The Darkest Day is the first novel in the five part Inspector Barbarotti series from renowned Swedish crime author Håkan Nesser.
It’s December in the quiet Swedish town of Kymlinge, and the Hermansson family are gathering to celebrate a big family birthday. But beneath the guise of happy festivities, tensions are running high, and it’s not long before the night takes a dark and unexpected turn . . .
Before the weekend is over, two members of the Hermansson family are missing, and it’s up to Inspector Barbarotti to determine exactly what happened on that darkest day, and unravel a web of sinister family secrets in the process . . .
Continue the thrilling investigative series with The Root of Evil.
'One of the best Nordic Noir writers' – Guardian
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781509809349
Number of pages: 544
Weight: 360 g
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 33 mm
Barbarotti has to disentangle years of bad blood and resentment to get to the heart of a thrillingly complex case - Joan Smith, Sunday Times
Told with wry humour and compassion, Nesser has four more Barbarotti stories to come — cherish them all - Geoffrey Wansell, Daily Mail
In an exemplary translation by Sarah Death, this tangled tale of guilt and betrayal whets the appetite for translations of the other Barbarotti novels - Barry Forshaw, Financial Times
A top-notch investigation into some grisly goings-on, courtesy of his latest crime-fighting duo Barbarotti and Backman - Riveting Reads
Fiendishly complex . . . Just the thing for a winter afternoon - Metro
A superb new series from Hakan Nesser this is book 1 in the Gunnar Barbarotta series.
If you have read any book by Hakan Nesser before then you will definitely not be disappointed.
An extremely dark and gritty read...
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The Darkest Day, is the latest twisted thriller from the Swedish Noir Master, Håkan Nesser and once again he proves to at the top of his genre. This is a multi-layered thriller that touches subjects of mental health... More
I very much enjoyed the setting, the fictitious town of Kymlinge and I liked the characters of Barbarotti and his brilliant colleague Eva Backman. There were disturbing insights into a profoundly dysfunctional... More
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