Mind's Eye (An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery)

Nesser, Hakan

ISBN 10: 1611742757 ISBN 13: 9781611742756

Publisher: Highbridge Co, 2011

Synopsis

Available for the first time in English, this international best seller follows Chief Inspector Van Veeteren on an investigation of a husband accused of murdering his wife, who is then also killed while serving time in a mental institution.

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Review:

Praise for "Borkmann's Point
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"Nesser had a penetrating eye for the skull beneath the skin."
-"The New York Times
""Keeps you on the edge of your seat... You don't want it to end."
-"San Francisco Chronicle
""Inspector Van Veeteren seems destined for a place amongst the great European detectives."
-"Colin Dexter, author of the Inspector Morse mysteries
"Praise for "The Return
""A blast... His plots are addictive, his writing admirably economical, his characters complex and engaging."
"-Richmond Times-Dispatch
""Another solid example of why Swedes have become the talk of crime fiction."
"-Booklist
""Every bit as enjoyably creepy as his previous offering... For anyone looking for something new in a mystery or detective series."
-"Entertainment World
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"Van Veeteren is the most appealingly unlovable hero since TV's crabby physician House."
--"O, The Oprah Magazine"
"Lean, atmospheric and full of existential uncertainty."
--"Richmond Times-Dispatch"
"The Mind's Eye" "satisfies on every level. It is an intelligently written, cleverly plotted tale, populated with believable characters.... Nesser was superb right out of the gate."
--"BookPage"

"Lean, atmospheric and full of existential uncertainty. . . . Nesser isn't interested in life's pretty offerings. His detectives expect the worst because they have seen the world go wrong too often." --"Richmond Times-Dispatch
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"Snappish, sardonic, unsentimental, depressed, and quite possibly psychic, Van Veeteren is the most appealingly unlovable hero since TV's crabby physician House." --"O, The Oprah Magazine
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"In a class of its own. . . . This stunning novel by one of Sweden's foremost crime writers might have been written as a script for Alfred Hitchcock." --"The Sunday Times "(London)

"Mind's Eye satisfies on every level. It is an intelligently written, cleverly plotted tale, populated with believable characters. . . . Nesser was superb right out of the gate." --"BookPage"

Lean, atmospheric and full of existential uncertainty. . . . Nesser isn't interested in life's pretty offerings. His detectives expect the worst because they have seen the world go wrong too often. "Richmond Times-Dispatch
"

Snappish, sardonic, unsentimental, depressed, and quite possibly psychic, Van Veeteren is the most appealingly unlovable hero since TV's crabby physician House. "O, The Oprah Magazine
"

In a class of its own. . . . This stunning novel by one of Sweden's foremost crime writers might have been written as a script for Alfred Hitchcock. "The Sunday Times "(London)

Mind's Eye satisfies on every level. It is an intelligently written, cleverly plotted tale, populated with believable characters. . . . Nesser was superb right out of the gate. "BookPage""

Lean, atmospheric and full of existential uncertainty. . . . Nesser isn't interested in life's pretty offerings. His detectives expect the worst because they have seen the world go wrong too often. Richmond Times-Dispatch

Snappish, sardonic, unsentimental, depressed, and quite possibly psychic, Van Veeteren is the most appealingly unlovable hero since TV's crabby physician House. O, The Oprah Magazine

In a class of its own. . . . This stunning novel by one of Sweden's foremost crime writers might have been written as a script for Alfred Hitchcock. The Sunday Times (London)

Mind's Eye satisfies on every level. It is an intelligently written, cleverly plotted tale, populated with believable characters. . . . Nesser was superb right out of the gate. BookPage

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"Lean, atmospheric and full of existential uncertainty. . . . Nesser isn't interested in life's pretty offerings. His detectives expect the worst because they have seen the world go wrong too often." --Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Snappish, sardonic, unsentimental, depressed, and quite possibly psychic, Van Veeteren is the most appealingly unlovable hero since TV's crabby physician House." --O, The Oprah Magazine

"In a class of its own. . . . This stunning novel by one of Sweden's foremost crime writers might have been written as a script for Alfred Hitchcock." --The Sunday Times (London)

"Mind's Eye satisfies on every level. It is an intelligently written, cleverly plotted tale, populated with believable characters. . . . Nesser was superb right out of the gate." --BookPage

About the Author:

Hakan Nesser was born in 1950 in Sweden. In 1993 he was awarded the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Prize for new authors for his novel Mind's Eye, and is the only author to have won the Academy's best novel award three times: in 1994 for Borkmann's Point; in 1996 for Woman with Birthmark; and in 2007 for A Rather Different Story. In 1999 he was awarded the Crime Writers of Scandinavia's Glass Key Award for the best crime novel of the year for Carambole. His novels have been published to wide acclaim in twenty-five countries.

About this edition

• Publisher: Highbridge Co
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1611742757
• ISBN 13: 9781611742756
• Binding: Audio CD