β Karin Fossum; Felicity David
π Fiction
π English
β 174 KB
β¦ LIBER β¦
He Who Fears the Wolf
β Scribed by Fossum, Karin
- Publisher
- Random House
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 148 KB
- Edition
- New Ed
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
From Publishers Weekly
In Fossum's impressive psychological police procedural, her second to be published in the U.S. to feature Insp. Konrad Sejer (after 2004's Don't Look Back), a troubled youngster claims to have seen escaped mental patient Errki Johrma, a schizophrenic rumored to have left a string of corpses in his wake, in the vicinity of a brutal murder. Sejer himself becomes a crucial witness to another crimeβa daylight bank robbery that turns into a hostage situation. Blaming himself for not acting on his suspicions of the man who held up the bank, Sejer races to prevent further bloodshed. The gripping plot takes another sharp turn when the possible killerβJohrmaβis identified as the robber's captive. Fossum succeeds in evoking sympathy for all her characters while maintaining the conventions of the fair-play whodunit. Her detective's shy, slow courtship of the psychiatrist responsible for Johrma's care is patiently and convincingly integrated into the plot. Fossum's harrowing journey inside Johrma's warped mind elevates this above the pack and bodes well for future efforts. (July 6)
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Review
PRAISE FOR HE WHO FEARS THE WOLF
"A superb writer of psychological suspense."--The New York Times
"Fossum's presentation of her characters is marked by an intelligence and compassion that is not often found in the pages of crime fiction."--The Sunday Times(London)
(20050710)
"Easily one of the best new imports the genre has to offer"
(Baltimore Sun 20050715)
"A superb writer of psychological suspense"
(Marilyn Stasio New York Times )
"Fossum raises interesting questions throughout...That she doesn''t pretend to have all the answers only adds to the force of her story."
(Wall Street Journal )
β¦ Subjects
Mysteries
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