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Adalbert Hanzon er 73 år da han bestemmer seg for å skrive sin selvbiografi. Ideen kommer naturligvis ikke ut av intet. Årsaken er at han har sett en kvinne på apoteket og tror han kjenner henne igjen. Den aldrende mannen ser tilbake på livet som kanskje ikke var så mye å glede seg over. Han nyter friheten etter en lang fengselsstraff, dømt for en forbrytelse han selv ikke var til stede under. Hvis kvinnen han så på apoteket er den han tror, kan saken kanskje få sin oppklaring. De eneste som kan hjelpe ham med å finne ut hva som skjedde for et halvt århundre siden, er irriterende nok hans småsinte nabo Henry samt en prateglad kusine som prøver å tvinge ham til å mosjonere. Halvmorderen er en fornøyelig spenningsroman fra Håkan Nesser der mord, skam, skyld og kjærlighet er ingrediensene.

Fem historier fra den svenske mesteren. I Intrigo er noen av Håkan Nessers - en av Sveriges mest elskede fortellere - beste romaner og noveller samlet i ett bind: Rein, Kjære Agnes, Villrosen fra Samaria og Alle opplysninger i saken. Dessuten den nyskrevne kortromanen Tom. Historiene utspiller seg i og rundt den fiktive byen Maardam og kretser alle rundt temaer som flukt, skyld, hevn, forsoning og hemmeligheter som kommer opp til overflaten. Boken knytter an til de tre filmene i INTRIGO-trilogien, internasjonale storfilmer regissert av Dan Alfredson og med blant annet Ben Kingsley og Tuva Novotny i rollene.

En klassisk spenningsroman fra Håkan NesserHåkan Nesser, en av svensk litteraturs store fortellere.Leon har mistet sin kone og datter i en båtulykke utenfor østkysten av Afrika, der de var på ferie. For å få en ny start i livet flytter han til den lille byen K, der han får jobb på den videregående skolen. Han overtar stillingen etter lektor Kallmann, som har lidd en mistenkelig død. Hvem var han egentlig? Var dødsfallet en ulykke? Hvordan går det med etterforskningen? Det er en tid med fremmedfrykt og fiendtlighet. Hakekors tegnes på skolens vegger. Det skrives hatbrev. Og i en skrivebordsskuff finner noen lektor Kallmanns etterlatte dagbøker. Eugen Kallmanns øyne er en klassisk spenningsroman fra Håkan Nesser. Bøkene hans er blitt oversatt til over 30 språk og har til sammen solgt i cirka 15 millioner eksemplarer.

Adapted for a trilogy of films, Intrigo is a collection of novellas and short stories from the master of Nordic Noir, Hakan Nesser.

Åttende bok om politietterforsker Gunnar Barbarotti.Det er jul, pandemiåret 2020, og den kjente kunstneren Ludvig Rute inviterer alle søsknene sine til julefeiring i det avsidesliggende Sillingbo, til tross for alle restriksjoner. Det er noe han vil fortelle dem. De har ikke sett hverandre på mange år, og stemningen er spent. Det blir ikke bedre av at det skjer et mord på julaften.Paret Barbarotti-Backman får saken og begynner etterforskningen som i snøvær og pandemiens skyggeside nesten minner om en gammel britisk krimfortelling. I alle fall innledningsvis. Spørsmålet er om det finnes en ekstern gjerningsmann, eller kan det være en i familien?Det kom et brev fra München er den åttende boken om politietterforsker Gunnar Barbarotti og hans samboer Eva Backman.

Forfatter sporløst forsvunnet.«Herr Franzén, jeg har nettopp lest en bok der De beskriver et perfekt drap. Og vet De hva, jeg fikk nesten en følelse av at De har utført det. Er det en riktig antagelse?»Slik begynner forfatter John Leander Franzéns verste mareritt. Han er invitert til bokkveld på et bibliotek på et lite sted i Midt-Sverige, da en kvinne reiser seg og stiller nettopp dette spørsmålet. Etter nok et bibliotekbesøk, i Kymlinge, forsvinner forfatteren sporløst. Et par dager i forveien har han sendt et uferdig manus til forleggeren sin i Stockholm, En litterats siste dager og død.Ettersom forsvinningen skjer i Kymlinge, er det Gunnar Barbarotti som får i oppdrag å samarbeide med Stockholmspolitiet om å oppklare saken.Sjakk under vulkanen er den syvende boken om politietterforsker Gunnar Barbarotti - en stemningsfull spenningsroman.

The Lonely Ones follows the mystery of two couples who die thirty-five years apart in the exact same spot.

Dette er den fjerde boken med kriminalbetjent Gunnar Barbarotti. Seks unge mennesker kommer i 1969 til Uppsala for å studere. En sommerreise i Øst-Europa forandrer forholdet mellom dem for alltid, og da Uppsala-tiden tar slutt, har også noe annet tatt slutt. En menneskealder senere blir en dosent i Lund funnet død nedenfor et stup i skogen utenfor Kymlinge. Ifølge folketroen er det en gammel ættestupe. Det var nøyaktig på dette stedet en av de unge Uppsala-studentene døde 35 år tidligere. Gunnar Barbarotti stilles overfor en ny form for alvor og tvinges til å revurdere mange ting i tilværelsen - ikke minst den gamle overenskomsten med Vår Herre.

Dette er den tredje boken med kriminalbetjent Gunnar Barbarotti. Ante Valdemar Roos, 59 år gammel økonom med et uhyre kjedelig liv, og Anna Gambowska, 20 år gammel eks-narkoman. Begge har lagt ut på flukt, først fra sine nære relasjoner, så som mordmistenkte. Gunnar Barbarotti, denne gangen med gips, lever stadig et privatliv som byr på utfordringer.

En beruset bilist kjører i hjel en ung gutt. I ly av regn og mørke stikker han av fra åstedet. Da mannen begynner å få hendelsen på avstand, mottar han et brev som gjør det klart at han ikke er alene med sin hemmelighet. Utpresserens pris for å tie er til å bære økonomisk, men mannen holder ikke ut tanken på å miste kontrollen over tilværelsen. Det får fatale følger.

Dette er den første boken med kriminalbetjent Gunnar Barbarotti.Det er desember i Kymlinge. Familien Hermansson samles for å feire 105-årsdag: Pappa Karl-Erik fyller 65, den eldste datteren Ebba fyller 40. Men ingenting går som planlagt. Natten før den store dagen forsvinner Robert, sønnen i familien. Neste natt forsvinner Ebbas sønn Henrik. Er det tilfeldig at to mennesker fra samme familie forsvinner med ett døgns mellomrom? Finnes det en sammenheng? For å løse gåten med hva som hendte disse desembernettene, må Gunnar Barbarotti avdekke mørke hemmeligheter i en familie som viser seg å være ganske dysfunksjonell.

Dette er den femte og siste boka om Gunnar Barbarotti.

Gunnar Barbarotti blir privatdetektiv på Gotland. Gunnar Barbarotti og Eva Backman er begge politietterforskere i Kymlinge. De er også blitt et par. Etter en skyteepisode under en politiaksjon bestemmer Barbarotti og Backman seg for å ta permisjon et par måneder og får låne et hus på Gotland. De går turer i det flotte landskapet, drikker vin, spiser gode middager og leser bøker. Alt er fryd og gammen til de under en spasertur møter en mann på en rød sykkel. Mannen hilser kort før han sykler videre. Gunnar Barbarotti synes han kjenner ham igjen, syklisten ligner veldig på bussjåføren Albin Runge, som ble koblet til en politisak for mange år siden. Problemet med Runge er at han er antatt død etter å ha blitt kastet av Gotlandsfergen på åpent hav - men kroppen ble aldri funnet.

Et stjernemøte mellom de folkekjære politietterforskerne Van Veeteren og Gunnar BarbarottiDa Marten og Reimus gikk på barneskolen dannet de De venstrehendtes forening. Flere tiår senere brenner et gammelt pensjonat ned til grunnen og flere mennesker omkommer. Hendelser i fortiden og nåtiden henger sammen, men det finnes ingen igjen i live som kan forklare hvordan.Nesten ingen. Det har gått femten år siden den siste boken om Van Veeteren utkom, og seks år siden den forrige boken om Gunnar Barbarotti.I De venstrehendtes forening møtes de for første gang. «Snart 69 år gamle Håkan Nesser er som vellagret vin av den riktige sorten: Han blir bare bedre med årene.» Sindre Hovdenakk, VG «Når Håkan Nesser er i toppform, er det få som matcher ham som spenningsforfatter.» Ole Jacob Hoel, Adresseavisen «Intrigen er fengende, stadig nye spørsmål krever sitt svar. Men den er ikke det viktigste. Hos Nesser kommer alltid menneskene først.» Fredrik Wandrup, Dagbladet«Nesser skriver med en tilbakelent, nesten munter eleganse som nyansert tegner lesernes bilder av hendelser og mennesker, gjennom klare bilder og fint skrevne dialoger. De venstrehendtes forening må være Håkan Nessers fineste arbeid på lenge. Og dessuten spennende - hvis det ikke gikk frem.» Leif Ekle, NRK

The Lonely Ones follows the mystery of two couples who die thirty-five years apart in the exact same spot.

A man starts a double life after a secret lottery win. But he cant know just how sour his new life will turn . . .

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 . . .

Fourteen-year old Erik and his friend Edmund spend their summer holidays by a Swedish lake, day-dreaming about Ewa, a young teacher with a stunning resemblance to the actress Kim Novak. They have a great time, until the Incident happens and everything changes. Twenty-five years later, Erik comes across the case in an article about unsolved crimes and is overwhelmed by his memories of those months. What happened back then?

Winner of the Rosenkrantz Award for Best Thriller of the YearFrom the bestselling, award-winning Swedish author Hakan Nesser, The Living and the Dead in Winsford is a gripping and deeply atmospheric psychological thriller set on Exmoor.There is nobody in the world who knows that we are here . . .A woman arrives in the village of Winsford on Exmoor. She has travelled a long way and chosen her secluded cottage carefully. Maria's sole intention is to outlive her beloved dog Castor. And to survive the torrent of memories that threaten to overwhelm her. Weeks before, Maria and her husband Martin fled Stockholm under a cloud. The couple were bound for Morocco, where Martin planned to write an explosive novel; one that would reveal the truth behind dark events within his commune of writers decades before. But the couple never made it to their destination.As Maria settles into her lonely new life, walking the wild, desolate moors, it becomes clear that Winsford isn't quite the sanctuary she thought it would be. While the long, dark evenings close in and the weather worsens, strange things begin to happen around her. But what terrible secrets is Maria guarding? And who is trying to find her?A haunting, masterly unravelling of a dreadful crime, in The Living and the Dead in Winsford, Hakan Nesser, the bestselling, award-winning author of the Van Veeteren series, tightens the tension like a noose . . .

A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . . A dark and sinister case from the past comes back to haunt Chief Inspector Van Veeteren in the final novel in the Van Veeteren series, The G File by Hakan Nesser.1987. Verlangan, a former cop turned private detective is hired by a woman to follow her husband Jaan 'G' Hennan. A few days later, his client is found dead at the bottom of an empty swimming pool.Maardam police, led by Chief Inspector Van Veeteren, investigate the case. Van Veeteren has encountered Jaan 'G' Hennan before and knows only too well the man's dark capabilities. As more information emerges about G's shadowy past, the Chief Inspector becomes more desperate than ever to convict him. But G has a solid alibi - and no one else can be found in relation to the crime.2002. Fifteen years have passed and the G File remains the one case former Chief Inspector Van Veeteren has never been able to solve. But when Verlangan's daughter reports the private detective missing, Van Veeteren returns to Maardam CID once more. For all Verlangan left behind was a cryptic note; and a telephone message in which he claimed to have finally discovered the proof of G's murderous past . . .

A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . . The Strangler's Honeymoon is the penultimate gripping Scandinavian crime thriller in the Van Veeteren series by Hakan Nesser.Desperately lonely, sixteen-year-old Monica Kammerle has little idea of what she is getting herself into when she begins an affair with her mother's latest partner; the sophisticated Benjamin Kerran . . . Months later, when a woman's strangled body is found, the Maardam police must discover who has committed this terrible crime. It isn't long before they realize the perpetrator may have killed before - and is likely to do so again. Meanwhile former Chief Inspector Van Veeteren finds himself drawn into the mystery when a priest, who has learned dreadful secrets, appeals to him for help. But when the priest falls beneath the wheels of a train and the police find more dead-ends than leads, it seems Van Veeteren will have to come up with a new approach to unearth this dark serial killer. Before he chooses his next victim . . .The Strangler's Honeymoon is followed by the tenth and final Van Veeteren novel, The G File.

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 Hakan Nesser's Van Veeteren series, The Unlucky Lottery. Four friends celebrate winning the lottery. Just hours later, one of them - Waldemar Leverkuhn - is found in his home, stabbed to death. With Chief Inspector Van Veeteren on sabbatical, working in a second hand bookshop, the case is assigned to Inspector Munster. But when another member of the lottery group disappears, as well as Leverkuhn's neighbour, Munster appeals to Van Veeteren for assistance. Soon Munster will find himself interviewing the Leverkuhn family, including the eldest - Irene - a resident of a psychiatric clinic. And as he delves deeper into the family's history, he will discover dark secrets and startling twists, which not only threaten the clarity of the case - but also his life . . .The Unlucky Lottery is followed by the seventh book in the series, Hour of the Wolf.

A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . . Hakan Nesser's astonishingly successful Van Veeteren series continues with the eighth book, The Weeping Girl.Winnie Maas died because she changed her mind . . . A community is left reeling after a teacher - Arnold Maager - is convicted of murdering his female pupil Winnie Maas. It seems the girl had been pregnant with Maager's child. Years later, on her eighteenth birthday, Maager's daughter Mikaela finally learns the terrible truth about her father. Desperate for answers, Mikaela travels to the institution at Lejnice, where Maager has been held since his trial. But soon afterwards she inexplicably vanishes. Detective Inspector Ewa Moreno from the Maardam Police is on holiday in the area when she finds herself drawn into the case of Mikaela's disappearance. But before she can make any headway in the investigation, Maager himself disappears - and then a body is found. It will soon become clear to Ewa that only unravelling the events of the past will unlock this dark mystery . . .The Weeping Girl is followed by book nine in the series, The Strangler's Honeymoon.

A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . . Hakan 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 of Sorbinowo, Sergeant Merwin Kluuge's tranquil existence is shattered when he receives a phone call from an anonymous woman. She tells him that a girl has gone missing from the summer camp of the mysterious The Pure Life, a religious sect buried deep in the woods. Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is recruited to help solve the mystery. But Van Veeteren's investigations at The Pure Life go nowhere fast. The strange priest-like figure who leads the sect - Oscar Yellineck - refuses even to admit anyone is missing. Things soon take a sinister turn, however, when a young girl's body is discovered in the woods, raped and strangled; and Yellineck himself disappears. Yet even in the face of these new horrors, the remaining members of the sect refuse to co-operate with Van Veeteren, remaining largely silent. As the body count rises, a media frenzy descends upon the town and the pressure to find the monster behind the murders weighs heavily on the investigative team. Finally Van Veeteren realizes that to solve this disturbing case, faced with silence and with few clues to follow, he has only his intuition to rely on . . .The Inspector and Silence is followed by the sixth book in the series, The Unlucky Lottery.

A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . . Woman with Birthmark by Hakan 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 thing that warms her is the thought of the revenge she will soon take . . . Then a middle-aged man is killed at his home, shot twice in the chest and twice below the belt. He had recently received a series of bizarre phone calls where an old song is played down the line - evoking an eerie sense of both familiarity and unease. Before the police can find the culprit, a second man is killed in the same way. Chief Inspector Van Veeteren and his team must dig far back into each man's past - but with few clues at each crime scene, can they find the killer before anyone else dies?Woman with Birthmark is followed by the fifth book in the series, The Inspector and Silence.

A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . . Borkmann's Point by Hakan Nesser is the second gripping novel in the thrilling Van Veeteren series.'Borkmann's rule was hardly a rule; in fact, it was more of a comment, a landmark for tricky cases . . . In every investigation, he maintained, there comes a point beyond which we don't really need any more information. When we reach that point, we already know enough to solve the case by means of nothing more than some decent thinking.' Two men are brutally murdered with an axe in the quiet coastal town of Kaalbringen and Chief Inspector Van Veeteren, bored on holiday nearby, is summoned to assist the local authorities. The local police chief, just days away from retirement, is determined to wrap things up before he goes. But there is no clear link between the victims. Then one of Van Veeteren's colleagues, a brilliant young female detective, goes missing - perhaps she has reached Borkmann's Point before anyone else . . .Borkmann's Point is followed by the third title in the series, The Return.

A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . . Hakan 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 rotting carpet by a young child playing in a local beauty spot. Missing head and limbs, the torso is too badly decomposed for forensic identification - bar one crucial detail . . . Circumstantial evidence soon points to a local man, a double murderer who disappeared nine months before, shortly after being released on parole; a local hero turned monster after being convicted of killing two women over a span of three decades. Recuperating after an operation, Van Veeteren is nevertheless directing investigations from his hospital bed, for he is convinced that only the innocence of this new victim can be the motive for his murder. But the two women have been dead for long enough for any evidence to have died with them . . . And is he simply on the wrong track completely?The Return is followed by the fourth title in the series, Woman with Birthmark.