Reading order · 10 books · 1993 to 2003 · Set in the fictional Maardam
Van Veeteren Books in Order
Chief Inspector Van Veeteren works in Maardam, an invented city somewhere in northern Europe. He is grumpy, intelligent and fond of chess and music, and later retires to run an antiquarian bookshop. His colleagues take the lead in some books.
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Series facts
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1993 to 2003
- First book
- The Mind's Eye
- Latest
- The G File (2003)
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Maardam
The reading order
Every Van Veeteren book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
10 books · Set in the fictional Maardam
- 1The Mind's Eye1993With Van VeeterenJanek Mitter wakes up after a heavy night to find his wife drowned in the bath.Buy on Amazon
- 2Borkmann's Point1994With Van VeeterenTwo men are killed with an axe in a small seaside town, and Van Veeteren, on holiday nearby, is drawn in.Buy on Amazon
- 3The Return1995With Van VeeterenA body is found wrapped in a carpet, and it belongs to a man who was convicted of murder years ago.Buy on Amazon
- 4Woman with Birthmark1996With Van VeeterenMiddle-aged men are being shot dead one by one, and the killer is a woman with a long memory.Buy on Amazon
- 5The Inspector and Silence1997With Van VeeterenA teenage girl disappears from the summer camp of a strict religious sect.Buy on Amazon
- 6Münster's Case1998With MünsterA lottery winner is stabbed to death in his bed, and Inspector Münster leads the investigation.Buy on Amazon
- 7Carambole1999With Van VeeterenVan Veeteren, now retired, is drawn back when his own son is killed.Buy on Amazon
- 8Ewa Moreno's Case2000With Ewa MorenoInspector Ewa Moreno, on holiday, meets a teenage girl searching for her father, and then the girl disappears.Buy on Amazon
- 9The Strangler's Honeymoon2002With Van VeeterenA woman is found strangled in Maardam and the police hunt a likely serial killer, while the retired Van Veeteren is drawn in by a troubled priest’s request for help.Buy on Amazon
- 10The G File2003With Van VeeterenIn 1987, a woman fell to her death in an empty swimming pool, and her husband was the prime suspect.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read in order, starting with The Mind’s Eye.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Van Veeteren | Münster | Ewa Moreno | Reinhart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 The Mind's Eye | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 2 Borkmann's Point | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 3 The Return | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 4 Woman with Birthmark | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 5 The Inspector and Silence | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 6 Münster's Case | ·Minor | LLead | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 7 Carambole | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 8 Ewa Moreno's Case | ·Minor | MMajor | LLead | ·Minor |
| 9 The Strangler's Honeymoon | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
| 10 The G File | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
Characters in the Van Veeteren books
4 characters from Håkan Nesser’s chart, with the number of Van Veeteren books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Van VeeterenChief inspector, later a bookseller | 10 | The Mind's Eye 1993 |
| MünsterInspector | 10 | The Mind's Eye 1993 |
| Ewa MorenoInspector | 10 | The Mind's Eye 1993 |
| ReinhartInspector | 10 | The Mind's Eye 1993 |