<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The first Inspector Sejer novel by Norway's Queen of Crime, Karin Fossum<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"No one can thoroughly chill the blood the way Karin Fossum can." --<i>Los Angeles Times</i></b> <p/> 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. <p/> 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>No one can thoroughly chill the blood the way Karin Fossum can. <i>Los Angeles Times</i> <br>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. <br>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. <br> Fossum crafts remarkably incisive psychological suspense: novels that carry the headlong momentum of thrillers and the acuity and weight of literary fiction. <i>Washington Post</i> <br>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. <br>"<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Praise for Karin Fossum and the Inspector Sejer series: <p> </p><p>Fossum crafts remarkably incisive psychological suspense: novels that carry the headlong momentum of thrillers and the acuity and weight of literary fiction. --<i>The Washington Post </i></p><p> </p><p>The next Scandinavian literary superstar. --<i>Chicago Tribune</i> </p><p> </p><p>They never last very long, those anonymous joggers and dog-walkers whose only purpose in a crime story is to trip over the body in the woods. Unless, of course, they figure in a novel by Karin Fossum, who makes it her business--and the business of her uncommonly sensitive Norwegian detective, Inspector Konrad Sejer--to scrutinize in great depth and detail every person touched by a murder. --<i>The New York Times Book Review </i></p><p> </p><p>I always eagerly await a new novel from Karin Fossum. --Ruth Rendell </p><p> </p><p>One thing...that immediately sets Fossum's fine mystery apart from other, merely sensational variations on this story line is its self-consciousness...Like the well-ripened queens of psychological suspense to whom she is inevitably compared--Ruth Rendell and PD James--the younger Fossum charts this excursion into the unthinkable with poetic restraint. --<i>The Washington Post </i></p><p> </p><p>A truly great writer and explorer of the human mind. --Jo Nesbo </p><p> </p><p>By stripping away the usual police procedurals, Fossum suffuses her fiction with something closer to the unsparing vision of her great predecessor, Knut Hamsun. --<i>The Independent </i></p><p> </p><p>Sejer is a beautifully created character, a thoughtful, lonely man with great empathy. --<i>Publishers Weekly</i> </p><p> </p>Tremendous suspense...A treasure for fans. --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> (starred)<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>KARIN FOSSUM has won numerous awards, including the Glass Key Award for the best Nordic crime novel and the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Book Prize. Her acclaimed Inspector Sejer series has been published in over thirty countries.<br>
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