內容簡介
英文簡介
This is the fourth novel in the internationally acclaimed Inspector Van Veeteren series. In the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of heat. In the beautiful forested lake-town of Sorbinowo, Sergeant Merwin Kluuge's tranquil existence is shattered when he receives a phonecall from an anonymous woman. She tells him that a girl has gone missing from the summer camp of the mysterious The Pure Life, a religious sect buried deep in the woods. Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is recruited to help solve the mystery. But Van Veeteren's investigations at The Pure Life go nowhere fast. The strange priest-like figure who leads the sect-Oscar Yellineck-refuses even to admit anyone is missing. Things soon take a sinister turn, however, when a young girl's body is discovered in the woods, raped and strangled; and Yellineck himself disappears. Yet even in the face of these new horrors, the remaining members of the sect refuse to co-operate with Van Veeteren, remaining largely silent. As the body count rises, a media frenzy descends upon the town and the pressure to find the monster behind the murders weighs heavily on the investigative team. Finally Van Veeteren realises that to solve this disturbing case, faced with silence and with few clues to follow, he has only his intuition to rely on...
中文簡介
這是第四小說在享有國際聲譽的檢查員范Veeteren系列。心中的夏天,國家在空氣swelters熱量。在美麗的森林lake-town Sorbinowo,警官Merwin Kluuge打破平靜的存在,他都會收到一張從一個無名無姓的女子,來電。她告訴他,一個女孩已經失蹤的夏令營神秘的純淨的生活,一個宗教派別都深埋在樹林裡。范Veeteren執行總監來幫忙解決這個謎。但范Veeteren的調查純生命哪兒也去快。奇怪的priest-like圖是帶領sect-Oscar Yellineck-refuses甚至允許任何不見了。事情迅速採取一種陰險的圈,然而,當一個年輕女孩的屍體被發現在樹林中,強姦並勒死,Yellineck自己消失了。然而即使在面對這些新恐怖片,其餘成員拒絕合作與范教派Veeteren,剩下的大多保持沉默。當身體數上升,降落在媒體的狂熱的城、並城的怪物的壓力背後找到謀殺,重壓在調查小組。最後范Veeteren意識到解決這一令人不安的情況下,面對沉默,沒有線索去追隨,他只有他的直覺,依靠…
作者簡介
Hakan 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) 2010/11, the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Prize (three times) and Scandinavia's Glass Key Award. The Van Veeteren series is published in over 25 countries and has sold over 5 million copies worldwide. Hakan Nesser lives in Uppsala with his wife and two sons, and spends part of each year in the UK.
Hakan Nesser是瑞典最受歡迎的犯罪小說作家,獲得無數獎項,為他的小說具有范Veeteren檢查,包括歐洲的偵探小說明星獎(開膛手獎)2010/11,瑞典的犯罪小說作家的奧斯卡獎(三次)和斯堪地那維亞玻璃關鍵獎。車上Veeteren系列發表在超過25個國家和全球售出了500萬冊。Hakan Nesser住在他和他的妻子和兩個兒子,而且花一部分在英國每年。
