Bøger af Håkan Nesser

Det er i 1960’erne, og det er sommer i Närke. Det bliver en hård sommer, siger den 14-årige Eriks far. Og det bliver det. Mens faren arbejder, og moren er på hospitalet, skal Erik sammen med sin ti år ældre bror, Henry, freelancejournalist med forfatterambitioner, og sin kammerat, Edmund, tilbringe sommeren i familiens sommerhus, Genesaret. Henry indleder et forhold til Ewa, en blond skønhed, som giver næring til drengenes erotiske drømme, men sommernætternes trylleri bliver brudt. Det Rædselsfulde indtræffer, en skæbnesvanger hændelse, som kaster lange skygger over Genesaret og over byen på sletten, over Eriks fremtid og de mennesker han elsker."Det er eminent godt skrevet. Man læser på en gang åndeløst og samtidig med et paradoksalt ønske om at forhale det hele. Det er svært at holde mund, men her er det altså nødvendigt: Man bør unde sig selv at læse “Kim Novak badede aldrig ved Genesaret”. Det er sjældent, at det indfølende, det psykologiske, det sproglige og det spændingsmæssige element går så smukt op som her hos Håkan Nesser.Berlingske TidendeDet ligner en kriminalroman – med en gåde, som det er overladt til læseren at løse. Men det er i lige så høj grad en fortælling om, hvordan to drenge i nogle få sommeruger bliver voksne.WeekendavisenDet er en meget smuk skildring, som Nesser bør høste stor aner­ken­delse for.JydskeVestkysten

Det begynder i 1969. Seks unge mennesker kommer til Uppsala. Omstændighederne fører dem sammen, og de udvikler en slags venskab. De danner par, drikker vin og diskuterer Gud, livet og kærligheden. Men en bustur til Østeuropa får konsekvenser for alle, og da Uppsala-tiden er ovre, er det også slut med så meget andet. En menneskealder senere finder man docent Germund Grooth død neden for en skrænt i skovene uden for Kymlinge. En gammel dødeskrænt ifølge folketroen – og nøjagtig det sted, hvor hans kæreste, Maria, en af de unge Uppsala-studerende, døde 35 år tidligere. Dengang blev dødsfaldet kategoriseret som en ulykke, men Gunnar Barbarotti og Eva Backman vægrer sig ved at tro, at også det nye dødsfald skyldes en ulykke. DE ENSOMME er fjerde bog om vicekriminalkommissær Gunnar Barbarotti, en bog hvor han møder en ny slags alvor og tvinges til at revurdere mange ting. I særdeleshed den der gamle overenskomst med Vorherre."Ikke en side for meget."Jyllands-Posten"En blændende krimi, man bare bliver suget mere og mere ind i."Børsen"En af de få, unikke svenske krimiforfattere, som ikke synger tenor i det Sjöwall og Wahlööske krimikor, er Håkan Nesser."Ekstra Bladet"Det er et smukt skæbne-tæppe, Håkan Nesser har vævet denne gang. Også."Weekendavisen"En fantastisk roman, der ikke kun bør tiltrække krimielskere, men som alle, der holder af en veldrejet historie, vil sluge råt."Vejle Amts Folkeblad"Få skriver som Nesser så letflydende, og du farer gennem siderne. 500 sider – og ikke en for meget ... Du er grusomt godt underholdt. Fremragende!"Nordjyske Stiftstidende"Når døden gestaltes på skrift af en fremragende forfatter som HåkanNesser, bliver den ikke bare et spørgsmål om at opklare et mord. Denbliver også et spørgsmål om at opklare, hvad livet egentlig går ud på."Fyens Stiftstidende

Børn bør ikke dø før deres forældre. Men af og til går det ikke, som det skal: en mørk vej, en beruset bilist, en ung mand, der dør – og så ruller begivenhederne i Maardam som kuglerne på et billardbord. For bilisten er alt med ét slag ændret, og han drives ud i et desperat forsøg på at nulstille sin handling.Kriminalkommissær Reinhart og hans hold ved politiet i Maardam må kontakte deres tidligere kollega Van Veeteren, der på tragisk vis er indblandet i sagen.CARAMBOLE er syvende, selvstændige bind i Håkan Nessers mesterlige serie om Van Veeteren, der nu er blevet antikvarboghandler, og hans tidligere kolleger på politistationen i Maardam."Håkan Nesser skriver i ”Carambole” med artistisk nerve, barok replik- og situationshumor, dyb medfølelse med de af tilfældet ind i forbrydelse pryglede hunde, og skarp smerte på ofrenes vegne. Kortfattet, socio-filosofisk prægnant, og med et stædigt håb på anstændighedens vegne. [..]Helt fortjent at romanen vandt ”Glasnøglen” som bedste nordiske kriminalroman 1999."Peter Kirkegaard, Information"Håkan Nesser har som i sine tidligere bøger læseren i sin hule hånd."Horsens Folkeblad"[En] imponerende dygtighed og finesse."Lars Ole Sauerberg, Jyllandsposten

"Nesser is one of the foremost Swedish crime authors." The TimesSweden in the '60s. Erik and his friend Edmund spend their vacation by a forest lake daydreaming about Ewa, a young substitute teacher with an uncanny resemblance to the actress Kim Novak. The boys are having the time of their lives until a shocking discovery disrupts their world. Twenty-five years later, Erik comes across a newspaper article about unsolved crimes and is overwhelmed by memories and questions from that summer of his youth. What actually happened back then? The Summer of Kim Novak has all the tension and mystery of Nesser's world-famous thrillers, combined with a coming-of-age tale of remarkable psychological precision.

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 . . .

De fem fortællinger i Fra doktor Klimkes horisont handler på en eller anden måde alle om døden. De skildrer mennesker, der rammes af det uforudsete: Sproglæreren, der får en håndskrevet meddelelse fra en kvinde, som har været død i tredive år, forfatteren, der rejser til Venedig og drages ind i et elskende pars selvmordspagt, den jaloux historieprofessor, der beslutter sig for at tage livet af sin hustrus elsker ... Fortællingerne præges af den helt særlige Nesser’ske stemning, og læseren inviteres på en rejse gennem navn­løse europæiske byer, hvor ingenting er, som det ser ud til at være.Vidunderligt ondskabsfuld ... Gang på gang trækker Håkan Nesser tæppet væk under sine personer - og læseren.Ekstra BladetFra doktor Klimkes horisont anbefales de, der endnu ikke har fået øjnene op for et klogt, dygtigt erindrende, klogt reflekterende og underfundigt forfatterskab - der både består af selvstændige romaner og af to krimiserier med henholdsvis Van Veeteren og Barbarotti.Fyens StiftstidendeFra doktor Klimkes horisont har både noget for den, der bare vil læse en god historie, og for den, der har lyst til et kig ind i forfatterens værksted. Denne anmelder kunne ikke lade være med at tænke på den russisk-amerikanske forfatter Vladimir Nabokov under læsningen.Jyllands-Posten

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 . . .

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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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.

A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . . Van Veeteren faces a chilling case in Hakan Nesser's Hour of the Wolf, the seventh book to feature Chief Inspector Van Veeteren. In the dead of night, in the pouring rain, a drunk driver smashes his car into a young man. He abandons the body at the side of the road, but the incident will set in motion a chain of events which will change his life forever. Soon Chief Inspector Van Veeteren, now retired from the Maardam police force, will face his greatest trial yet as someone close to him is, inexplicably, murdered. Van Veeteren's former colleagues, desperate for answers, struggle to decipher the clues to this appalling crime. But when another body is discovered, it gradually becomes clear that this killer is acting on their own terrifying logic . . .Hour of the Wolf is followed by book eight in the series, The Weeping Girl.

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.

Øen Manhatten ved Hudsonflodens munding er formodentlig verdens mest tætbefolkede om­råde. Den rummer også flere historier og fortællinger end noget andet sted. Ormene på Carmine Street er en af dem. Romanen befolkes af synske forfattere, stjålne verse­linjer, betydningstunge løgne, adskilte ­elskende, hunde, der giver håb, og privatdetektiver. Den handler om at lede efter et forsvundet barn og om at blive ført bag lyset af tvingende omstændigheder. Ormene på Carmine Street er en kærlighedsroman med forhindringer."Håkan Nesser kan om nogen skildre familieliv, der går skævt. [...] Det er et strindbergsk kammerspil med okkulte overtoner og hårdkogt udgang. Tilfældet spiller ind i en grad, der ville gøre det hele ganske utroværdigt, hvis ikke Nesser skrev så godt.Bo Bjørnvig, WeekendavisenNesser blander eksistentiel tvivl, litterær refleksion og New York-skildring op med kriminalgåden. Det lykkes ganske fint.Per Krogh Hansen, Berlingske TidendeOrmene på Carmine Street er en intens og foruroligende fortælling der fanger læseren ind i sit langsomt stigende spændingsniveau. Og så er Nesser en ganske suveræn ordkunstner. [...]. Et usædvanligt fængende krimimysterie og kærlighedsdrama. Bogvægten.dkHåkan Nessers seneste krimi er et smukt lille stykke parforholdsteater forklædt som spændingslitteratur i litterære gevandter.Meget moderne, men altså også uhyre vellykket. [...]ekstremt læseværdige romanpause i serien om den gode Gunnar Barbarotti…Henrik Palle, PolitikenHåkan Nesser er, ved vi fra tidligere, en fremragende forfatter, med sikker sans for en god historie og en stilistisk evne, der alene gør ham værd at læse.Lars Ole Sauerberg, JyllandspostenOrmene på Carmine Street er som de fleste af Nessers værker velfortalt og vidunderligt velskrevet.[...]Langt højere litterær kvalitet end så meget andet krimi.Mette Højbjerg, InformationDer er få, der som svenske Håkan Nesser kan undersøge det moderne parforholds anatomi med sin på en gang afdæmpede og samtidigt præcise prosa, hvor et ord, en vending, et ansigtsudtryk bliver gjort genstand for grundig analyse. Det er blændende gjort… da afsløringerne kommer til sidst,kommer de både overraskende og forløsende.Bent Stenbakken, Nordjyske StiftstidendeMan mærker, at sproget og dialogerne er velovervejet, og det er med til at give en god læseoplevelse.Specielt den sidste del af bogen er rigtig spændende, og det er meget svært at lægge den fra sig. Kan du lide en stille og velskrevet bog, hvor handlingen skrider langsomt frem, så kan denne anbefales.bogrummet.dkOrmene på Carmine Street er en intens og foruroligende fortælling der fanger læseren ind i sit langsomt stigende spændingsniveau. Og så er Nesser en ganske suveræn ordkunstner. [...]Et usædvanligt fængende krimimysterie og kærlighedsdrama.Jan Vandall, Bogvægten.dk

Maertens. Det har været hans navn i mange år nu, så mange at han aldrig mere tænker over, at han engang hed noget andet. Han er 54 år og er begyndt at tabe kontrollen over sit liv. Han får telefonopringninger, hvor der bare er tavshed i røret, og den kvinde, han har haft et langvarigt forhold til, har forladt ham. Desuden har han tabt fem skakpartier i træk til sin gode ven Bernard, og en ejendommelig hudforandring breder sig på hans bryst. Noget afgørende er ved at ske. Han aner, at årsagen ligger langt tilbage i tiden. FLUEN OG EVIGHEDEN er en spændingsmættet roman, der belyser spørgsmålet om tilfældighed og personligt valg, og hvad det egentlig er, der bestemmer et menneskes liv.En Nesseraftapning af fineste kvalitet … som når Håkan Nesser er bedst, er der både til hjertet og til hjernen.Jyllands-PostenHistorien om den 54-årige Maertens, der er ved at miste kontrollen over sit liv, hører til den ambitiøse Nessers mest ambitiøse romaner. Første afsnit med skildringen af Maertens og kredsen af halvtabere omkring Freddys Bar er fremragende. I andet afsnit bliver fortidens fortrængte, men skæbnebestemmende begivenheder blotlagt, mens de eksistentielle spørgsmål og hele filosofiens historie mobiliseres.Logikken er bogstavelig talt morderisk.Berlingske TidendeSkarpt tænkt. Cool fortalt. Nesser i det tænksomme hjørne.Ekstra BladetNesser fortæller historien på overbevisende facon, så man som læser sidder med tilbageholdt åndedræt og bladrer ... Fluen og evigheden er ikke en kriminalroman med ambitioner, det er en roman, som formulerer en almen eksistensfilosofisk præmis, som den indløser, inden den til slut slår et smut med halen.Politiken