The Axe Woman

Resumen del libro

'A master of suspense' - Sunday TimesWhen Inspector Gunnar Barbarotti returns to work after a personal tragedy, his boss hands him a cold case to ease him back in. But the case doesn't stay cold for long . .

. The Axe Woman is the fifth Inspector Barbarotti novel from bestselling author Hakan Nesser. Five years previously, Morinder simply vanished.

His partner claimed he had travelled abroad, never to return. But Arnold's partner was Ellen Bjarnebo: one of Sweden's most notorious killers, having served over ten years in prison for killing her first husband and dismembering his body with an axe. And when Barbarotti seeks to re-interview Ellen, she is nowhere to be found .

. . With neither a body nor a prime suspect, Barbarotti must use all the ingenuity at his disposal.

And as the cold case begins to thaw and he finally begins to make progress, he realises that nothing about Ellen Bjarnebo can be taken for granted . . .

Biografía del autor

H kan Nesser (1950) es uno de los autores de novela negra más destacados del mundo, con más de 20 millones de ejemplares vendidos y publicado en más de 30 países. De entre su prolífica carrera destacan sus dos grandes creaciones literarias, el comisario Van Veeteren, una serie de novela negra formada por diez títulos, y la serie protagonizada por Gunnar Barbarotti, que consta, hasta el momento, con siete entregas. De entre los muchos premios que ha recibido, destacan el Glass Key, el European Crime Fiction Star Award, el Gold Paperback Award, el SNCF de Francia, de Francia, Palle Rosenkrantz Prize. Además, es el único autor que ha recibido hasta en tres ocasiones el Mejor novela negra escandinava otorgado por la Academia Sueca de Escritores.