Young Man’s Journey To The Night

Young Man’s Journey To The Night is the ninth title in the ‘Barbarotti’ series and opens with the delivery of a pizza, served with a cold-blooded murder…

It’s early summer and grading time in Kymlinge. Sports teacher and former all-rounder Allan Fremling decides one evening – against his usual dietary rules – to order a pizza at home. Before the pizza has had time to cool, he is dead in his own hallway. Two shots to the chest, one to the head. Detective Inspector Borgsen, often called ‘Sorrysen’ because of his sombre demeanour, is assigned the case as he lives in the same neighbourhood.

However, he is suffering from the effects of Covid and is finding it difficult to do his job. When a second murder occurs practically below Borgsen’s balcony, it is time for his colleagues Barbarotti and Backman to get involved in earnest. The connection between the two murders is unclear. Perhaps someone has asked themselves: Is it always wrong to kill?

The ‘Barbarotti’ series follows Detective Inspector Gunnar Barbarotti, and originally consisted of five instalments published between 2006 and 2012. The celebrated Barbarotti books have sold over 2,5 million copies in Sweden, and more than five

million copies internationally.

Praise for the series:

’Håkan Nesser is an extraordinarily skilled storyteller, and as usual, a big part of the enjoyment of the story lies in the dialogue between Barbarotti and Backman. They reason, try ideas, twist and turn the witness stories.’
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’My favourite inspectors, Gunnar Barbarotti and Eva Backman, are called to the case and it’s an honor to follow them while they step by step get closer to the answer to the riddle. And when it is finally revealed, it’s so spectacular that I almost get heart palpitations.’

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