Håkan Nesser

Håkan Nesser (born February 21, 1950) is a Swedish author and teacher who has written a number of successful crime fiction novels. His books have been translated from Swedish to Norwegian, Finnish and German.

A recurring main character is called Van Veeteren, a former detective and owner of an antique books shop. These books play out in a fictitious city called Maardam, said to be located in northern Europe in a country which is never named but resembles Sweden, the Netherlands, Poland and Germany.

Bibliography

• Koreografen (1988)
• Det grovmaskiga nätet (1993)
• Borkmanns punkt (1994)
• Återkomsten (1995)
• Barins triangel (1996)
• Kvinna med födelsemärke (1996)
• Kommissarien och tystnaden (1997)
• Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö (1998)
• Münsters fall (1998)
• Carambole (1999)
• Flugan och evigheten (1999)
• Ewa Morenos fall (2000)
• Svalan, katten, rosen, döden (2001)
• Piccadilly Circus ligger inte i Kumla (2002)
• Kära Agnes (2002)
• Fallet G (2003)
• Skuggorna och regnet (2004)