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The Darkest Day is the first novel in the five part Inspector Barbarotti series from renowned Swedish crime author Håkan Nesser.
It's December in the quiet Swedish town of Kymlinge, and the Hermansson family are gathering to celebrate father Karl-Erik and eldest daughter Ebba's joint landmark birthdays. But beneath the guise of happy festivities, tensions are running high, and it's not long before the night takes a dark and unexpected turn . . .
Before the weekend is over, two members of the Hermansson family are missing, and it's up to Inspector Barbarotti - a detective who spends as much of his time debating the existence of God as he does solving cases - to determine exactly what has happened. And he soon discovers he'll have to unravel a whole tangle of sinister family secrets in the process . . .
About the author
Håkan Nesser, geboren 1950, ist einer der interessantesten und aufregendsten Krimiautoren Schwedens. Für seine Kriminalromane um Kommissar Van Veeteren erhielt er zahlreiche Auszeichnungen, sie sind in mehrere Sprachen übersetzt und wurden erfolgreich verfilmt. Daneben schreibt er Psychothriller. "Kim Novak badete nie im See von Genezareth" oder "Und Piccadilly Circus liegt nicht in Kumla" gelten inzwischen als Klassiker in Schweden, werden als Schullektüre eingesetzt, und haben seinen Ruf als großartiger Stilist nachhaltig begründet. Håkan Nesser lebt mit seiner Frau in London und auf Gotland. 2011 wurde er mit dem "Ripper Award", dem Europäischen Preis für Kriminalliteratur ausgezeichnet.
Summary
The Darkest Day is the first novel in the five part Inspector Barbarotti series from renowned Swedish crime author Håkan Nesser.
It’s December in the quiet Swedish town of Kymlinge, and the Hermansson family are gathering to celebrate father Karl-Erik and eldest daughter Ebba’s joint landmark birthdays. But beneath the guise of happy festivities, tensions are running high, and it’s not long before the night takes a dark and unexpected turn . . .
Before the weekend is over, two members of the Hermansson family are missing, and it’s up to Inspector Barbarotti – a detective who spends as much of his time debating the existence of God as he does solving cases – to determine exactly what has happened. And he soon discovers he’ll have to unravel a whole tangle of sinister family secrets in the process . . .
Foreword
A dysfunctional family go into meltdown when two members go missing one snowy night.
Additional text
A top-notch investigation into some grisly goings-on, courtesy of his latest crime-fighting duo Barbarotti and Backman
Report
Barbarotti has to disentangle years of bad blood and resentment to get to the heart of a thrillingly complex case Joan Smith Sunday Times
