The Living and the Dead in Winsford
Håkan Nesser
Translated by Laurie Thompson
11 February 2016Synopsis
Winner of the Rosenkrantz Award for Best Thriller of the Year
From the bestselling, award-winning Swedish author Håkan Nesser, The Living and the Dead in Winsford is a gripping and deeply atmospheric psychological thriller set on Exmoor.
There is nobody in the world who knows that we are here . . .
A woman arrives in the village of Winsford on Exmoor. She...
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11 February 2016
9781447271949Reviews
One of the pleasures of The Living and the Dead in Winsford is the drip feed of vital information that hurtles you through its 471 pages as it probes deeper into its heroine's demons.
The Times
Nesser lives in Gotland but spends part of each year in the UK and he obviously knows his Winsford - and better still his Exmoor. The claustrophobia and comfort of village life, the terror of darkness on an exposed and desolate landscape; proximity with a natural world as beautiful as it is harsh: every detail seems etched into Nesser's viscerally descriptive writing.
. . . A ripping yarn
The smooth, silky prose holds the reader's attention from start to finish, and it's no surprise to discover that this book won the Palle Rosencrantz Prize for best thriller of the yearLiterary Review
A tense, psychological exploration of betrayal and revenge, deservedly winning the Rosenkrantz Award for Best Thriller of the Year in 2013.'Sydney Morning Herald
The book is part thriller but also reads like literary fiction. This is no surprise as Nesser is an excellent writer . . . A great readCrimepieces.com
