There are 7 books in the Inspector Van Veeteren Mysteries series. The newest book is Hour of the Wolf which came out in 2012.

1
Mind's Eye

By Håkan Nesser , Laurie Thompson (translator) ,

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A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . .

The Mind's Eye by Hakan Nesser is the first novel in the stunning Van Veeteren series.

Janek Mitter stumbles into his bathroom one morning after a night of heavy drinking, to find his…

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2
Borkmann's Point

By Håkan Nesser , Laurie Thompson (translator) ,

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A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . .

Borkmann's Point by Hakan Nesser is the second gripping novel in the thrilling Van Veeteren series.

'Borkmann's rule was hardly a rule; in fact, it was more of a comment, a landmark for…

3
The Return

By Håkan Nesser , Laurie Thompson (translator) ,

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A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . .

Hakan Nesser's third title in the Van Veeteren series is the dark and compelling The Return.

An unmissable hospital appointment is looming for Inspector Van Veeteren when a corpse is found rolled in…

4
Woman with Birthmark

By Håkan Nesser , Laurie Thompson (translator) ,

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A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . .

Woman with Birthmark by Hakan Nesser is the fourth title in his atmospheric Van Veeteren series.

A young woman shivers in the December cold as her mother's body is laid to rest in…

5
The Inspector and Silence

By Håkan Nesser , Laurie Thompson (translator) ,

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It’s a sweltering summer in Sweden and Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is long overdue for a holiday when a secretive and dubious religious sect comes under investigation. One of its members, a girl on the cusp of adolescence, is found dead in the forest near their holiday camp, brutally raped…

6
Münster's Case

By Håkan Nesser , Laurie Thompson (translator) ,

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For Waldemar Leverkuhn the day could not have begun more auspiciously. He and three of his friends, all retirees, have just won the lottery. It’s a modest sum when split four ways—certainly not enough to lift Waldemar out of the plain apartment he shares with his quiet, weary wife—but it’s…

7
Hour of the Wolf

By Håkan Nesser , Laurie Thompson (translator) ,

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A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . .

Van Veeteren faces a chilling case in Hakan Nesser's Hour of the Wolf, the seventh book to feature Chief Inspector Van Veeteren.

In the dead of night, in the pouring rain, a drunk…