<p><b><i>The Darkest Day </i>is the first novel in the five part Inspector Barbarotti series from renowned Swedish crime author Håkan Nesser.</b><br><br>It’s December in the quiet Swedish town of Kymlinge, and the Hermansson family are gathering to celebrate a big family birthday. But beneath the guise of happy festivities, tensions are running high, and it’s not long before the night takes a dark and unexpected turn . . .<br><br> Before the weekend is over, two members of the Hermansson family are missing, and it’s up to Inspector Barbarotti to determine exactly what happened on that darkest day, and unravel a web of sinister family secrets in the process . . .<br><br>Continue the thrilling investigative series with <i>The Root of Evil</i>.<br><br><b>'One of the best Nordic Noir writers' –<i> Guardian</i></b></p>
