Hour of the Wolf.(an Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery. Hakan Nesser.2012. It has been a while since I have read a really good Nordic Noir, and I enjoyed this one. A teenager is hit by a car during a wet, icy night. There are no clues. Meanwhile, the son of the former chief inspector is found bludgeoned to death. There are no clues to either death. The body of a nurse is discovered and the medical examiner tells Reinhart, the new inspector, that he thinks the same pipe that was used to kill the chief’s son was used to kill the nurse. Reinhart and his team gradually find the connections. I enjoyed this one and will try another in the series. ( )

I couldn't resist the next book in the series, excellent for both the portrayal of crime and the slow, frustrating work of police detection. We see an accident and its aftermath as it works on the person responsible, and at the same time the police work that eventually ties the action to the source. ( )

A great combination of the tedium of much police work mixed with bursts of excitement. I still find there's an underlying sense of misogyny to the writing that I can't quite put my finger in but guess it has something to do with how Nesser writes female characters. ( )

Kommissar Van Veeteren schwört Rache: Sein Sohn Erich, seit Jahren das Sorgenkind der Familie, wird ermordet aufgefunden, gerade als er wieder anfing, im bürgerlichen Leben Fuß zu fassen. Hat er sich auf kriminelle Geschäfte eingelassen? Wenig später wird die Leiche einer jungen, unbescholtenen Frau entdeckt – von derselben Waffe erschlagen wie Erich Van Veeteren. Was verband die beiden jungen Leute? Die Ermittlungen der Polizei laufen auf Hochtouren, aber auch sie können nicht verhindern, dass der Mörder ein weiteres Mal zuschlägt ...

3.5* ( )