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"Having come thus far in his deliberations, Van Veeteren gave in to temptation and lit a cigarette. It was time to address the big question, and that would no doubt need a bit of extra effort. " "Why? " "Why in hell's name should anybody march up to somebody's door, ring the bell and shoot whoever opened it?" A young woman shivers in the December cold as her mother's body is laid to rest in a cemetery. The only thing that warms her is the thought of the revenge she will soon take . . . Then a middle-aged man is killed at his home, shot twice in the chest and twice below the belt. He had recently received a series of bizarre phone calls where an old song is played down the line - evoking an eerie sense of both familiarity and unease. Before the police can find the culprit, a second man is killed in the same way. Chief Inspector Van Veeteren and his team must dig far back into each man's past - but with few clues at each crime scene, can they find the killer before anyone else dies?
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An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery: Woman with Birthmark, Håkan Nesser, Laurie Thompson
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- Released
- 2009
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Håkan Nesser, Laurie Thompson
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Released
- 2009
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 327
- ISBN10
- 0333989872
- ISBN13
- 9780333989876
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Thriller, Suspense, Murders, Detective Fiction, Series, Secrets, Mysterious, Mysteries, Scandinavian Literature, Revenge, Investigation, Police, Sweden, Nordic Noir, Lies, Crimes, Rape, Victim, Scandinavia
- First published
- 1996
- Original title
- Kvinna med födelsemärke
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- "Having come thus far in his deliberations, Van Veeteren gave in to temptation and lit a cigarette. It was time to address the big question, and that would no doubt need a bit of extra effort. " "Why? " "Why in hell's name should anybody march up to somebody's door, ring the bell and shoot whoever opened it?" A young woman shivers in the December cold as her mother's body is laid to rest in a cemetery. The only thing that warms her is the thought of the revenge she will soon take . . . Then a middle-aged man is killed at his home, shot twice in the chest and twice below the belt. He had recently received a series of bizarre phone calls where an old song is played down the line - evoking an eerie sense of both familiarity and unease. Before the police can find the culprit, a second man is killed in the same way. Chief Inspector Van Veeteren and his team must dig far back into each man's past - but with few clues at each crime scene, can they find the killer before anyone else dies?