Håkan Nesser is one of Sweden’s most popular crime writers, receiving numerous awards for his novels featuring Inspector Van Veeteren, including the European Crime Fiction Star Award (Ripper Award), the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy Prize (three times) and Scandinavia’s Glass Key Award. His Van Veeteren series is published in over twenty-five countries and has sold over 15 million copies worldwide. The Darkest Day is his first novel in the Inspector Barbarotti series. Håkan Nesser lives in Gotland with his wife, and spends part of each year in the UK.

Barbarotti has to disentangle years of bad blood and resentment to get to the heart of a thrillingly complex case

Håkan Nesser is one of Sweden’s most popular crime writers, receiving numerous awards for his novels featuring Inspector Van Veeteren, including the European Crime Fiction Star Award (Ripper Award), the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy Prize (three times) and Scandinavia’s Glass Key Award. His Van Veeteren series is published in over twenty-five countries and has sold over 15 million copies worldwide. The Darkest Day is his first novel in the Inspector Barbarotti series. Håkan Nesser lives in Gotland with his wife, and spends part of each year in the UK.

Barbarotti has to disentangle years of bad blood and resentment to get to the heart of a thrillingly complex case