Untitled Nesser (Pb) [Paperback]

Nesser Hakan (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Pan Books (June 12, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0330492780
• ISBN-13: 978-0330492782
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,016,388 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars This Swedish inspector relies on his intuition, May 13, 2010

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Cathy G. Cole (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Untitled Nesser (Pb) (Paperback)

First Line: He woke up and was unable to remember his name.

Nineteen times out of twenty, Inspector Van Veeteren knows when he's looking the perpetrator of a crime in the eye. There are countless tiny "tells" that alert him to a person's innocence or his guilt. When teacher Janek Mitter is sent to prison for the murder of his wife, Eva Ringmar, it turns out that this case was number twenty. When Mitter's memory begins to return, he is murdered before he can reveal the identity of the actual killer. Van Veeteren has to set the record straight, clear Mitter's name, and send the right person to prison.

Van Veeteren is a character I could get my teeth into and feel some empathy for, since endless overcast weather and darkness tend to depress both of us. Nesser's description brought him to life:

"He sat with his bulky body crouched over the cassette recorder, looking like a threatening and malicious trough of low pressure. His face was criss-crossed by small blue veins, many of them burst, and his expression was reminiscent of a petrified bloodhound. The only thing that moved was the toothpick, which wandered slowly from one side of his mouth to the other. He could talk without moving his lips, read without moving his eyes, yawn without opening his mouth. He was much more of a mummy than a person made up of flesh and blood."


The plot moves quickly as he tries to find the killer. Although I did find the identity of the murderer to be a bit of a letdown and the ending a little rushed, the bare bones of an excellent mystery series were there to be seen, and I look forward to reading more of Inspector Van Veeteren's adventures.