Håkan Nesser, 'the Godfather of Swedish Crime' (Metro), is back with the second installment in the Inspector Barbarotti series, The Root of Evil.
*Shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association's International Dagger *
July 2007. A letter arrives on Inspector Barbarotti’s doorstep detailing a murder that is about to take place in his quiet Swedish town. By the time the police track down the subject of the letter, he is already dead.
So when a second letter arrives, then a third, and a fourth, it’s a game of cat and mouse to stop the killer before he can make good on all of his promises.
Meanwhile, an anonymous diary is unearthed depicting the incidents of a two week holiday in France five years earlier, and it doesn’t take Barbarotti long to realize the people populating the diary are the ones whose lives are now in the balance . . .
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He took out a folded sheet of paper, opened it and read.
GOING TO KILL ERIK BERGMAN.
LET’S SEE IF YOU CAN STOP ME.
July 2007. A letter arrives on Inspector Barbarotti’s doorstep detailing a murder that is about to take place in his very own town. But by the time the police track down the subject of the letter, he is already dead.
So when a second letter arrives, then a third, and a fourth, it’s a game of cat and mouse to find the killer before they can make good on all of their promises.
Meanwhile, an anonymous diary is unearthed depicting the incidents of a group holiday in France five years earlier. And it doesn’t take Barbarotti long to realize that the people within it are the ones whose lives now hang in the balance . . .
‘One of the best of the Nordic Noir writers’ Guardian
‘A tangled tale of guilt and betrayal’ Financial Times
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Hakan Nesser, 'the Godfather of Swedish Crime' (Metro), is back with the second installment in the Inspector Barbarotti series, The Root of Evil.*Shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association's International Dagger*July 2007. A letter arrives on Inspector Barbarotti's doorstep detailing a murder that is about to take place in his quiet Swedish town. By the time the police track down the subject of the letter, he is already dead.So when a second letter arrives, then a third, and a fourth, it's a game of cat and mouse to stop the killer before he can make good on all of his promises.Meanwhile, an anonymous diary is unearthed depicting the incidents of a two week holiday in France five years earlier, and it doesn't take Barbarotti long to realize the people populating the diary are the ones whose lives are now in the balance . . .Continue the thrilling investigative series with The Secret Life of Mr Roos.'One of the best of the Nordic Noir writers' - Guardian The second installment in Hakan Nesser's Inspector Barbarotti quintet: a series of letters detailing future murders arrives on Inspector Barbarotti's very own doorstep. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781509809394
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