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Håkan Nesser

Born

in Kumla, Sweden

February 21, 1950

Website

http://www.nesser.se/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Håkan Nesser is a Swedish author and teacher who has written a number of successful crime fiction novels. He has won Best Swedish Crime Novel Award three times, and his novel Carambole won the Glass Key award in 2000. His books have been translated from Swedish into numerous languages.

Håkan Nesser was born and grew up in Kumla, and has lived most of his adult life in Uppsala. His first novel was published in 1988, but he worked as a teacher until 1998 when he became a full-time author. In August, 2006, Håkan Nesser and his wife Elke moved to Greenwich Village in New York.

Series:
* Inspector Van Veeteren
* Inspector Barbarotti
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	Mind's Eye (Inspector Van Veeteren, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 12,622 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Borkmann's Point (Inspector Van Veeteren, #2) by Håkan Nesser, Laurie Thompson (Translator) 3.72 avg rating — 9,804 ratings — published 1994 — 90 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Return (Inspector Van Veeteren, #3) by Håkan Nesser, Laurie Thompson (Translator) 3.69 avg rating — 6,718 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Woman with Birthmark (Inspector Van Veeteren, #4) 3.80 avg rating — 5,732 ratings — published 1996 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Inspector and Silence (Inspector Van Veeteren, #5) 3.70 avg rating — 4,916 ratings — published 1997 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Människa utan hund (Inspector Barbarotti #1) 3.57 avg rating — 4,636 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö 3.58 avg rating — 3,809 ratings — published 1998 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Münsters Fall (Inspector Van Veeteren, #6) 3.67 avg rating — 3,448 ratings — published 1998 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	En helt annan historia (Barbarotti #2) 3.81 avg rating — 3,218 ratings — published 2007 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hour of the Wolf (Inspector Van Veeteren, #7) by Håkan Nesser, Laurie Thompson (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 3,072 ratings — published 1999 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Inspector Van Veeteren (11 books)
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“You will find out who you are when the difficult moment comes.”
― Hakan Nesser, Mind's Eye

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“We are closer to the end of the world than to that minute that has just passed by, because that is lost forever.”
― Håkan Nesser, Mind's Eye

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“It's not easy being human. Especially when you are tired and overworked all the time... That's when you become inhuman.”
― Hakan Nesser, Münsters Fall

tags: sad-but-true

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