Borkmann's Point: An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery by Hakan Nesser, a review from Esquire by Anna Godbersen.
"Chief Inspector Van Veeteren, the hero of Swedish crime writer Hakan Nesser's Borkmann's Point is an oenophile and a chess connoisseur and does not, at a glance, have a whole lot in common with his American counterparts. As a detective, his strength is not of the physical or logical kind; his intuition, much deeper than the basic hunch, is an almost mystical tool. (A newspaper runs a photo of him in a position that suggests, 'a mummy or a yogi sunk deep inside himself.') But he does have that familiar Oedipal back-story ? a child on the other side of the law ? and in this case it may just help him relate to a murderer on the loose." Read the entire Esquire review.