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Woman with birthmark an Inspector Van Veeteren mystery

Detective Van Veeteren and his associates are left bewildered by the curious murder of a man shot twice in the heart and twice below the belt. Revenge seems to be the motive, in this chilling novel filled with deception, blackmail, and murder.

Main Author: Nesser, Håkan, 1950-
Other Authors: Thompson, Laurie, 1938-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Swedish
Published: New York : Pantheon Books, c2009.
Edition: 1st United States ed.
Subjects:
Van Veeteren, Inspector (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Sweden > Fiction.
Police > Sweden > Stockholm > Fiction.
Mystery fiction > Sweden.
Summary: Detective Van Veeteren and his associates are left bewildered by the curious murder of a man shot twice in the heart and twice below the belt. Revenge seems to be the motive, in this chilling novel filled with deception, blackmail, and murder.
Item Description: Originally published: Stockholm : A. Bonnier, c1996.
Physical Description: 335 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9780375425042 (hbk.)
0375425047 (hbk.)
Author Notes: Håkan Nesser was awarded the 1993 Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Prize for new authors for Mind's Eye (published in Sweden as Det Grovmaskiga Nätet ); he received the best novel award in 1994 for Borkmann's Point and in 1996 for Woman with Birthmark . In 1999 he was awarded the Crime Writers of Scandanavia's Glass Key Award for the best crime novel of the year for Carambole . Nesser lives in Sweden and New York.

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