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The Lonely Ones
By (Author) Hkan Nesser
Translated by Sarah Death
Pan Macmillan
Mantle
12th October 2021
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
Thriller / suspense fiction
Fiction in translation
839.738
Paperback
608
Width 155mm, Height 234mm, Spine 50mm
716g
A trip behind the Iron Curtain would change their lives forever . . . It begins in 1969. Six young people arrive in Uppsala. Different circumstances push the three young couples together and, over the course of a few years, they become friends. But a summer trip through Eastern Europe changes everything, and when their time at Uppsala University is over it also signals the end of something else. Years later, a lecturer at Lund University is found dead at the bottom of a cliff in the woods close to Kymlinge. And chillingly, it is the very same spot where one of the Uppsala students died thirty-five years before. Detective Inspector Gunnar Barbarotti takes on this ominous case of history repeating itself, and is forced to confront an increasingly grave reality. The Lonely Ones is the fourth novel of Hkan Nesser's quintet about Inspector Gunnar Barbarotti.
The godfather of Swedish crime * Metro *
A master of suspense * Sunday Times *
One of the best Nordic Noir writers * Guardian *
One of Sweden's best crime writers * Mail on Sunday *
Hkan Nesser is one of Sweden's most popular crime writers, receiving numerous awards for his novels featuring Inspector Van Veeteren, including the European Crime Fiction Star Award (Ripper Award), the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Prize (three times) and Scandinavia's Glass Key Award. His Van Veeteren series is published in over twenty-five countries and has sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. In addition to the popular Van Veeteren series, his other books include the psychological thriller The Living and the Dead in Winsford and The Barbarotti Series. Hkan Nesser lives in Gotland with his wife, and spends part of each year in the UK.