Part of Series
1987 - Verlangan, a former cop turned private detective, is hired by a woman to follow her husband, Jaan G Hennan. A few days later, the woman is found dead at the bottom of an empty swimming pool. Maardarn police, led by Chief Inspector Van Veeteren, investigate the case. Van Veeteren has encountered Jaan G Hennan before and knows only too well the man's dark capabilities. As more information emerges about G's shadowy past, the Chief Inspector becomes more desperate than ever to convict him. But G has a solid alibi - and no-one else can be found in relation to the crime.
- Fifteen years have passed and The G File remains the one case former Chief Inspector Van Veeteren has never been able to solve. But when Verlangan's daughter reports the private detective missing, Van Veeteren returns to Maardarn CID once more. For all Verlangan left behind was a cryptic note; and a telephone message in which he claimed to have finally discovered the proof of G's murderous past ....
Author
Håkan Nesser is a Swedish author and teacher who has written a number of successful crime fiction novels. He has won Best Swedish Crime Novel Award three times, and his novel Carambole won the Glass Key award in 2000. His books have been translated from Swedish into numerous languages. Håkan Nesser was born and grew up in Kumla, and has lived most of his adult life in Uppsala. His first novel was published in 1988, but he worked as a teacher until 1998 when he became a full-time author. In August, 2006, Håkan Nesser and his wife Elke moved to Greenwich Village in New York. Series: * Inspector Van Veeteren * Inspector Barbarotti
