The Return, Hakan Nesser
The Return, Hakan Nesser
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The Return
An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery

Author: Håkan Nesser

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 7 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/14/2011


Synopsis

While on a field trip through the woods on the outskirts of Behren, a young girl stumbles upon a decomposing body wrapped in a carpet and lying in a ditch. The body has no hands, feet, or head, but this was not the work of wild animals. A brutal killer is on the loose—but who is the victim?

From the hospital bed where he is recovering from surgery, Chief Inspector Van Veeteren begins to piece together the fragmentary clues that involve a nun who hides a secret, a crippled woman, the murders of two other women, and a former track star who served two sentences for murder and has been missing since the date of his return to society.

No one is who they appear to be, and a sleepy village finds itself reopening cases long considered closed. With the assistance of his colleagues, Van Veeteren faces the prospect of taking the law into his own hands in the face of a flawed system of justice.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tessa

Hakan Nesser este unul dintre cei mai cunoscuti scriitori nordici de romane politiste si de la el am mai citit "Punctul lui Borkmann" care mi-a placut mult si pe care vi-l recomand. Pe coperta ni se zice ca citind romanul aflam cum arata o crima (aproape) perfecta. Mereu cand am auzit despre crima pe......more

Goodreads review by Kuszma

Szerintem az igazán jó krimit a detektív személye teszi azzá. (Sok minden más mellett, persze.) Egy izgalmas nyomozó magához láncolja a figyelmünket, kis túlzással azt is örömmel néznénk, ha kétszáz oldalon keresztül csak az orrát piszkálná. (No jó, azt talán nem. De ki kéne próbálni.) Van Veeteren......more

Goodreads review by Deb

First Van Veeteren's team must deal with a headless corpse found rolled into an old carpet -- the body is missing its hands and feet as well. Van Veeteren is happy to step aside in this investigation, that is until the body is identified as a former athlete and twice-convicted murderer. Van Veeteren......more

Goodreads review by John

This is my first introduction to Nesser and Inspector Van Veeteren. I enjoyed the story and the bits of humor throughout in the identification of the one testicle cadaver without a head, feet or hands. The Inspector reminded me a bit of Wallander also a flawed and grumpy detective. Leopold Verhaven......more