Synopsis
Håkan Nesser, 'the Godfather of Swedish Crime' (Metro), is back with the second installment in the Inspector Barbarotti series, The Root of Evil.
*Shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association's International Dagger*
July 2007. A letter arrives on Inspector Barbarotti’s doorstep detailing a murder that is about to take place in his quiet Swedish town. By the time the police track down the subject of the letter, he is already dead.
So when a second letter arrives, then a third, and a fourth, it’s a game of cat and mouse to stop the killer before he can make good on all of his promises.
Meanwhile, an anonymous diary is unearthed depicting the incidents of a two week holiday in France five years earlier, and it doesn’t take Barbarotti long to realize the people populating the diary are the ones whose lives are now in the balance . . .
Continue the thrilling investigative series with The Secret Life of Mr Roos.
'One of the best of the Nordic Noir writers' - Guardian
Details
15 November 2018
9781509809400Reviews
The godfather of Swedish crimeMetro
Told with wry humour and compassion, Nesser has four more Barbarotti stories to come — cherish them allDaily Mail on The Darkest Day
A master of suspenseSunday Times
In an exemplary translation by Sarah Death, this tangled tale of guilt and betrayal whets the appetite for translations of the other Barbarotti novelsFinancial Times on The Darkest Day
