Borkmann's Point

Borkmann's Point

infobox Book |
name = Borkmann's Point
title_orig = Borkmanns punkt
translator = Laurie Thompson


image_caption = English trans. edition
author = Håkan Nesser
cover_artist =
country = Sweden
language = Swedish
series = Inspector Van Veeteren
genre = Crime novel
publisher = Macmillan
release_date = 1994
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages =
isbn = ISBN 0-333-98984-8
preceded_by = The Mind's Eye (novel)
followed_by = The Return

"Borkmann's Point" ( _sv. Borkmanns punkt) is a crime novel by Swedish writer Håkan Nesser, first published in Sweden in 1994 and translated into English by Laurie Thompson in 2006. It won the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Prize for Best Crime Novel in 2004, and on English publication it was shortlisted for the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger.


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