Woman with Birthmark by Hakan Nesser

Woman with Birthmark by Hakan Nesser

After hearing her mother s deathbed confession and following the dreary funeral, Maria Adler realizes she has no other option but to seize upon her mother s imperative to do something. Dissolving the life she loathes, Maria changes her appearance and disappears. When she emerges, revenge is her sole occupation.Inspector Van Veeteren and his associates are left bewildered by the curious murder of a man shot twice in the heart and twice below the belt. He was a quiet, utterly dull man, and the only suspicious activity his surviving wife can recall is a series of peculiar phone calls. Repeatedly the telephone would ring, offering nothing but the words of an obscure pop song from the 1960s. This siren song is linked to an identical murder, but the true link between these heinous crimes remains unknown, while a daughter s pride grows with the satisfaction of vengeance and another detective s lover offers telling insights that only an outsider could deduce.With the critical eye and cool observation necessary for a successful chess match, Van Veeteren pursues his subject across the country, wading through outrageous leads and fruitless tips to a chilling conclusion.

With Mind's Eye (published in Sweden as Det Grovmaskiga Natet), Hakan Nesser got the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Award for New Authors in 1993; for Borkmann's Point in 1994 and Woman with Birthmark in 1996, he received the best novel award. For Carambole, he received the Glass Key Award from the Crime Writers of Scandanavia in 1999 for best crime fiction of the year. Nesser splits his time between Sweden and London.

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ISBN 13	9780307387233
ISBN 10	0307387232
Title	Woman with Birthmark
Author	Hakan Nesser
Series	Inspector Van Veeteren Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Random House LLC
Year published	2010-03-09
Number of pages	352
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