Hakan Nesser

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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 2006
  • Latest Book:
    September 2022
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Full Series List in Order

An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery

1 - Mind's Eye (Jul-2008)
2 - Borkmann's Point (Mar-2006)
3 - The Return (Mar-2007)
4 - Woman with Birthmark (Apr-2009)
5 - The Inspector and Silence (Jun-2011)
6 - Munster's Case (Aug-2012)
7 - Hour of the Wolf (Jan-2016)

Book List in Order: 20 titles

  • Borkmann's Point

    An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery - 2

    Internationally bestselling author Häkan Nesser makes his U.S. debut with this riveting tale of murder and suspense that reveals the deep humanity of the characters portrayed even as it sends chills up the spine. Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is ca...

  • The Return

    An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery - 3

    A new case for Chief Inspector Van Veeteren -- the complicated history of a nearly perfect murder. On a sunny August day a man is released from prison. On a rainy April day children at play find his corpse. The fact that the dead man is Leopold Ver...

  • Mind's Eye

    An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery - 1

    The swift conviction left Van Veeteren uneasy: Janek Mitter woke one morning with a brutal hangover and his wife dead in the bathtub. With only the flimsiest defense, he is found guilty and committed to a mental institution. But when Mitter is murder...

  • Woman with Birthmark

    An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery - 4

    A mother's dying wish sealed with a deadly promise. Four men with a secret they thought they'd buried decades ago. A detective in love. A man desperate to live despite the shadow of his guilty past. After hearing her mother's deathbed confession a...

  • The Inspector and Silence

    An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery - 5

    It's a sweltering summer in Sweden and Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is long overdue for a holiday when a secretive and dubious religious sect comes under investigation. One of its members, a girl on the cusp of adolescence, is found dead in the fores...

  • The Unlucky Lottery

    This book is in excellent condition. It is very clean and has clearly been well maintained and well looked after thus far. The cover is pristine and shows minimal wear from being shelved and handled. Pages are crisp, clean, smooth and bright with no ...

  • Munster's Case

    An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery - 6

    Intendent MĂĽnster, Inspector Van Veeteren’s right-hand man, and his beguiling colleague Ewa Moreno take center stage in the latest shocking thriller in HĂĄkan Nesser’s internationally bestselling series. The final day of Waldemar Leverkuhnâ€...

  • The Weeping Girl

    Paperback. Pub Date :2013-10-10 Pages: 288 Language: English 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...

  • The Strangler's Honeymoon

    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 fou...



  • The G File

  • A Summer With Kim Novak

  • Hour of the Wolf

    An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery - 7

    It starts with a drunk man killing a boy as he hits him with his car. Thinking no one has seen him, he feels he's off the hook. Until he receives a message telling him that the sender knows what he's done and unless he pays him ransom, to be left in ...

  • The Living and the Dead in Winsford

  • The Darkest Day

    The Darkest Day is the first novel in the five part Inspector Barbarotti series from renowned Swedish crime author Hakan Nesser.It's December in the quiet Swedish town of Kymlinge, and the Hermansson family are gathering to celebrate a big family bir...

  • The Root of Evil

    Hakan Nesser, 'the Godfather of Swedish Crime' (Metro), is back with the second installment in the Inspector Barbarotti series, The Root of Evil.*Shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association's International Dagger *July 2007. A letter arrives on In...

  • Intrigo

    For fans of Scandinavian crime, Intrigo is the gripping collection of Hakan Nesser's best novellas and short stories, three of which have been adapted into major motion pictures.Set in the fictional city of Maardam, each story is linked by themes of ...

  • The Summer of Kim Novak

    In this brilliant Swedish thriller and sensitive coming-of-age story, a traumatic event shatters the summer of two boys in love with their young teacher.“Nesser sensitively probes the agonies and ecstasies of adolescence, making this an exquisite e...

  • The Secret Life of Mr Roos

  • The Lonely Ones



  • The Axe Woman

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Hakan Nesser has published 20 books.

Hakan Nesser does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Axe Woman, was published in September 2022.

The first book by Hakan Nesser, Borkmann's Point, was published in March 2006.

Yes. Hakan Nesser has 1 series.
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