Another terrifying and psychologically convincing murder mystery in the critically acclaimed Inspector
Sejer series.
Gunder Jomann, a quiet, middle-aged man from a peaceful Norwegian community, meets Poona on a trip to India and the two agree to marry. Gunder returns home to prepare for her arrival, but the day Poona is due to arrive, he is summoned to the hospital as his sister has been involved in a car crash. The driver sent to collect Poona in Gunderβs place fails to meet her. Then the body of an Indian woman matching Poonaβs description is found in a cornfield on the edge of the community and a murder enquiry is set underway.
This baffling mystery β for what motive could there be to bludgeon a newly arrived foreigner to death β sends shock waves through the community. Inspector Sejer and Skarre are called in to investigate. Increasing suspicion surrounds peopleβs mundane daily activities, and even when one manβs confession seems to tie up all the loose ends, there remains the uneasy feeling that all is not as simple as it first appears.
Review
'One of the very best of the new wave of Nordic crime writers' Marcel Berlins, Times 20050716 'Fossum's elucidation of the criminally degenerate mind is first rate' Mail on Sunday Inspector Konrad Sejer is the Morse of the fjords Crime Time 'Fossum writes humane thrillers which perturb and chill' Observer 'One of the very best of the new wave of Nordic crime writers...She evokes brilliantly the claustrophobia of small-town Norway' The Times
About the Author
KARIN FOSSUM began her writing career in 1974. She has won numerous awards, including the Glass Key Award for the best Nordic crime novel, an honour shared with Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her highly acclaimed Inspector Sejer series has been published in more than thirty countries.