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Karin Fossum

    November 6, 1954

    Karin Fossum, often hailed as the "Norwegian queen of crime," is a celebrated author renowned for her insightful crime fiction. Her narratives are characterized by deep psychological depth and meticulous attention to detail, drawing readers into compelling mysteries with complex characters. Fossum masterfully explores the darker aspects of human nature and the motivations behind criminal acts, solidifying her place as a significant voice in the genre.

    Karin Fossum
    He Who Fears The Wolf
    The Drowned Boy
    An Inspector Sejer Mystery: Don't Look Back
    Bad intentions
    The Water's Edge (Inspector Sejer, 23)
    The Caller
    • The Caller

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Inspector Sejer investigates the delivery of a threatening postcard that coincides with the discovery of a child who was found covered in blood but unharmed in her stroller.

      The Caller
      4.3
    • The Water's Edge (Inspector Sejer, 23)

      • 240 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      A couple out walking in the woods discover the dead body of a half-naked boy. To Kristine's horror her husband begins to take photographs of the corpse on his mobile phone, but this proves only the beginning of his obsession with the case. Inspector Sejer is called to the scene but he can find no immediate cause of death. And who was the agitated man the couple saw moments before their discovery? Then, a second boy goes missing, and the once peaceful community is left deeply shaken. Is there a killer within their midst?

      The Water's Edge (Inspector Sejer, 23)
      4.2
    • Bad intentions

      • 192 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      Early one September three friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin by Dead Water Lake. With only a pale moon to light their way, they row across the water in the middle of the night. But only two of them return. When the body of the third friend is discovered, Inspector Sejer is put in charge of the investigation.

      Bad intentions
      4.0
    • Don't Look Back heralds the arrival of an exotic new crime series featuring Inspector Sejer, a smart and enigmatic hero, tough but fair. The setting is a small, idyllic village at the foot of Norway's Kollen Mountain, where neighbors know neighbors and children play happily in the streets. But when the body of a teenage girl is found by the lake at the mountaintop, the town's tranquillity is shattered forever. Annie was strong, intelligent, and loved by everyone. What went so terribly wrong? Doggedly, yet subtly, Inspector Sejer uncovers layer upon layer of distrust and lies beneath the town's seemingly perfect facade. Critically acclaimed across Europe, Karin Fossum's Inspector Sejer novels are masterfully constructed, psychologically convincing, and compulsively readable, and are now available in the United States for the first time.

      An Inspector Sejer Mystery: Don't Look Back
      3.8
    • The Drowned Boy

      • 240 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      A brand new addition to the captivating Inspector Sejer series from Norway's finest crime writer

      The Drowned Boy
      3.6
    • He Who Fears The Wolf

      • 387 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      A twelve-year-old boy runs into his local police station claiming to have seen a brutally dismembered corpse. Errki's doctor refuses to believe that he could have committed such an horrific act and, for the first time since his wife's death, Inspector Sejer finds himself intrigued by another woman.

      He Who Fears The Wolf
      3.8
    • Calling out for You

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Gunder Jomann, a quiet, middle-aged man from a peaceful Norwegian community, thinks his life has been made complete when he returns from a trip to India a married man. But on the day his Indian bride is due to join him, he is called to the hospital to his sister's bedside.

      Calling out for You
      3.8
    • In The Darkness

      • 392 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      On a cold April day, Eva Magnus and her little daughter discover a dead man floating in the river. But Eva doesn't call the police, she instead tries to block out the sight of the dead man in terror. Why? When the police find the man, who has been stabbed to death, the investigation ends up on the desk of Criminal Inspector Konrad Sejer. At the same time, he is unraveling a murder of a prostitute that happened only a few days earlier. Sejer soon sees several connections between the murders. Among other things, one name returns — Eva Magnus.

      In The Darkness
      3.6
    • Hellfire

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      A mother and child are found dead in an old caravan on a remote piece of land. There is a bloody footprint at the scene. Meanwhile, another mother confesses to her son that he is adopted. The man who abandoned them, now the focus of the boy's obsession, is not his real father. Chief Inspector Sejer is tasked with investigating the murder – and soon receives important information about the two families...

      Hellfire
      3.6
    • I Can See in the Dark

      • 250 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Riktor doesn't like the way the policeman comes straight into the house without knocking. He doesn't like the arrogant way he observes his home.The policeman doesn't tell him why he's there, and Riktor doesn't ask. Riktor doesn't have a clear conscience, but this is a crime he certainly didn't commit.

      I Can See in the Dark
      3.4