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.
“Lean, atmospheric and full of existential uncertainty. . . .
Nesser isn't interested in life's pretty offerings. His detectives
expect the worst because they have seen the world go wrong too
often.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Snappish, sardonic, unsentimental, depressed, and quite
possibly psychic, Van Veeteren is the most appealingly unlovable
hero since TV's crabby physician House.” —O, The Oprah
Magazine
“In a class of its own. . . . This stunning novel by one of
Sweden's foremost crime writers might have been written as a script
for Alfred Hitchcock.” —The Sunday Times (London)“Mind's Eye
satisfies on every level. It is an intelligently written, cleverly
plotted tale, populated with believable characters. . . . Nesser
was superb right out of the gate.” —BookPage
When Janek Mitter wakes up from a night of too much alcohol and sex, he must break into the locked bathroom, where he finds his wife dead in the bathtub. Suffering from amnesia as a result of his drinking, he falls into a lethargic state that lasts throughout his murder trial, conviction, and imprisonment in a mental hospital. Detective Chief Inspector Van Veeteren launches a new investigation when Mitter is murdered. Finally being published in the United States, this 1993 noir crime novel, set against the bleak, cold backdrop of Maardam, Sweden, launched Nesser's popular police procedurals (The Return; Borkmann's Point). For readers of Henning Mankell and those who remember Per Wahloo and Mai Sjowald. [See Prepub Mystery, LJ 2/1/08.] Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
"Lean, atmospheric and full of existential uncertainty. . . .
Nesser isn't interested in life's pretty offerings. His detectives
expect the worst because they have seen the world go wrong too
often." -Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Snappish, sardonic, unsentimental, depressed, and quite possibly
psychic, Van Veeteren is the most appealingly unlovable hero since
TV's crabby physician House." -O, The Oprah Magazine
"In a class of its own. . . . This stunning novel by one of
Sweden's foremost crime writers might have been written as a script
for Alfred Hitchcock." -The Sunday Times (London)"Mind's
Eye satisfies on every level. It is an intelligently written,
cleverly plotted tale, populated with believable characters. . . .
Nesser was superb right out of the gate." -BookPage
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