As the story opens, the inspector is in the hospital having surgery. Fiction star award, the swedish crime writers academy prize for best crime novel three times. The successful writing career of nesser can be understood from the fact that he has won the best. The book begins with van veeteren on a seaside vacation, and the fairly explosive information that his son is also. Only the return and the minds eye will be discussed. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. He has won best swedish crime novel award three times, and his novel carambole won the prestigious glass key award in 2000. In 1993 he was awarded the swedish crime writers academy prize for new authors for his novel minds eye, and is the only author to have won the academys best novel award three times. He is best known for his inspector van veeteren series. Borkmanns point 2006, full of fascinating, quirky characters and vivid settings, introduces the chessplaying inspector van veeteren and marks the uk debut of hakan nesser, a chilling new voice in crime fiction. The novel is set in the early 1990s when chief inspector van veeteren, a 30year veteran of police work who appreciates fine food and drink. An inspector van veeteren mystery is a swedish import by hakan nesser. Synopsis a swedish crime writer as thrilling as mankell, a detective as compelling as wallander.
Buy borkmanns point the van veeteren series by hakan nesser from amazons fiction books store. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases. Borkmanns point is the second novel in the inspector van veeteren series of hakan nesser and whilst not bringing anything too remarkable to the table in police procedural terms, it epitomises the dry humour that is synonymous with the lead character and brings van veeterens mental dexterity to bear in the sleepy coastal town of kaalbringen. An inspector van veeteren mystery 2 ebook written by hakan nesser. Usually i like some meat on the bones, but these spare novels about a cynical and dryly bemused detective are just the thing for a reader needing something that just skims along on the top of the story. An excon is murdered by a blow from a very unusual, extremely sharp instrument. Borkmanns point the van veeteren series book 2 ebook. Inspector van veeteren series penguin random house. Synopsis a secluded hut in the middle of the woods. Then theres another murder, and one of van veeterens colleagues, a brilliant young female detective, goes missing perhaps she has reached borkmanns point before anyone else. The local police chief is just days away from retirement and is determined to wrap things up before he goes. Borkmanns point by hakan nesser is the second gripping novel in the thrilling van veeteren series. Borkmanns point refers to an axiom provided to inspector van veeteren.
Borkmanns point is translated from the swedish to the english by laurie thompson. Below is a list of hakan nesser s books in order of when they were first published in english. Hakan nessers books have been translated into more than 25 languages and. A wonderful read with hakan nesser up to his usual high standard. In an interview that the author gave along with the film director, daniel alfredson, he said that it is one of the rare times that the film is equal to the book s quality, so i cant wait to watch the movie trilogy that will be released soon. Below is a list of hakan nesser s inspector van veeteren books in order of when they were originally published which is also their chronological order.
It is set in both sweden and iceland, with van veeteren being portrayed as a cunning. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read borkmanns point. The description of these books is not to give the full details but to show you what you have been missing or what you are just about to enjoy if you newly acquired any of them. Hakan nesser, the godfather of swedish crime his van veeteren novels have a. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading borkmanns point the van veeteren series book 2. Hakan nesser born 21 february 1950 is a swedish author and teacher who has written a number of successful novels, mostly but not only crime fiction. He has won best swedish crime novel award three times, and his novel. His novels, mostly depict crime fiction plots and have been quite popular all over the world. Hakan nesser on his new detective series pan macmillan. Basically, the point is that in an investigation, there comes a time when there is enough information gathered to solve the crime. International bestseller internationally bestselling author hakan.
In 1999 he was awarded the crime writers of scandinavias glass. Borkmanns point is the first van veeteren mystery to be translated into english, but its not the first in the series, and though it stands on its own theres obviously already some background about the chief inspector that readers are missing. Hour of the wolf is followed by book eight in the series, the weeping girl. Buy a discounted paperback of borkmanns point online from australias leading online bookstore. This is not flashy business, no fist fights nor jumping from roof tops, just mood, clever plotting and likeable characters. Minds eye 1993 this is the debut novel in the series. Hakan nesser made his debut in his native language of swedish in 1988, but got his first novel translated into english in 2006, which was borkmanns point. Borkmanns point inspector van veeteren mystery by nesser, hkan, nesser, hakan and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Hakan grew up in kumla, sweden, but lived in uppsala for many years until moving to new york city and then to london.
This is the first book that was authored by hakan nesser in this series. International bestseller internationally bestselling author hakan nesser makes his u. His books have been translated from swedish into numerous languages. Hakan nesser is a well known swedish author and a teacher by profession, who has written a number of successful novels in the mystery and thriller genres. Booktopia has borkmanns point, the van veeteren series by hakan nesser. His books have been translated from swedish into more than twenty languages. Hakan nesser s inspector van veeteren series began in english with borkmanns point in 2006. Borkmanns point the van veeteren series book 2 kindle. Hakan nesser is a swedish author and teacher who has written a number of successful crime fiction novels. When we reach that point, we already know enough to solve the case by means of nothing more than some decent thinking.
Each new book in the van veeteren series seems even better then the last. Author hakan nessers complete list of books and series in order, with the. He has won best swedish crime novel award three times, and his novel carambole won the glass key award in 2000. In addition to the popular van veeteren series, his other books include the. The return is the second book at least in the us by hakan nesser, and continues the story of inspector van veeteren, a very wise detective who has pretty much seen it all. An inspector van veeteren mystery hakan nesser, author, laurie thompson, translator, trans. Booktopia borkmanns point, the van veeteren series by. Here are 2 of hakan nesser s best books in the inspector van veeteren crime series. Nesser lives in sweden and has set his book in a fictitious small scandinavian town. In every investigation, he maintained, there comes a point beyond which we dont really need any more information. If you have not sampled and love a murder mystery i can not recommend too highly. Go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store coupons. The second in the swedish inspector van veeteren series, and its really growing on me. Very unusually i did guess denouement before the end but it did not affect my enjoyment one jot.
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