Synopsis
Sweden 2012. When Inspector Gunnar Barbarotti returns to work after a terrible personal tragedy his boss asks him to investigate a cold case, hoping to ease him back gently into his police duties.
Five years previously a shy electrician, Arnold Morinder, disappeared from the face of the earth, the only clue his blue moped abandoned in a nearby swamp. At the...
Details
01 September 2022762 minutes
9781509892389Imprint: Mantle
Reviews
Some aficionados would argue that the Swede Hakan Nesser is the most accomplished writer in the [Nordic noir] field today, and The Axe Woman is choice fare . . . So much to praise here: the steady accumulation of suspense, the assured characterisation and the elegant prose, perfectly rendered by translator Sarah DeathBarry Forshaw, Financial Times
The godfather of Swedish crimeMetro
A master of suspenseSunday Times
One of the best Nordic Noir writersGuardian
