<p><b>A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . . </b><br><br>Håkan Nesser's <i>The Inspector and Silence</i> is the fifth gripping crime novel in the Van Veeteren series.<br><br>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 phone call 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.<br><br> 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
