Håkan Nesser

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born

February 21, 1950 in Kumla, Sweden

gender

male

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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Average rating: 3.59 · 5220 ratings · 748 reviews · 46 distinct works

	Borkmann's Point (Inspector Van Veeteren #2) by Håkan Nesser, Laurie Thompson (Translator) 364 avg rating — 1072 ratings — published 1994 — 23 editions	My rating:
	Mind's Eye (Inspector Van Veeteren #1) by Håkan Nesser, Laurie Thompson (Translator) 355 avg rating — 1168 ratings — published 1993 — 22 editions	My rating:
	Woman with Birthmark (Inspector Van Veeteren #4) 369 avg rating — 580 ratings — published 1996 — 17 editions	My rating:
	The Return (Inspector Van Veeteren #3) by Håkan Nesser, Laurie Thompson (Translator) 365 avg rating — 653 ratings — published 1995 — 20 editions	My rating:
	The Inspector and Silence (Inspector Van Veeteren #5) 349 avg rating — 429 ratings — published 1997 — 27 editions	My rating:
	Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö 343 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 1998 — 14 editions	My rating:
	En helt annan historia (Barbarotti #2) 368 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Människa Utan Hund (Barbarotti #1) 358 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2001 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Berättelse om herr Roos (Barbarotti #3) 374 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Och Piccadilly Circus ligger inte i Kumla 365 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	My rating:

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Series by Håkan Nesser

Inspector Van Veeteren (10 books)
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360 avg rating — 4220 ratings

Inspector Barbarotti (4 books)
by Håkan Nesser

368 avg rating — 418 ratings

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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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“Imagine a twelve-year-old-girl.
Imagine her being attacked, raped and murdered.
Take your time.
Then imagine God.

M. Barin, poet”
― Håkan Nesser, The Inspector and Silence

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