A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as
compelling as Wallander . . . Hakan Nesser's The Inspector and
Silence is the fifth gripping crime novel in the Van Veeteren
series. In the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of
heat. In the beautiful forested lake-town of Sorbinowo, Sergeant
Merwin Kluuge's tranquil existence is shattered when he receives a
phone call from an anonymous woman. She tells him that a girl has
gone missing from the summer camp of the mysterious The Pure Life,
a religious sect buried deep in the woods. Chief Inspector Van
Veeteren is recruited to help solve the mystery. But Van Veeteren's
investigations at The Pure Life go nowhere fast. The strange
priest-like figure who leads the sect - Oscar Yellineck - refuses
even to admit anyone is missing. Things soon take a sinister turn,
however, when a young girl's body is discovered in the woods, raped
and strangled; and Yellineck himself disappears. Yet even in the
face of these new horrors, the remaining members of the sect refuse
to co-operate with Van Veeteren, remaining largely silent. As the
body count rises, a media frenzy descends upon the town and the
pressure to find the monster behind the murders weighs heavily on
the investigative team. Finally Van Veeteren realizes that to solve
this disturbing case, faced with silence and with few clues to
follow, he has only his intuition to rely on . . . The Inspector
and Silence is followed by the sixth book in the series, The
Unlucky Lottery.
General
Imprint: |
Pan Books
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
The Van Veeteren series |
Release date: |
April 2011 |
First published: |
April 2011 |
Authors: |
Hakan Nesser
|
Dimensions: |
197 x 130 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
Pages: |
432 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-330-51250-3 |
Languages: |
English
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Subtitles: |
Swedish
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Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
General
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LSN: |
0-330-51250-1 |
Barcode: |
9780330512503 |
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