En la húmeda y gris ciudad de Maardam, situada en algún lugar de Europa, el comisario Van Veeteren y sus hombres se enfrentan al caso Janek Mattias Mitter, un catedrático de instituto que no recuerda si ha matado a su esposa o no. Están muy lejos de sospechar el terrible drama que va a descubrirse durante la investigación.La tosca red es el comienzo de una serie de diez novelas sobre el comisario Van Veeteren y sus colegas en la Policía de Maardam.
Håkan Nesser is a Swedish author and teacher who has written a number of successful crime fiction novels. He has won Best Swedish Crime Novel Award three times, and his novel Carambole won the Glass Key award in 2000. His books have been translated from Swedish into numerous languages.
Håkan Nesser was born and grew up in Kumla, and has lived most of his adult life in Uppsala. His first novel was published in 1988, but he worked as a teacher until 1998 when he became a full-time author. In August, 2006, Håkan Nesser and his wife Elke moved to Greenwich Village in New York.