This novel by Hakan Nesser, Borkmann’s Point [ISBN 0 333 98984 8] is translated from Swedish and the morose Scandinavian context is reminiscent of Hennig Mankell’s – but so unfair to compare it as it is good in its own right. The plot is good – and the narrative straightforward, nicely moving and quite gripping. I hope his other books are translated soon. The alternative of me learning Swedish is less likely.
This novel by Hakan Nesser, Borkmann’s Point [ISBN 0 333 98984 8] is translated from Swedish and the morose Scandinavian context is reminiscent of Hennig Mankell’s – but so unfair to compare it as it is good in its own right. The plot is good – and the narrative straightforward, nicely moving and quite gripping. I hope his other books are translated soon. The alternative of me learning Swedish is less likely.
Inspector Van Veeteren is asked to help out the police in a coastal town called Kaalbringen – a second person has been murdered with an axe – but there appears to be nothing to link the two murders – and then a third again with no link – but there must be. Then one of the Inspector’s new colleagues – a quick thinking women – is abducted and they wonder whether she is the latest victim – if so they must be getting nearer but they don’t know how.
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