The Darkest Day

The Darkest Day is the first novel in the five part Inspector Barbarotti series from renowned Swedish crime author Håkan Nesser.

Its December in the quiet Swedish town of Kymlinge, and the Hermansson family are gathering to celebrate father Karl-Erik and eldest daughter Ebbas joint landmark birthdays. But beneath the guise of happy festivities, tensions are running high, and its not long before the night takes a dark and unexpected turn . . .

Before the weekend is over, two members of the Hermansson family are missing, and its up to Inspector Barbarotti a detective who spends as much of his time debating the existence of God as he does solving cases to determine exactly what has happened. And he soon discovers hell have to unravel a whole tangle of sinister family secrets in the process . . .