It's December in the quiet Swedish town of Kymlinge, and the Hermansson family are gathering to celebrate father Karl-Erik and eldest daughter Ebba's joint landmark birthdays. 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 - a detective who spends as much of his time debating the existence of God as he does solving cases - to determine exactly what has happened. And he soon discovers he'll have to unravel a whole tangle of sinister family secrets in the process . . .

A top-notch investigation into some grisly goings-on, courtesy of his latest crime-fighting duo Barbarotti and Backman

Vorwort
A dysfunctional family go into meltdown when two members go missing one snowy night.

Autorentext
Håkan 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 over 15 million copies worldwide. Håkan Nesser lives in Gotland with his wife, and spends part of each year in the UK.

Klappentext

Could it actually be pure coincidence for two people to disappear from the same family at the same address in the space of twenty-four hours? And for the one to have absolutely nothing to do with the other?

'The godfather of Swedish crime' Metro
'A master of suspense' Sunday Times
'One of the best of the Nordic Noir writers' Guardian

Zusammenfassung

The Darkest Day is the first novel in the five part Inspector Barbarotti series from renowned Swedish crime author Håkan Nesser.

Before the weekend is over, two members of the Hermansson family are missing, and it's up to Inspector Barbarotti a detective who spends as much of his time debating the existence of God as he does solving cases to determine exactly what has happened. And he soon discovers he'll have to unravel a whole tangle of sinister family secrets in the process . . .