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Title details for Mind's Eye by Håkan Nesser - Available

Mind's Eye

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by Håkan Nesser
Simon Vance
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Chief Inspector Van Veeteren knew that murder cases were never as open-and-shut as this one: Janek Mitter woke one morning with a brutal hangover and discovered his wife of three months lying facedown in the bathtub, dead. With only the flimsiest excuse as his defense, he is found guilty of a drunken crime of passion and imprisoned in a mental institution.But Van Veeteren's suspicions about the identity of the killer are borne out when Mitter also becomes a murder victim. Now the chief inspector launches a full-scale investigation of the two slayings. But it may only be the unspoken secrets of the dead-revealed in a mysterious letter that Mitter wrote shortly before his death-that will finally allow Van Veeteren to unmask the killer and expose the shocking root of this sordid violence.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    June 14, 2011

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781611742763
      • File size: 191123 KB
      • Duration: 06:38:10

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The novel that launched the successful Inspector Van Veeteren series is narrated by the stellar Simon Vance. He brings a refined touch to the story of Janek Mitter, a man who awakens one morning with no memory of the night before to find his wife dead in the bathtub. The case falls to Van Veeteren, who is known for closing cases by following his instincts, and he continues to investigate the confounding murder even after a conviction takes place. Vance's authentic pronunciations and deft emotional nuances provide a worthy listening experience that is perfect for fans of Scandinavian mysteries. K.O. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 28, 2008
      World-weariness in a detective is well and good—but what if it ends up costing innocent victims their lives? That's the predicament in which Detective Chief Inspector Van Veeteren finds himself in this moodily affecting mystery, the first to appear in Nesser's native Sweden but the third to be published in the U.S. (after The Return
      and Borkmann's Point
      ). Though the melancholy cop suspects accused killer Janek Mitter is innocent of drowning his new bride during an alcoholic blackout, Van Veeteren opts to focus on such more personally compelling matters as his own ruptured marriage and to let the judicial process run its course—until a second, truly shocking murder boots him and the book into high gear. The suspense intensifies as it becomes apparent that the initial killing was no garden-variety domestic drama but part of a bloody tapestry worthy of Greek tragedy. Even if you guess the book's final twist a bit early, this is a hauntingly powerful tale you won't soon forget.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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