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Zusatztext A haunting , masterly unravelling of a dreadful crime, in The Living and the Dead in Winsford, Hakan Nesser, the bestselling, award-winning author of the Van Veeteren series, tightens the tension like a noose . . . Informationen zum Autor Håkan Nesser is one of Sweden’s most popular crime writers, receiving numerous awards for his novels featuring Inspector Van Veeteren, including the European Crime Fiction Star Award (Ripper Award) 2010/11, the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy Prize (three times) and Scandinavia's Glass Key Award. The Van Veeteren series is published in over twenty-five countries and has sold over ten million copies worldwide. Håkan Nesser lives in Gotland with his wife and spends part of each year in the UK. In addition to the popular Van Veeteren series, his other books include the psychological thriller The Living and the Dead in Winsford and The Barbarotti series. Klappentext Winner of the Rosenkrantz Prize for Best Thriller of the Year There is nobody in the world who knows that we are here . . . As far as her friends and children are concerned, Maria Holinek is in Morocco with her author husband, Martin. In reality, Maria is alone, holed up in a secluded cottage in Winsford on Exmoor, trying to outlive her dog. Weeks before, Maria and Martin fled Stockholm under a cloud. The couple were bound for Morocco, where Martin planned to write an explosive novel; one that would reveal the truth behind dark events in his past. But the couple never made it to their destination. As Maria settles into her lonely new life, walking the desolate moors, it starts to become clear that Winsford isn't quite the sanctuary she hoped it would be. But what terrible secret is Maria guarding? And who is trying to find her? 'Utterly intriguing . . . a superb evocation of a woman in the grip of a major emotional and moral crisis' Guardian 'A ripping yarn . . . the drip feed of vital information hurtles you through its 471 pages' The Times A tense and gripping psychological thriller from award-winning Swedish crime writer, HÃ¥kan Nesser Zusammenfassung A tense and gripping psychological thriller from award-winning Swedish crime writer, Håkan Nesser...
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One of the pleasures of The Living and the Dead in Winsford is the drip feed of vital information that hurtles you through its 471 pages as it probes deeper into its heroine's demons.
Nesser lives in Gotland but spends part of each year in the UK and he obviously knows his Winsford - and better still his Exmoor. The claustrophobia and comfort of village life, the terror of darkness on an exposed and desolate landscape; proximity with a natural world as beautiful as it is harsh: every detail seems etched into Nesser's viscerally descriptive writing.
. . . A ripping yarn
The Times
