So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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Out of the surprising large pantheon of modern Swedish mystery writers, Hakan Nesser and his Inspector Van Veeteren books stand out for rich characterization and compelling storylines. Like Stephen King, Nesser makes you like the characters, then turns the monsters loose, though in his books the murderers are turned loose on the public at large, and you, like the inspector and his team, have no idea what will happen next. Nesser has a very quick way of getting to the heart of the story, or a character, that seems very real and interesting. In this book, a serial killer is assuredly one of the members of a small coastal village, yet none fit the puzzle the police are faced with. Van Veeteren is bought in to consult, with his usual stand-offish way of approaching the case, and interacting with his fellow officers. A fun character & a great read!
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Borkmann's Point: An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery (Inspector Van Veeteren Mysteries) by Hakan Nesser
mike belshaw, September 1, 2011
Out of the surprising large pantheon of modern Swedish mystery writers, Hakan Nesser and his Inspector Van Veeteren books stand out for rich characterization and compelling storylines. Like Stephen King, Nesser makes you like the characters, then turns the monsters loose, though in his books the murderers are turned loose on the public at large, and you, like the inspector and his team, have no idea what will happen next. Nesser has a very quick way of getting to the heart of the story, or a character, that seems very real and interesting. In this book, a serial killer is assuredly one of the members of a small coastal village, yet none fit the puzzle the police are faced with. Van Veeteren is bought in to consult, with his usual stand-offish way of approaching the case, and interacting with his fellow officers. A fun character & a great read!