The Strangler's Honeymoon (The Van Veeteren series) - Hardcover

Nesser, Håkan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230766250 ISBN 13: 9780230766259

Publisher: Mantle, 2013

Synopsis

A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander. . .

The Strangler's Honeymoon is the penultimate gripping Scandinavian crime thriller in the Van Veeteren series by Håkan Nesser.

Desperately lonely, sixteen-year-old Monica Kammerle has little idea of what she is getting herself into when she begins an affair with her mother's latest partner; the sophisticated Benjamin Kerran . . .

Months later, when a woman's strangled body is found, the Maardam police must discover who has committed this terrible crime. It isn't long before they realize the perpetrator may have killed before - and is likely to do so again.

Meanwhile former Chief Inspector Van Veeteren finds himself drawn into the mystery when a priest, who has learned dreadful secrets, appeals to him for help. But when the priest falls beneath the wheels of a train and the police find more dead-ends than leads, it seems Van Veeteren will have to come up with a new approach to unearth this dark serial killer. Before he chooses his next victim . . .

The Strangler's Honeymoon is followed by the tenth and final Van Veeteren novel, The G File.

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Review:

I was swept away by Håkan Nesser's The Strangler's Honeymoon which is as gruesome, tense and droll as its title. (Sunday Times Books of the Year)

A richly atmospheric addition to the series . . . Nesser contrives an impressive balance between a twisty thriller plotline and satisfying characters with believable quirks . . . his subtle touch when it comes to psychological insight and his confident storytelling make for an enthralling read. (Metro)

Nesser produces crime writing that is so rivetingly written that it makes most contemporary crime fare - Scandinavian or otherwise - seem rather thin gruel. Nesser's tenacious copper, Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is one of the most distinctive protagonists in the field (lauded by no less an authority than Colin Dexter: 'destined for a place among the great European detectives'), and the baffling, labyrinthine cases he tackles have a rigour and logic all too rarely encountered. (Guardian)

Book Description:

Could this be Van Veeteren's darkest case yet?

About this edition

• Publisher: Mantle
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0230766250
• ISBN 13: 9780230766259
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 640