Hour of the Wolf: An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery 7

Håkan Nesser

May 2012 · Inspector Van Veeteren Book 7 · Macmillan

About this ebook

The master of Swedish crime fiction returns with the winner of the prestigious Scandinavian Glass Key AwardIn the dead of night, in the pouring rain, a drunk driver smashes his car into a young man. He abandons the body at the side of the road, but the incident will set in motion a chain of events which will change his life forever.Soon Chief Inspector Van Veeteren, now retired from the Maardam police force, will face his greatest trial yet as someone close to him is, inexplicably, murdered. Van Veeteren's former colleagues, desperate for answers, struggle to decipher the clues to this appalling crime. But when another body is discovered, it gradually becomes clear that this killer is acting on their own terrifying logic...

About the author

Hakan Nesser is one of Sweden's most popular crime writers, receiving numerous awards for his novels featuring Inspector Van Veeteren, including the European Crime Fiction Star Award (Ripper Award) 2010/11, the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Prize (three times) and Scandinavia's Glass Key Award. The Van Veeteren series is published in over 25 countries and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. Hakan Nesser lives in Gotland with his wife and spends part of each year in the UK. Also available from Hakan Nesser: Borkmann's Point, The Return, The Mind's Eye, The Inspector and Silence and The Unlucky Lottery.