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by Karin Fossum (Author)
The debut mystery novel in the Inspector Sejer Series from Norway's award-winning author of Hell Fire and The Whisperer.
Eva Magnus and her daughter are out walking by the river when they make a grisly discovery: a man's body floating on the water's surface. Eva goes to call the police, but when she reaches the phone, she dials another number altogether for her own reasons. But when the police find the body anyway, Inspector Sejer and his team quickly determine that the man, Egil, died from a violent attack.
But Egil himself had been missing for months, and the trail to his killer is all but vanished. It's just as puzzling as another unsolved case on Sejer's desk: the murder of a prostitute, found dead just before Egil went missing. And as Sejer tries to piece together these two impossible cases, it soon appears that the two murders are connected. And if the Inspector can't figure out the culprit behind the crimes, someone else is going to pay with their life.
"No one can thoroughly chill the blood the way Karin Fossum can." --Los Angeles Times
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No one can thoroughly chill the blood the way Karin Fossum can. Los Angeles Times
Eva Magnus and her daughter are out walking by the river when a man s body floats to the water s surface. Eva goes to call the police, but when she reaches the phone, she dials another number altogether.
The police find the body anyway Inspector Sejer and his team quickly determine that the man, Egil, died in a violent attack. But Egil has been missing for months and the trail to his killer is cold. It s as puzzling as another unsolved case on Sejer s desk: the murder of a prostitute, found dead just before Egil went missing. Sejer sets to work piecing together these two impossible cases; it's not long before he realizes that they aren t as separate as they previously seemed.
Fossum crafts remarkably incisive psychological suspense: novels that carry the headlong momentum of thrillers and the acuity and weight of literary fiction. Washington Post
Karin Fossum is the author of the internationally successful Inspector Konrad Sejer crime series. Her recent honors include a Gumshoe Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for mystery/thriller.
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Author Biography
KARIN FOSSUM has won numerous awards, including the Glass Key Award for the best Nordic crime novel and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her acclaimed Inspector Sejer series has been published in over thirty countries.
