- Inspector Van Veeteren (Fictitious character), Fiction, Murder, Investigation
Chief Inspector van Veeteren, on holiday nearby, is summoned to assist the local authorities on a case. With two bodies discovered, the local police chief is determined to wrap things up before he retires. Then a female detective goes missing, and van Veeteren must piece together the clues.
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Classical in form, contemporary, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- Håkan Nesser
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 321
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780375421969
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