veeteren series
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"'Don't you see,' he'd have liked to ask her, 'don't you see, that if only you'd told me everything that first time we could have saved a life? Possibly two...'"Janek Mitter stumbles into his bathroom one morning after a night of heavy drinking, to find his beautiful young wife, Eva, floating dead in the bath. She has been brutally murdered. Yet even during his trial Mitter cannot summon a single memory of attacking Eva, nor a clue as to who could have killed her if he had not. Only once he has been convicted and locked away in an asylum for the criminally insane does he have a snatch of insight - but is it too late? Drawing a blank after exhaustive interviews, Chief Inspector Van Veeteren remains convinced that something, or someone, in the dead woman's life has caused these tragic events. But the reasons for her speedy remarriage have died with her. And as he delves even deeper, Van Veeteren realises that the past never stops haunting the present...
Critic Reviews
“One of the best of the Nordic Noir writers.”
Guardian
The godfather of Swedish crime. Metro
One of Sweden’s best crime writers. Mail on Sunday
A master of suspense. Sunday Times
About the Author
Håkan Nesser was born in 1950 and is one of Sweden's most popular crime writers, receiving numerous awards for his novels featuring commissioner Van Veeteren. He started writing while working as a teacher. Håkan Nesser lives in Uppsala with his wife and two sons.
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